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Can Autoworkers Union Bosses Really Kick the Job-Killing Habit? Don’t Bet On It!
UAW seeks toehold in South with Tennessee Volkswagen plan Writing in George Mason University’s Journal of Labor Research back in 1986, economist Morgan Reynolds accused top bosses of the United Autoworkers (UAW) union of “consciously exporting American jobs.” What Reynolds meant is that, by refusing to renegotiate productivity-quashing work rules and rigid, one-size-fits-all salary structures that…
Read MoreRecord Indicates Right to Work Law Would Economically Benefit Missouri Employees, Businesses
House Makes History Regarding Right To Work Legislation As the account linked above shows, legislators in the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City are now passionately debating whether Show Me State employees and employers would benefit from enactment of a Right to Work law. For the first time in decades, Right to Work is on the table…
Read MoreIf You Must Defend Forced Unionism, Defend It Forthrightly
JURIST – Forum: ‘Right to Work’ in Michigan: Depleting Unions … The U.S. Supreme Court’s unexpected decision in the spring of 1937 to uphold the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) gave a massive and almost immediate boost to union organizers. Millions and millions of workers joined unions during the late 1930’s, and contracts empowering union officials…
Read MoreImmunity From ID Theft Laws – Another Court-Created Special Privilege For Big Labor?
Court Rules Union BossesCanIgnore Identity Theft Laws To Intimidate Employees (Click here to download Fact Sheet) Over the course of the past century, American elected officials and judges have handed to Big Labor an array of special privileges and immunities that would be unimaginable for any other type of private organization. The U.S. Congress started…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Newsclips February 15, 2013
Workers win settlement against activist union Boston Herald.com, February 14, 2013 Workers caught in a battle between a local union and Lynn-based Complete Cleaning Inc. have won a federal settlement from the union after officials illegally claimed to have monopoly bargaining privileges over the employees, according to the National Right to Work Legal Defense…
Read MoreTop Eight Job-Growth States During Barack Obama’s First Term Are All Right to Work
Rand Paul introduces National Right-to-Work Act On January 31, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and 10 0riginal cosponsors introduced legislation that would restore an important personal freedom for millions of American employees. Sen. Paul’s S.204, also known as the National Right to Work Act, would simply repeal the current provisions in federal labor law that authorize compulsory…
Read MoreRight to Work Laws’ Economic Benefits Easier to Discern Than Michigan Pundit Supposes
Interest high in Right to Work; gains unclear Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population Median Age and Age by Sex – U.S. Census Bureau Michigan pundit Rick Haglund purports to be having a hard time telling how Michigan would benefit economically from passage of a state Right to Work law. If so it’s because he’s not looking for…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Push For Higher Taxes on Everyone Who Works For a Living
Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking (2010) – New York Citizens .. The Democratic Party’s Secret Attack On The Middle Class A background paper published this week by the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation shows there continues to be a strong, positive correlation between legally sanctioned compulsory union dues and heavier state and local tax burdens.…
Read MorePro-Forced Unionism Pundit: Families Are ‘Moochers’
Blue States Are From Scandinavia, Red States Are From Guatemala … Red State, Blue State – William Voegeli – National Review Online How can you tell it’s election time, and Big Labor candidates’ prospects are less than stellar? When bitter diatribes against “red” state voters such as New Republic Senior Editor Jonathan Cohn’s recent screed (see the first link…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Encumber Citizens With More Debt as Well as Higher Taxes
Total Debt as a Share of Annual Personal Income 50% Higher Than in Right to Work States (Click here todownloadFact Sheet) As many observers of Organized Labor have noted, there has been an enormous shift of power within union officialdom over the past few decades. As recently as 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected…
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