Posts Tagged ‘North Carolina’
Big Labor Has No Legitimate Grievance Regarding Right to Work Laws
Whether or Not They Wield Forced-Dues Privileges, Union Bosses Benefit From the ‘Comprehensive Authority’ Over Employees Bestowed Upon Them by Federal and State Laws Authorizing ‘Exclusive Representation’ (Click here to download Adobe .PDF file of ‘No Legitimate Grievance’Fact Sheet) In the private-sector economy, two federal laws, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Railway…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News Clips, November 30, 2016
Statement to the Workers at Chicago O’Hare International Airport National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Online, November 28, 2016 According to reports, workers at O’Hare International Airport have been ordered by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) union bosses to strike beginning November 29. Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Foundation,…
Read MoreDuke Nontenured Faculty Unionize
While some nontenured faculty at Duke University may have voted to unionize, those who do not not wish to join cannot be forced to because of North Carolina’s much cherished Right to Work Law. Douglas Belkin has the story in the Wall Street Journal online. In the past three years, faculty and graduate students at…
Read More‘Members-Only Unions Are Not a Theoretical Construct or Historical Remnant’
An issue brief published early this month by the New York City-based and Big Labor-“friendly” Century Foundation (see the link below to read the whole thing) discusses a labor-relations topic that, as coauthors Moshe Marvit and Leigh Anne Schriever acknowledge up front, is unfamiliar to many Americans who are otherwise knowledgeable about unions and how…
Read MoreRight to Work and a Test for Republicans
NILRR shows how Right to Work can improve a state’s good economy. Kristina Roegner has the story in theWall Street Journal. Here in the Buckeye State, we’ve made major economic strides over the past two and a half years. Facing an $8 billion budget deficit in 2011 and unemployment over 9%, Gov. John Kasich and…
Read MoreTop 10 Business States Are Right to Work States; Bottom 3 Forced Unionism States
Chief Executive Magazine’s survey of CEO’s brought some good, but not necessarily new news. The top 10 states for business are Right to Work states, and 3 of the bottom 10 are forced-dues states. While Michigan ranks near the bottom, its Right to Work Law has only been in effect for little over a month. Charlie…
Read MoreImmunity From ID Theft Laws – Another Court-Created Special Privilege For Big Labor?
Court Rules Union BossesCanIgnore Identity Theft Laws To Intimidate Employees (Click here to download Fact Sheet) Over the course of the past century, American elected officials and judges have handed to Big Labor an array of special privileges and immunities that would be unimaginable for any other type of private organization. The U.S. Congress started…
Read MoreRight to Work States Experiencing Population Influx
Sean Higgins, Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Times, has the story. With the exception of Washington, DC and Oregon, people are moving to Right to Work states and leaving those without Right To Work laws. United Van Lines, the moving and storage company, released its annual report last week on migration within the United States. As…
Read MoreBarack Obama’s top 10 most outrageous Big Labor paybacks
Mark Mix, president of National Right to Work, explains President Obama’s Big Labor Paybacks The Daily Caller has the complete story: After Big Labor spent nearly $1 billion to get President Obama and his forced-unionism allies elected in 2008, Obama did not disappoint. Here is a breakdown of the top 10 most outrageous Big…
Read MoreUnions Find Plenty to do at Democrat Convention Despite Bosses’ Anger
Apparently unions are alive and well and working on the Democratic National Convention, which will take place next week in Charlotte, North Carolina. Despite all of the brouhaha over holding the convention in a Right to Work state, thousands of union workers are setting the convention up. Of course, Right to Work supporters already know…
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