Posts Tagged ‘Forced Dues’
Foundation Seeks to Bar NLRB Action Due to Lack of Quorum
While union officials tried to force nurse Jeanette Geary to pay dues or be fired, the NLRB upheld union officials’ right to do so. Ms. Geary appealed to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation for help. The Foundation has taken her case and run with it. David L. Streck, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, has…
Read MoreNRTW Foundation Recoups Forced Dues For Some Massachusetts Workers
Mark Mix, President of the National Right ot Work Legal Defense Foundation, comments on a victory for workers in Massachusetts. Ira Kantor has the story in the Boston Herald. Workers caught in a battle between a local union and Lynn-based Complete Cleaning Inc. have won a federal settlement from the union after officials illegally claimed…
Read More“It’s the Union’s Job to Encourage Unrest, Discontent and Unhappiness . . .”
Elijah Grajkowski,Wisconsin public school teacher, explains why he would rather teach in freedom. Read his entire story in the Journal-Sentinel Online. If the teachers union is as wonderful as it claims, then it should have no problem attracting members, without the need to force teachers to join. For years, I have chosen not to be…
Read MoreGovernment Employee Unions Spending More on Political Action
Government employee unions are expanding their power with more and more political spending. The Wasington Examiner Watchdog Staff has the story. Approximately half of the federal government’s 2.1 million career employees are union members, and the largest of those unions is the American Federation of Government Employees, an AFL-CIO affiliate that saw a 43 percent…
Read MorePhyllis Schlafly – Union Political Spending in 2012
Phyllis Schlafly, on moralliberal.com comments on union bosses’ use of forced dues to elect President Obama to his second term. Today we are inaugurating Barack Obama for his second term. Let’s talk about just one of the reasons he won his campaign for reelection. The union called SEIU was the top spender on Democratic campaigns this year,…
Read MoreFederal Court Upholds Wisconsin Governor’s Public-Sector Unionism Reforms
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix comments on federal court reaffirmation of Wisconsin’s government union reforms in Wisconsin, as reported in Green Mountain Scribes. With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, three Wisconsin public employees moved to intervene in…
Read MoreUnion Member: “It Sounds Like We’re Getting Robbed”
Stanley Oubre, retired Boilermaker, may have been correct when he made this comment. Again, another example of union bosses’ putting their own agenda before the needs of their members. Do union bosses speak for their members? Luke Rosiak has the story in The Washington Times. There can be riches in standing up for the working…
Read MoreUnion Boss Dennis Duffey Bullies Council President
Ohio State Building Construction Trades Council president Dennis Duffey uses bullying tactics, and forced dues, to ensure his City Council candidate wins the competition: The Toledo Blade has the story: A hot dispute between a local labor union boss and the Toledo City Council president over a council appointment made national television news Tuesday night.…
Read MoreNew York City Union Officials Fiddle While Their Members Must Be Burning
Another example of union bosses’ contempt for their rank and file: Many teachers depend upon their union officials to negotiate on their behalf, and are left high and dry while union officials party and live a life of luxury. Carl Campanile and Yoav Gonen have the story in the New York Post: While city public-school…
Read MorePennsylvania Union Officials Block Simon Campbell’s Right to Know
As Pennsylvania citizens work to pass a Right to Work law, the Pennsylvania State Education Association makes a show of their absolute power over Pennsylvania teachers, citizens and taxpayers. Exercising his rights as a taxpaying citizen, Stopteacherstrikes.org President Simon Campbell, was stopped in his tracks by union officials and their power. Simon tells his story…
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