Posts Tagged ‘Ohio’
Ohio Officials Near Border – Indiana Is Tough Competition
Indiana’s Right To Work Law is giving Ohio a run for its money. Heather Rutz has the story in The Lima News Online. Officials from Allen and Van Wert counties gathered Wednesday for a Delphos Area Chamber of Commerce legislative luncheon, sponsored by CenturyLink. After the presentations, an audience member asked about Ohio better competing…
Read MoreNILRR 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…
Read MoreSEIU 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…
Read MoreUnion Boss Dennis Duffey Bullies Council President
Ohio State Building Construction Trades Council president Dennis Duffey uses bullying tactics, and forced dues, to ensure his City Council candidate wins the competition: The Toledo Blade has the story: A hot dispute between a local labor union boss and the Toledo City Council president over a council appointment made national television news Tuesday night.…
Read MoreOhio Governor Silent on Right to Work
Mark Kovak, Vindy.com, has the story: Kasich still isn’t biting on questions related to efforts to ban mandatory union membership and dues payments, via right-to-work petitions being circulated in the state for the next general election. “I’ll just say it one more time,” he said. “We have a very aggressive agenda that’s moving Ohio in…
Read MoreWill Ohio Be The Next Right to Work State?
Julie Carr Smyth comments on the possibility of Ohio as a Right to Work State in Dayton Daily News Online. Republican Gov. John Kasich and Republican legislative leaders weren’t saying this week whether they will use strong Statehouse majorities next year to champion some statewide ballot issue before Ohio voters. In a year-end review session…
Read MorePresident Obama ‘Believes He Can Take Ohio Voters For Fools’
Ohioans Are No Fools: Obama Did NOT Save Your … – Forbes Union members campaign for Obama on frontline of … – The Guardi It is a matter of conventional wisdom among media pundits that whichever candidate wins Ohio in this year’s presidential race will also emerge triumphant nationwide on November 6. The consensus view may or…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Encumber Citizens With More Debt as Well as Higher Taxes
Total Debt as a Share of Annual Personal Income 50% Higher Than in Right to Work States (Click here todownloadFact Sheet) 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 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected…
Read MoreOhio 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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