Posts Tagged ‘Indiana’
NILRR Right to Work News Clips, November 30, 2016
Statement to the Workers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Online, November 28, 2016 According to reports, workers at O’Hare International Airport have been ordered by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) union bosses to strike beginning November 29. Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Foundation,…
Read MoreUAW Violates Right to Work Law
United Auto Workers union bosses ignored the Hoosier state’s Right to Work Law by forcingTropicana casinodealerWillieSmith to join United Auto Workers Local 3048. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys have filed suit on Smith’s behalf. Chris Cheney has the story on www.nrtw.org. In late January 2016, a union official told Smith that…
Read MoreRight to Work for New Mexico
David Dowd Muska writes on the advantage a Right to Work law would bring to New Mexico. New Mexico doesn’t have a jobs problem. It has a jobs crisis. There are many tools state policymakers can use to restore vibrant job growth, but perhaps no reform offers more promise than passage of a right-to-work (RTW)…
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Unions Are Choking Reform Efforts At The VA, Says Committee Chairman The Daily Caller Online, October 22, 2015 There are a quarter of a million union members that work for the Department of Veterans Affairs,” he told The Washington Free Beacon. “They have a stranglehold not only on the agency but the leadership there…
Read MoreNILRR Clipsheet September 25, 2015
No more forced union dues for UAW autoworkers in 3 Midwest states Wisconsinwatchdog.org, September 23, 2015 The United Auto Workers may extend its current contract with the Big Three automakers, but that doesn’t mean UAW-represented employees in Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana have to continue to pay union dues. But the National Right to Work Legal…
Read MoreRight to work brings new era for autoworkers
Right to work brings new era for autoworkers September 07, 2015 Mark Mix Are you an autoworker? A member of the UAW? Are you tired of paying dues or fed up with your union’s policies? When the UAW’s contracts with the Big Three automakers expire later this month, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin autoworkers will finally…
Read MoreRight to Work Helps Economic Recovery
Edward Lazear’sresearch shows that states with Right to Work Laws have fared better in the economic recovery that those without such laws. The story is in the Wall Street Journal Online. A number of current and former governors will be running for president in 2016, and each will tout his state’s accomplishments and claim credit…
Read MoreIndiana Tops for Growth
Indiana, which passed its Right to Work Law in 2012, continues to top the charts in economic development. Inside Indiana Business Journal has the story. Indiana ranked first in the Midwest and sixth nationwide as the best place to do business by Chief Executive magazine. It is the only Midwestern state ranked in the top…
Read MoreNILRR Clips April 17, 2015
NLRB takes on right-to-work – Finance to hold hearing on TPA today politico.com, April 17, 2015 NLRB TAKES ON RIGHT-TO-WORK: The National Labor Relations Board’s newest target is the right-to-work movement. In a call for briefs yesterday, the agency said it may allow a union to collect a fee from a non-member in a right-to-work…
Read MoreNILRR Clips November 14, 2014
Push For New Mexico “Right To Work” Law Anticipated krwg.org, TV and FM radio, November 13, 2014 A Republican legislative leader says the GOP’s capture of majority control of the state House means New Mexico may enact legislation to bar labor contracts that require workers to be union members. The idea is controversial because it…
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