Posts Tagged ‘Missouri’
NILRR 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 MoreGeneral Assembly should pass Right-To-Work legislation
Brian BollmanBollman,, Southeast Missourian, asks why all workers have not joined a union if unions are so great. The Missouri Legislature is considering SB29, which would give public employees a right to choose whether labor unions can withhold dues or use fees for political purposes. The CWA Union response email: ” … it is a…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips April 19, 2013
Can Autoworkers Union Bosses Really Kick the Job-Killing Habit? Don’t Bet On It! www.nilrr.org, April 14th, 2013 UAW seeks toehold in South with Tennessee Volkswagen plan Writing in George Mason University’[…] Record Indicates Right to Work Law Would Economically Benefit Missouri Employees, Businesses www.nilrr.org, April 12th, 2013 House Makes History Regarding Right To Work Legislation …
Read MoreRecord Indicates Right to Work Law Would Economically Benefit Missouri Employees, Businesses
House Makes History Regarding Right To Work Legislation As the account linked above shows, legislators in the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City are now passionately debating whether Show Me State employees and employers would benefit from enactment of a Right to Work law. For the first time in decades, Right to Work is on the table…
Read MoreProposed ‘Paycheck Protection’ Measure in Missouri Would Have Relatively Little Impact
Union dues collecting is examined by Missouri, Kansas lawmakers Elected officials in the “Show Me” State, like their counterparts in a number of other forced-unionism states, are coming under ever-more intense grass-roots pressure to fight for passage of a state Right to Work law prohibiting compulsory union dues and fees. The vast majority of ordinary Missourians…
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 MoreWill 2013 Bring Right To Work to Missouri?
Will Missouri pass a Right To Work law this year? Stephen Herzog, Branson Tri-Lakes News reporter, thinks it’s a possibility. Here’s the story: “We’ve been after the right to work in the state of Missouri for a while,” Rowland said. “I think we have an opportunity this year to get it done.” Proposed “right-to-work” legislation…
Read MoreMissouri House Speaker says right-to-work passage unlikely
Mike Lear, Missourinet, reports Missouri lawmakers dragging their feet on a Right to Work law. Missouri’s Republican House Speaker says in spite of the passage of right-to-work in Michigan, he doesn’t expect to make it a priority in Missouri but will pursue paycheck protection. House Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) says…
Read MoreMike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable”
Mike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable” NEA hada total of 3,166,761 members of all types, of whom 2,807,332 were active and employed in the public school system. Be aware that these are individual souls, not full-time equivalents. Forty-four state affiliates lost active members in 2010-11. The following…
Read MoreRight to Work Foundation Recoups Fine for Nonunion Worker
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation supported Daniel Gudde, who just wanted to do his job. After completing his probationary period, Gudde resigned from the union, and was fined over $7,000 after returning to work and crossing the picket line. Other workers, who remained in the union, but also crossed the picket line,…
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