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Cantey Tech Increases IT Support Presence in Right To Work South Carolina

Cantey Tech Consulting, a company specializing in IT ...
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Air Liquide & Eastman Chemical Plan Right To Work Texas Expansion

Air Liquide, an industry specializing in providing gas ...
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AG Tech Campus Expected to Bring 1,500 New Jobs in Right To Work South Carolina

Agriculture Technology Campus, a company that focuses on ...
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USDOL Warnings: 2020 Critical and Declining Status Pensions

2020 Critical and Declining Status Pensions Aluminum Brick ...
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Panda Biotech Expansion in Right To Work Texas

Panda Biotech, an industry specializing in textile-grade hemp ...
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Sentenced: Orchestrator of violent union assaults as school students watched gets only a 3.5-year sentence

US District Judge sentenced an Ironworkers union president ...
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Rockline Industries $20 million expansion in Right To Work Wisconsin

Rockline Industries, which produces wet wipes that have ...
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Chicago-based insurance carrier plans Right To Work Michigan Operations Center

Clearcover, an Illinois-based insurance company, plans to create ...
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Right-To-Work Growth: COMSovereign to bring over 300 new jobs to Arizona

COMSovereign expects to hire "more than 300 new ...
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Right To Work Growth: Seemann Composites Expands Production in Mississippi

From Area Development Magazine: High-performance marine composites manufacturer ...
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Breaking: Another UAW Union President To Plea Guilty

Retired UAW Union President Dennis Williams (pictured left) ...
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Two Opportunities for Scholarships Available at NILRR.org (see below)

NILRR offers two scholarships, the  William B. Ruggles ...
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Hansae, A South Korean Company, Invests in Right To Work North Carolina Facility

Hansae Co Ltd., a South Korean apparel industry, ...
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Mazda Toyota New $830 Million Investment in Right To Work Alabama

Auto manufacturing in Right To Work states continues ...
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Right To Work Expansion, Volkswagen: $800 Million Electric Car Cells Addition

Volkswagen to expand its Right To Work Tennessee-located ...
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Manufacturing Plant Flees California to Right To Work Tennessee

Master Manufacturing Group (MMG) will invest $3.9 million ...
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More UAW Charges, this time Ex-Union Prez Dennis Williams

Another UAW officer, former president Dennis Williams, charged ...
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Southern Champion Tray Investing $85 Million To Expand Right To Work Tennessee Operations

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the Southern Champion ...
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Facebook is building an $800M data center in Right To Work Gallatin, Tennessee

The new Facebook center is expected to create ...
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Automotive Group GEDIA: $85M Plant in Georgia, Create 200 Jobs

Right To Work Georgia is a natural fit; ...
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Building Permits up 71% Over 2019 in Right To Work Fort Smith, Arkansas

According to Talk Business & Politics, the Fort ...
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Tyson Foods Completes Tennessee Chicken Plant Expansion, $87.6 Million Total Investment

NASHVILLE, TENN. – An expansion of a Tyson ...
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Laborers Local 872 Shuts Out Labor Department Inquiry

Local 872 of the Laborers, Vas Vegas, has ...
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Romero Family Keeps Corruption All ln the Family

The Romeros no longer are a family that ...
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Matthew Cuomo, former president of American Federation of Government Employees Charged

On July 30, Matthew Cuomo, former president of ...
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2020 U.S. DOL Civil LMRDA Enforcement Actions

On December 14, 2020, as a result of the ...
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Union Dues-Filled Treasuries Dumped $3,856,900 Into Bribery Scandal

Chicago Tribune:  Illinois Gov. Pritzker says Madigan, who ...
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Amazon Building 1,000 Jobs in Right To Work Tennessee

A massive distribution facility under construction in Mt. ...
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Texas Beats Oklahoma, No Its Not Football – It’s jobs

Texas wins Tesla’s new U.S. assembly plant beating ...
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$35 Million investment in Right To Work Tennessee

Expansion: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of ...
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Right To Work Tennessee Jobs Growing Again

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has made several recent ...
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Another UFCW Union Official Caught with Hands in the Cookie Jar

From WRAL News: RALEIGH, N.C. — A former ...
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Part-Time Financial Secretary for ATU Union Embezzles $117,000 from Union Coffers

Angel Luis Garcia, 57, of Tampa, Florida, former ...
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Johnny Doc’s Latest Partner

Yet another “associate†has pled guilty to performing ...
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A West Virginia Teacher Union Cover Up?

West Virginia teachers, take hold of your First ...
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New Jersey Bus Driver Union Officer Embezzled From Local

Another union official gets caught with his hand ...
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Former Pennsylvania corrections officer Sentenced in Wire-Fraud Case

After an investigation Former President and Secretary-Treasurer for ...
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Foundation Attorneys Head Back to Supreme Court for “Back Forced Dues”

Labor union bosses should be on the run. ...
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UAW Conflict-Of-Interest Disclosure

Labor organization officers and employees (other than exclusively ...
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View The Plea Deals Behind the UAW Corruption Headlines

As the UAW corruption investigation continues to trickle ...
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UAW Rank and File Out $1 Million — Former President Pleads Guilty

As news media recounts Attorney General Matthew Schneider ...
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UAW Constitutions

Under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of ...
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UAW-Owned Golf Course & Resort Losses: $60+ Million

As numerous UAW officials are pleading guilty to ...
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AFGE Local Holds Sham Officer Elections

It can only be called a sham election ...
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Former AFSCME Officer Sentenced in Union Dues Theft

On May 22, 2020, Linda M. Woodford was ...
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“She now faces the reality of her greed.”

This comment was made by United States Attorney ...
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Ohio Postal Workers Union Election Hijinks Revealed

The U. S. Department of Labor’s Office of ...
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Former Letter Carriers Union Treasurer Indicted in Georgia

The U. S. Department of Labor Office of ...
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2000-2019 UAW Form LM-2 Labor Organization Annual Reports

USDOL LM-2 Disclosures Top-Paid Disclosed Officers and Employees ...
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Notable Quotes

The following quotes are labor union officials' actual comments.

"When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."

— Albert Shanker
At the time of the quote, Shanker was the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union National President

"So, you tell me how I can possibly separate NEA’s collective bargaining efforts from politics—you just can’t. It’s all politics.”

— Bob Chanin
Then-NEA General Counsel

"We (NEA) want a legislative program led by leaders and staff with sufficient clout that they may roam the halls of Congress and collect votes to reorder the priorities of the United States of America."

— Terry Herndon
Then-Executive Director, National Education Association union.

"We are the biggest potential striking force in this country, and we are determined to control the direction of education.”

— Catherine Barrett
past NEA union president

Another example of why you need and deserve Right To Work laws...

USDOJ: AFSCME Union Boss Stole over $200K to Use for Gambling and other Personal Expenses

April 13, 2023

“Labor unions exist to promote the interests of the working men and women who make up their ranks. But instead of promoting the interests of his members, Clemons used his position to enrich himself and get cash to gamble at casinos,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Cutchin.

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Teamsters Chicago too Corrupt, Union Officers Removed

April 12, 2023

Daily Herald: Teamsters (IBT) say local bosses used positions to ‘enrich themselves’ International union auditors, perhaps based on tips, concerned about “thousands in unauthorized bonuses and lavish spending” and “deeply…

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Union Corruption: IBEW LU98 Boss Brian Fiocca, Niko Rodriguez, Marita Crawford

February 11, 2023

In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Brian Fiocca, former employee of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 (located in Philadelphia, Pa.), pleaded guilty to five counts of embezzlement of union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c).

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Ignoring the willl of Michigan residents, even union households, Big Labor Politicians and the union bosses who pay them took away your freedom.

And, soon, many of you will have no choice but to pay union fees just to keep your job.

71% of Michigan Union Households Opposed Repeal of Right to Work* (*2023 SurveyUSA poll of Michigan union households)
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Michiganders Oppose Repeal of State's Right To Work Laws
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2023 SurveyUSA poll revealed that 74% oppose repealing Michigan’s Right To Work Law, and just 14% favored bringing forced union dues back to the Great Lakes State.
Multiyear Poll Average Show National Support for Right To Work
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Based on the average past three decades of polls asking if people should have the choice to pay or join a labor union without fear of losing their job.