Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Will Famously Garrulous Leftist Noam Chomsky Elaborate on Why He Supports Forced Union Dues?
For decades, Big Labor bosses have sought to perpetuate and expand upon their special legal privileges to get workers fired for refusal to join or bankroll a union they don’t want, and never asked for, by impugning the motives of such workers. This is the very tactic adopted by veteran leftist Noam Chomsky, perhaps best…
Read MoreForced-Unionism Apologists Should at Least Admit Oklahoma Has Been Benefiting From Rapid Economic Growth
Today’s decision by a judge in the Dane County Circuit rejecting union officials’ request for an injunction to stop Wisconsin’s new Right to Work law from taking effect underscores the uphill battle Big Labor faces in trying to get this statute overturned in court. Nevertheless, union lawyers are sure to keep trying. National Right to…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Were on Average 22% More Costly to Live in Than Right to Work States in 2014
Recently the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) published its latest set of comparative cost-of-living indices for the 50 states. (See the link below.) MERIC’s new indices estimate the average annual cost of living in 2014 for each state. The National Institute for Labor Relations Research has now used these data to…
Read MoreNILRR 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 called good for workers. “We’re fighting for the right of every single worker in this state to have their own personal liberty,” said Assembly Speaker…
Read MoreWisconsin = 25th Right to Work State
The Wisconsin legislature has voted for freedom for all workers, passing a Right to Work bill making the Badger state the 25th Right to Work state in the union. Governor Scott Walker is expected to sign the bill on Monday. The Associated Press has the story in the Wall Street Journal. Wisconsin lawmakers voted Friday…
Read MoreRight to Work Brings Jobs
The President and CEO of a local meter manufacturing company states the case for Right to Work. If the Wisconsin legislature passes the law, the company will bring in new jobs. Tom Held has the story in the Milwaukee Business Journal. Rich Meeusen, president and CEO of Badger Meter Inc., threatened to move more than…
Read MoreMichigan – More Right to Work ?
Newly-elected State Representative Gary Glenn is drafting two bills that would extend Right to Work benefits in Michigan. Mark Tower has the story in M-Live. Glenn, a first-year lawmaker who represents part of Midland and Bay counties, is drafting two bills that seek to do that. The first bill would extend Right to Work provisions…
Read MoreCompulsory-Unionism Advocates Don’t Favor ‘Freedom of Contract’
In West Virginia and other states where grass-roots efforts to prohibit forced union dues and fees are gaining momentum, Big Labor propagandists who aren’t normally known for their libertarian sympathies have adopted a Milton Friedmanesque rallying cry: “Right to Work is an offense against the free market!” But as Laurie Lin, a columnist for the…
Read MoreWisconsin Right to Work Advances
The latest on the Wisconsin Right to Work bill and the surrounding union boss protests. Patrick Marley, Daniel Bice and Jason Stein have the story on jsonline.com. In an abrupt vote recalling the chaotic labor protests of 2011, Republicans pushed so-called right-to-work legislation out of a committee Tuesday night after a day of impassioned testimony…
Read MoreWisconsin Right to Work Bill Considered
Steven Walters predicts the Wisconsin legislature will seriously consider the Right to Work Bill during this session. The list of other major decisions that Republican legislators will be making–and many of them in the next few months–is stunning: — Right-to-work law: If former Rep. Duey Stroebel wins Tuesday’s three-way GOP primary in the 20th Senate…
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