NILRR Newsclips 08 29 2011

An error-ridden blog doesn’t shoot straight on prevailing wage

Daily Kos.com, 8/26/2011

With Cantor’s Playbook In Hand, VA Op-Ed Says Suspend the
Prevailing Wage During Disaster Relief

The op-ed, written by a senior research associate at the
National Institute for Labor Relations, attacks the prevailing wage as an
antiquated policy forced on the country by unions who (it’s difficult to quote
such filth) “promoted white supremacy as well as union monopoly.”

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich Agree: It’s Okay for the Feds to Force Workers to
Pay Tribute to Union Bosses

Biggovernment Online, 8/26/2011

Attention Mr. Romney and Mr. Gingrich: Right To Work is not
a states’ rights issue, it is a freedom issue. The Federal government should not
mandate compulsory unionism.

Why the Labor Movement Moved Left

Wall Street Journal Online, 8/26/2011

“The California Teachers Association does not poll its
members on how it spends its political money,” Larry Sand, a union critic and
28-year veteran of the state’s school system, observes. Instead, union leaders
vigorously oppose efforts to allow their members more control over how their
dues are spent.

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