Posts Tagged ‘National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’
Chemerinsky: High Court’s Union Dues Case May Change the Political Landscape
Constitutional law expert Erwin Chereminsky, in The ABA Journal, cites several cases won by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, comments on the importance of the Knox v. SEIU Supreme Court decision: Amid the blockbuster decisions of the last two weeks of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, a decision that received little media…
Read MoreMajor Union Feels Sting of SCOTUS
From the point of view of union bosses, who now will no longer have free access to workers’ wallets: The Daily Caller Online, June 22, 2012 Having already experienced a continuous string of political setbacks at the state level, one of the nation’s largest unions was jolted again Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled…
Read MoreNewsclips – June 22, 2012 Commemorating The Knox Decision – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
U.S. SC rejects union’s argument Legal Newsline.com, June 21, 2012 W. James Young, who argued the case before the court on behalf of the petitioners, was very pleased by the Supreme Court’s judgment. Young is an attorney with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which provided free legal assistance to the petitioners. “We…
Read MoreDeveloping: Supreme Court Strikes Down SEIU Scheme to Force California Nonunion State Employees to Fund Union Politics
A stunning victoryfor The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, nrtw.org, June 21, 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today, siding with nonmember California state employees challenging a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) political fee charged to them without notice and opportunity to opt out. The case concludes a prolonged legal challenge…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – May 25, 2012
Union Bosses Set Forest Fire Captain’s Religious Rights Ablaze www.nrtw.org, May 21, 2012 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, Susanville firefighter John Valentich filed the charge against the CDFF union with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission located in San Francisco. What’s…
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…
Read MoreNILLR New Clips – April 27, 2012
A One-Sided ‘Right’ to Unionize?! LaborUnionReport.com, April 9, 2012 A guest commentary by Stan Greer, senior research associate for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research The claim that there is a civil right to join a union, but no equivalent right not to join a union was summarily rejected by a unanimous High Court in…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – April 20, 2012
Mark Mix: Union muscling in to O.C. hospital Orange County Register, April 12, 2012 Unknown figures entering your workplace through the back door without identification. Harassing late night phone calls. Strangers blocking your driveway and studying your exact movements. These are not just the tactics of common criminals and thugs; they are also the tactics…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – April 6, 2012
Right to work has worked Point of View: Oklahoma economy has grown Newsok.com, March 31, 2012 According to federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data, total private-sector employment in Oklahoma increased by 8.1 percent from 2003 to 2010. Oklahoma’s job gain was more than triple the average for forced-unionism states (then 28 in number) and…
Read MoreNILRR 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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