Posts Tagged ‘National Institute for Labor Relations Research’
NILRR Weekly Clips May 3, 2013
Anti-Right to Work Campaign in Ohio Roughs up the Truth www.nilrr.org, April 27th, 2013 While the importance of and need for an Ohio Right to Work law are now being recognized by more and more citizens, grass-roots proponents have yet to agree about what is the most promising approach for reaching their objective. Nevertheless, Big…
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 MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips – March 01, 2013
National Right To Work Foundation Seeks To Bar NLRB Action Due to NLRB’s Lack of a Quorum Seyforth Shaw, LLP, February 19, 2013 On Monday, February 11, 2013 the National Right to Work Foundation (NRTWF) filed its petition for writ of mandamus or prohibition with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals , seeking an…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Newsclips February 22, 2013
NLRB Sneak Attack on First Amendment Shopfloor.org, February 15, 2013 The NLRB is up to its sneaky ways and they are hoping to slip another precedent shattering decision under the radar. According to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Beck decision, employees can object to a portion of union dues’ expenditures if the…
Read MorePhiladelphia Union Boss Boasts About Union Violence
The National Institute for Labor Relations Research has tracked violence incidents since 1975. While much of their information comes from news media accounts, it is obvious that many incidents go unreported, even to police, out of fear of retaliation. Union bosses use tough economic times and free speech to exculpate union violence, their victims still suffer…
Read MoreInstitute Refutes Obama’s Lame Comments About Right to Work With Facts
The National Institute’s figures give the lie to President Obama’s scornful comments about Right to Work. Mark LaRochelle, Human Events, has the story: The recent enactment of a right-to-work law in Michigan, of all places, provoked a remarkable comment from President Obama: “These so-called ‘right to work’ laws, they don’t have to do with economics;…
Read MoreRight to Work Improves Teacher Quality
James Marshall Crotty, Forbes magazine, makes an interesting observation: Because of the alleged audacity of passing a right-to-work law during the lame-duck session of the Michigan legislature, virulent – and occasionally violent – protests at the state Capitol in Lansing are drawing national media attention. However, this Forbes education contributor wonders: once all the hullabaloo…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Encumber Citizens With More Debt as Well as Higher Taxes
Total Debt as a Share of Annual Personal Income 50% Higher Than in Right to Work States (Click here todownloadFact Sheet) As many observers of Organized Labor have noted, there has been an enormous shift of power within union officialdom over the past few decades. As recently as 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – June 15, 2012
Right to Work Works! The New American Online, June 15, 2012 For purposes of this discussion, the definition of the Right to Work principle will be that provided by the National Institute for Labor Relations Research: Walker will not pursue right-to-work in Wisconsin Human Events Online, June 15, 2012 “No, I’m not going to do…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – May 4, 2012
“The Free Rider Argument is a Carefully Crafted Fraud” Legal Newsline, May 1, 2012 The IUOE asserts that the Indiana law violates the equal protection and contract clauses of the Constitution because it does not require nonunion employees to pay for bargaining. . . “The ‘free-rider’ argument is a carefully crafted fraud,” [National Right to…
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