Posts Tagged ‘Forced Dues’
Even Samuel Gompers Rejected Coercion
John Hayward, in Human Events Online,takes Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson to task for his failure to distinguish between coercion and voluntarism. Even Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor, which later merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to become the AFL-CIO, understood the difference. An unhappy Harold Meyerson, writing for…
Read MoreMajor Union Feels Sting of SCOTUS
From the point of view of union bosses, who now will no longer have free access to workers’ wallets: The Daily Caller Online, June 22, 2012 Having already experienced a continuous string of political setbacks at the state level, one of the nation’s largest unions was jolted again Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled…
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 MoreAFSCME Member Reveals Union’s Playing Politics with Forced Dues
The Daily Caller Online , June 18, 2012 “I don’t believe that AFSCME has one member in the city of San Francisco but they were contributing money to the Democratic primary for the mayor of San Francisco,” Donohue’s campaign representative said. “A lot of members would have objected to this if they…
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