Posts Tagged ‘AFSCME’
NILRR Right to Work News Clips December 23, 2016
Right to Work on the March Wall Street Journal Online, December 19, 2016 The New Year will bring change in the states as well as Washington, D.C., and that includes the likely expansion of right-to-work laws to help the economic competitiveness of Missouri, Kentucky and even New Hampshire. Ninth Circuit Sides With Growers Against…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clipsheet May 06, 2016
Trump seems to be fine with outsourcing to RTW states Kentucky AFL-CIO.org, AFT Local 1360, no date Trump didn’t elaborate. But it sounds like he is fine with companies busting unions in free bargaining states and heading for “right to work” states. Trump prefers RTW states. “I like it [RTW] better because it is…
Read MoreLabor Unions’ Donations
Senator Russ Feingold is “. . . listening to Wisconsin. . . ” while he willingly accepts campaign donations from Big Labor and other out of state sources. M.D. Kittle has the story in WisconsinWatchdog.org. Big labor in particular has spent big money on the Middleton liberal in his bid to take back the seat…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Smear Teachers
Union bosses are demonizing one of their own who has dared to disagree with their policies. Faced with losing billions of dollars at a critical time, union officials, from the AFL_CIO to teacher union officials themselves, all are desperate to keep their forced-dues windfall operating. Friedrichs v. CTA, a case currently before the Supreme Court,…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clipsheet November 13, 2015
UMWA endorses Jim Justice for governor WV Metro News, November 12, 2015 When asked about how he would handle a right-to-work bill as governor, Justice said he would veto it. Why bond-buyers prefer red states Your Daily Journal Online, November 12, 2015 States with strong public-employee unions – which they measured with membership rates, collective-bargaining…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clipsheet October 30, 2015
Union calls for full investigation into Housing Authority of Baltimore City Baltimore Sun Online, October 23, 2015 Union leader Glenard S. Middleton called Thursday for a “full investigation” into the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, following allegations some maintenance workers demanded sex from female residents to make repairs. Why 8,737 UPS retirees are bracing for…
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Unions Are Choking Reform Efforts At The VA, Says Committee Chairman The Daily Caller Online, October 22, 2015 There are a quarter of a million union members that work for the Department of Veterans Affairs,” he told The Washington Free Beacon. “They have a stranglehold not only on the agency but the leadership there…
Read MorePA Big Labor Spends in PA Against Right to Work
Big Labor officials arespending moneyon Pennsylvania’s State Supreme Court races in early November,attempting to keep forced dues alive and wellfor the Keystone State. John Finnerty has the story in the Meadeville Tribune Online. Believing political influence of the state Supreme Court hangs in the balance of Nov. 3 polling, labor unions have donated heavily to…
Read MoreKentucky School Employees File Lawsuit
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is neither a Right to Work nor forced dues state, so courageous school employees are fighting teacher union officials to return their forced dues dollars. Will Collins has the story on the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation website. With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips June 12, 2015
State workers challenge constitutionality of compulsory union fees; Suit says AFSCME doesn’t appreciate state fiscal crisis Madison Record Online, June 10, 2015 State employees who replaced Gov. Bruce Rauner as plaintiffs in a suit against unions have notified a federal judge that they challenge the constitutionality of compulsory union fees. William Messenger and Aaron Solem,…
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