Why I stopped paying the SEIU

Laura Baston recounts her experience as a victim of compulsory unionism in the News Gazette online. In 1989, I worked as an accountant for the Marathon Pipeline company in Martinsville.…

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NILRR News Clips June 12, 2015

State workers challenge constitutionality of compulsory union fees; Suit says AFSCME doesn’t appreciate state fiscal crisis Madison Record Online, June 10, 2015 State employees who replaced Gov. Bruce Rauner as…

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Nonunion Carpenters Punished

Former union carpenters resigned their membership to work at a nonunion business, and were retaliated against by the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters and their local, just because they wanted to…

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NILRR News Clips May 15, 2015

Big Labor Gave $2 Million to Clinton Foundation nilrr.org, May 15, 2015 U.S. Department of Labor’s union financial disclosure reports reveal that Big Labor gave at least $2,034,500 in union…

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NILRR News Clips May 01 2015

UAW members get information on how to leave union freep.com, April 29, 2015 About three dozen UAW workers gathered today in Sterling Heights to get advice on how leave the…

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Workers Challenge NLRB Ambush Rule

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has helped 3 workers file a suit against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking to prevent new rules which would railroad workers into…

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NILRR 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…

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NILRR News Clips March 07, 2015

UPDATE: Assembly passes right-to-work on party line vote WAOW.com, ABC, March 06, 2015 After a marathon session, the Wisconsin Assembly has passed the right-to-work bill. Republicans said the bill was…

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Illinois Governor Frees State Employees

Scott Reeder, veteran statehouse reporter, comments on Governor Bruce Rauner’s executive order freeing Illinois state employees from paying forced dues.  The order was prompted by the Supreme Court Harris v. Quinn…

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