Posts Tagged ‘Forced Dues’
Study reveals SEIU Took Millions from Caregivers
Millions of forced dues dollars have been siphoned into the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from 2008 until 2013. Daniel Greenfield has the story in Frontpagemag.com. Elections aren’t cheap. Neither are bribes. The money has to come from somewhere. And “somewhere” is often places that even the politicians of the old gangland Chicago wouldn’t have…
Read MoreBackground on Harris v. Quinn Supreme Court Case
National Right to Work President Mark Mix reviews the background on the upcoming Harris v. Quinn Supreme Court case, in the Washington Times. Today, more than 18 states have laws on the books explicitly requiring all or some public employees to pay dues or fees to a union they may not want as a condition…
Read MoreNRTW Foundation Argues Another Supreme Court Case
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorney, Bill Messenger, explainsthe latest Supreme Court case brought by that organization.Bill McMorris has the story in the Washington Free Beacon. The Supreme Court will hear arguments about forced unionization among government workers on Tuesday in a case that could greatly curtail powerful labor groups. At issue is…
Read MorePennsylvania Teacher Union Officials Hurting Students
Matt Brouillette of the Commonwealth Foundation, demonstrates how teacher union officials are hurting students by preventing school reform, and pressing more and more teachers into paying for agendas they do not believe in. But, then, Pennsylvania allows union officials to collect dues from teachers in agency shop districts. The story is in The Hill. Teachers’…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips, November 15, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court To Consider Breaking Up The Union Boss “Neutrality Agreement” Racket biglaborbailout.com, November 13, 2013 It’s the little known Unite Here Local 355 vs. Mulhall case which might end up packing a lot of legal punch once the dust settles at the high court. Union bosses, for a long time…
Read MoreIt’s ‘Labor’ Day, Not ‘Union’ Day
Mark Mix, President, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But as union bosses rush for face time to show they “stand with workers,” what is often forgotten on Labor Day is why 93 percent of private-sector workers have chosen not to stand with a union…
Read MoreAFL-CIO Plans to Oust Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
It’s revenge time for AFL-CIO officials , who have publicly declared war on Rick Snyder and 5 other Republican governors in the 2014 elections. Snyder, who signed a Right to Work bill in 2012, is sure to be the most important target for AFL-CIO union officials who have million of forced-dues dollars to spend on the 2014…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips March 22, 2013
Private sector union decline dates to the late-50s Washington Examiner Online, March 21, 2013 Slate columnist Matt Yglesias posted the above chart yesterday as part of a post arguing that “America’s Private Sector Labor Unions Have Always Been in Decline”. He notes: [P]rivate sector labor unions have been in decline in the United States pretty…
Read MoreAnother End Run Against Michigan Right To Work Averted
Saginaw County government employee union officials were defeated by County Commissioners in their desperate attempt to avoid the expansive reduction in membership and forced dues expected when Michigan’s Right to Work Law is finally implemented this month. The proposition was the same as the Wayne State Univeristy and the Taylor School District one: give us…
Read MoreMaine Democrat Signs Up For Right To Work Law
Maine Democrat,Terry Hayes, has signed on toa bill which would allow all Maine government employees the freedom of choice, the right to join, or refrain, from union membership.Matthew Stone has the story in the Bangor Daily News. Rep. Terry Hayes, D-Buckfield, will be the only Democratic co-sponsor of the bill, LD 786, proposed by Rep.…
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