Posts Tagged ‘California’
For Unions, Labor Day Is About Grabbing More Power
Mark Mix president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, writes in investors.com Labor Day editorial: Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But that won’t stop Big Labor’s apologists from seizing the spotlight to demand more power. Fact is, modern unions are built on the legal…
Read MoreMike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable”
Mike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable” NEA hada total of 3,166,761 members of all types, of whom 2,807,332 were active and employed in the public school system. Be aware that these are individual souls, not full-time equivalents. Forty-four state affiliates lost active members in 2010-11. The following…
Read MoreTemporary Restraining Order Issued Against Striking Teamsters in California
Striking Teamster bosses trample everyone’s rights with violence and intimidation. From the Press-Enterprise: The brew-maker has alleged that employees on multiple occasions have been harassed, intimidated and threatened with physical harm – even death. Steven Schneider, an attorney for Anheuser-Busch, bought in a seven-minute video showing protesters stopping three trucks, swearing and chanting, “No overtime,…
Read MoreC-TEN President Larry Sand Blasts SEIU, Praises Knox Decision
Retired school teacher and former agency fee payor, Larry Sand, a noted author, works tirelessly on behalf of teachers who just want the freedom to teach. He serves as president of the California Teacher Empowerment Network, a non profit, non partisan group dedicated to dishing up fair and balanced information to all California teachers. His…
Read MoreNewsclips – June 22, 2012 Commemorating The Knox Decision – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
U.S. SC rejects union’s argument Legal Newsline.com, June 21, 2012 W. James Young, who argued the case before the court on behalf of the petitioners, was very pleased by the Supreme Court’s judgment. Young is an attorney with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which provided free legal assistance to the petitioners. “We…
Read MoreDeveloping: Supreme Court Strikes Down SEIU Scheme to Force California Nonunion State Employees to Fund Union Politics
A stunning victoryfor The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, nrtw.org, June 21, 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today, siding with nonmember California state employees challenging a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) political fee charged to them without notice and opportunity to opt out. The case concludes a prolonged legal challenge…
Read MoreCA Teacher Empowerment Network Comments on Government Employee Unions’ Hyperbole
Unionwatch.org, June 19, 2012 Since losing the recall election in Wisconsin two weeks ago, it seems that there has been more than the usual lying, distortion and hyperbole coming from union bosses and their fellow travelers. Perhaps the most egregious example comes from Timothy Noah, a senior editor at the New Republic. In Praise of…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – April 20, 2012
Mark Mix: Union muscling in to O.C. hospital Orange County Register, April 12, 2012 Unknown figures entering your workplace through the back door without identification. Harassing late night phone calls. Strangers blocking your driveway and studying your exact movements. These are not just the tactics of common criminals and thugs; they are also the tactics…
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