Posts Tagged ‘Mark Mix’
NILRR Weekly News Clips August 30, 2013
National Right to Work Committee to Hold Candlelight Vigil at AFL-CIO Headquarters Online candlelight vigil to commemorate victims of union violence being held at www.EndUnionViolence.com Washington, DC (August 30, 2013) – Friday afternoon, Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee, will be making a speech to launch a candlelight vigil…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips August 9, 2013
A Union Run Amok National Review Online, August 8, 2013 John Raudabaugh, a staff attorney with the National Right to Work Foundation, is representing Clark. He says the union failed to inform employees of their rights to opt out of membership and pay reduced dues so that their money wouldn’t go to the union’s political…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips July 19, 2013
50 Politicos to Watch: Doug Stafford Politico.com, July19, 2013 Stafford did not meet Paul until late in the summer of 2009. He had risen from a junior writer to vice president of the National Right to Work Committee, the pro-business lobbying group that opposes forced unionization. Minnesota’s child care union battle moves into federal…
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 MoreSteve King Introduces National Right to Work Act to End Forced Union Dues for Workers
Today, Congressman Steve King (Republican-Iowa) along with 57 cosponsors introduced the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 946) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The House bill is a companion bill to S. 204, the Senate’s version of the National Right to Work Act introduced by Senator Rand Paul (Republican-Ky.) with 9 cosponsors. The one…
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 MoreNILRR Weekly Newsclips February 15, 2013
Workers win settlement against activist union Boston Herald.com, February 14, 2013 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 to have monopoly bargaining privileges over the employees, according to the National Right to Work Legal Defense…
Read MoreFundamental Purpose of Missouri Right to Work Legislation Is Ensuring Equal Protection Under the Law
Helping Workers RAISE Themselves Next week, National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix will visit Jefferson City to talk to a legislative panel about why Missouri should become America’s 25th state to pass a comprehensive ban on forced union dues and fees. Mr. Mix will surely note that states prohibiting the termination of…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips January 25, 2013
Pay Up or Get Sued Washington Free Beacon, January 23, 2013 Steven Cook, president of the Michigan Education Association, circulated an email to local union officials and staff instructing them to monitor revenue streams in light of the right-to-work laws, which are set to go into effect on March 27, 2013. The law allows…
Read MoreWorker Advocate Files Brief in Dispute in Michigan Public Projects
Union bosses seek to uphold discriminatory system in awarding public contracts National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys have stepped in to promote freedom inthe latestMichigan union boss debacle, flaunting a law forbidding project labor agreements. Staff attorneys from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation have filed a brief in support of…
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