Posts Tagged ‘Forced Dues’
Right to Work Foundation Takes Up Cause of Nonunion Worker
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys have taken up the cause of work freedom for Karen Cox, an Illinois worker whose rights have been denied by union officials and others. Here’s the story: A local affiliate of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) unionized Cox’s workplace in June 2012. However, union and…
Read MoreFoundation Aids Minnesota Teamster
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed a complaint against Teamsters officials for ignoring the rights of one of its members, Dylan McHenry. Greta Stark, New Richmond News, has the story. The National Labor Relations Board regional office in Minneapolis issued a formal complaint against the union after Dylan McHenry, Hammond filed…
Read MoreNLRB Attempts Overturn of Supreme Knox Case
In an unprecedented power grab, Obama’s all-Democrat National Labor Relations Board, has ruled nonunion workers cannot request an accounting of where their union dures are going:The Washington Times has the story: But Big Labor may have won the battle that matters the most: the presidential election. In the last month, the White House has since…
Read MoreUnion Apologist Criticizes Union Bosses for Ignoring Rank and File
A view from the other side: Union supporter Jonathan Tasini, takes union bosses to task for alienating rank and file members on Working Life. Beginning with the passage of Right to Work in Michigan, . . . concentrating on the fact that Right to Work eliminated the goose that laid the golden egg for union…
Read MoreMichigan Unions Demonstrate Against Freedom
Michael Reagan comments on Big Labor’s violence during passage of Michigan’s Right to Work Law. All those union thugs who were rioting in Michigan last week were angry about the wrong thing. They were demonstrating – which in union-speak means breaking things and punching people – against Michigan’s decision to become a right-to-work state. If…
Read MoreSeeking Greener Pastures, SEIU Swarms Minnesota
Run out of Indiana and Michigan with their newly-passed Right to Work Laws, the SEIU is preying upon Minnesotans for workers to pay unwanted dues. Jim Ragsdale has the story in the Star Tribune: DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and incoming DFL House Speaker Paul Thissen say they are open to the idea of allowing an…
Read MoreAFL-CIO and MoveOn Team Up on GOTV
While the Democratic National Convention was not a temptation this year for the AFL-CIO, the union council has apparently teamed up with MoveOn to commandeer a get-out-the-vote effort. How many millions in forced dues will be funneled into this effort is unknown, and it’s unlikely the amount will ever come to light. What is sure…
Read MoreLabor Day is for Taxpayers, Not Unions
Matthew Brouillette, president and CEO of The Commonwealth Foundation, recognizes government employee labor unions’ forced dues power and Labor Day in the Patriot News: As the sun sets on a sizzling summer, celebrations with family and friends will mark another Labor Day. But few citizens will recall or cheer the nationwide railroad union strike, featuring…
Read MoreFor 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 MoreBarack Obama’s top 10 most outrageous Big Labor paybacks
Mark Mix, president of National Right to Work, explains President Obama’s Big Labor Paybacks The Daily Caller has the complete story: After Big Labor spent nearly $1 billion to get President Obama and his forced-unionism allies elected in 2008, Obama did not disappoint. Here is a breakdown of the top 10 most outrageous Big…
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