Posts Tagged ‘Ohio’
NILRR Clips December 05, 2014
Union Organizers, Not Actual Employees, Turn Out for Walmart Black Friday Protests My Freedom Foundation Online, December 3, 2014 Many of the same individuals appear repeatedly in the photos. All told, it appears that about 17 different individuals participated in at least one of the eight “actions” at local Walmarts. Wisconsin Senate to quickly take…
Read MoreNILRR Clips November 14, 2014
Push For New Mexico “Right To Work” Law Anticipated krwg.org, TV and FM radio, November 13, 2014 A Republican legislative leader says the GOP’s capture of majority control of the state House means New Mexico may enact legislation to bar labor contracts that require workers to be union members. The idea is controversial because it…
Read MoreOpportunities For the ‘Middle-Educated’ and the College-Educated
NILRR Fact Sheet — College-Educated and ‘Middle-Educated’ Employee web Census Bureau Data Show That Non-Holders, Holders of Bachelor’s Degrees Are Flocking to Right to Work States By Stan Greer As a number of workforce analysts have noted, one way in which Americans in their teens and their twenties have attempted to shield themselves from the…
Read MoreFact Sheet: More Debt, Higher Taxes
Eight of the Nine States With the Highest Government Debt-to-Income Ratios Lack Right to Work Protections (Click to download fact sheet) By Stan Greer 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 1981, the first year…
Read MoreFACT SHEET: Working-Age Resident Deficit
Working-Age Resident Deficit Compulsory-Union-Dues States’ Total Population Aged 35-54 Fell by Roughly Two Million from 2003 to 2013 By Stan Greer Because, as a group, they already have plenty of work experience, but are still able to put in a lot of hours on the job, the 84.2 million Americans who were aged 35-54 in…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips May 23, 2014
Top federal leaders suggest dismissal of lawsuit against UAW/VW nooga.com, May 23, 2014 Patrick Semmens, vice president of the National Right to Work Foundation, said in a prepared statement that: This extremely unusual move by the Obama administration to file a brief at the District Court level shows just how much they are in…
Read MoreHow Much Has Athens (Ohio) News Editor Terry Smith Actually Thought About the Right to Work Issue?
Like many media apologists for compulsory unionism, Athens (Ohio) News editor Terry Smith is adept at sneering at people who don’t share his views. But his ability to do even minimal research on the topic about which he recently wrote is questionable. Near the beginning of a pro-union monopoly screed he penned for his newspaper…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips March 14, 2014
Right-to-work bill dies in Kentucky House committee wave3.com, March 14, 2014 A Kentucky House committee’s vote killed right-to-work legislation for the rest of the year, but both sides say the issue will play a key role in November’s elections. Is It Really News to UAW Bosses That Their Political Partisanship Offends Many Workers? www.nilrr.org…
Read MoreUnion Spending against Right-to-Work Efforts
As Right to Work initiatives gain momentum, union bosses and their allies use forced dues to keep workers in chains. Trey Kovacs has the story in workplacechoice.org. States considering adopting right-to-work legislation include Missouri, Ohio, and Oregon. In those states, right-to-work could be on the statewide ballot as soon as 2014. At the same time,…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips, December 06, 2013
Unions Bring Chicago Thuggery to California, Oregon Hospitals Breitbart.com, December 02, 2013 The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is attempting to force hospitals in California and Oregon to allow it to organize workers by using ballot initiatives that would cap executive pay and charges to patients, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The SEIU…
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