NILRR Newsclips 11 21 2011

Proof Obama Appointee Corrupts Criminal Investigative Process, Privileged
Treatment to Union Officers

Biggovernment.com, 11/18/2011

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) internal document
excerpted below supports the allegation that Obama appointee John Lund has told
union officials to ignore federal investigators and deal with him personally.
His actions irreversibly taint criminal investigations and subvert employee
protections in favor of union bosses, while raising the prestige of his labor
consultant team in Wisconsin.

Right-to-work battle begins again Tuesday

nwi.com, 11/20/2011

A Republican-controlled legislative study committee voted
on party lines last month to endorse an Indiana right-to-work law, which would
allow nonunion members at a union workplace to not pay fair share fees for
services the union is required to provide.

Forced Unionism is a Cash Cow

Deseret News Online, 11/16/2011

According to National Institute for Labor Relations
Research, 40 percent of the nation’s teachers pay 65 percent of dues collected
by the teachers’ unions. In real numbers, teachers unions collect approximately
$2.5 billion dollars each year from teachers and about $1.6 billion comes from
teachers’ paychecks by forced dues.

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