NILRR 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…

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Philadelphia 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…

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SEIU Has Big Plans for Midwest Workers

SEIU Local 1’s 2013 Strategic Plan reveals a goal of forcing thousands of guards and airportworkers into unwanted representation.A majority of the workers perform janitorial or security duties. The plan also boasts it will help the “99%” achieve equity with the “1%.” This “1%” must include some SEIU officials, considering their hefty salaries. Luke Rosiak…

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Right to Work a Moral Issue for Pennsylvania

National Right to Work Committee’s Justin Davis explains why a Right to Work law must be a legislative priority in Pennsylvania.  Jacob Perryman, Times Observer, has the whole story: State Rep. Kathy Rapp joined fellow Pennsylvania House Republicans on Tuesday morning to launch a package of bills she said aims to “permanently eliminate this anti-American,…

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Right To Work Coming to Pennsylvania

Could Pennsylvania be the next Right To Work state?  John Luciew has the story at Pennlive.com. Right-to-work legislation – legally clearing the way for workers to hold union-represented jobs without joining unions or paying dues – could be about to touch off a heated debate in Pennsylvania. Or the measure could again go nowhere, a fate that has…

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Ohio Needs Right to Work Law to Obtain Economic Advantage

While Barack Obama puts Right to Work laws down in Labor Day stump speeches in Ohio, Big Labor apologists cannot deny Ohio’s economy is not flourishing.  Although Ohio labor bosses and their supporting politicians believe Big Labor can control the upcoming elections’ results, things are not looking as rosy as they would like:  almost half of…

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Labor Day Statement: “Union Officials Are Mounting A Billion Dollar Campaign to Reelect President Barack Obama”

[vsw id=”K5koHnOYrZk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Forced-dues funded billion dollar machine enables union officials to wield immense political clout, even though voluntary union membership continues to steadily decline Washington, DC (August 31, 2012) – Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and National Right to Work Committee, released the following…

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NILRR Newsclips – March 30, 2012

Kill sneaky union dues gambit Detroit News Online, 3/27/2012 State lawmakers are on the verge of calling a halt to the questionable setup that has allowed the Service Employees International Union to extract nearly $30 million in dues from 40,000 Michigan providers of home health care since 2007. The Economic Freedom of Workers Enhances Prosperity…

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