Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Why Missouri Right to Work Bill May Stall
Trey Kovaks, workplacechoice.org, explains why some Missouri Democrat legislators are doingall they can to keep a Right to Work law from passing in Missouri. Despite the compelling evidence that right-to-work improves workers’ quality of life, Democrats will continue their efforts undercut the passage of the legislation that enhances worker choice and improves the economy. Why…
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Illinois Governor Fights Forced Unionism Western Journalism.com, February 11, 2015 Patrick Semmens of the National Right to Work Foundation commented on Rauner’s executive order: “This executive action is a bold step to protect the rights of Illinois state employees from being forced to pay tribute to union bosses as a condition of working as a…
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Laborers have no say in their contract U-T SanDiego.com, February 4, 2015 Farm laborers at one of the nation’s largest fruit farms, Gerawan Farming, have been pleading with the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board – an agency formed, ironically, to give farm workers a voice in their own contracts – to count their votes in…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips January 09, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court is One Decision Away from Curtailing Union Power in California Fox and Hounds Online, January 9, 2015 Last year marked a legal turning point for California’s teachers’ unions and public employee unions across the nation. First, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu ruled in June that some of the…
Read MoreMilwaukee Journal-Sentinel Editors: Why the ‘Rush’ to Protect Employees From Being Forced to Pay Dues For Harmful ‘Representation’?
In an editorial this Tuesday (see the link below to read the whole thing) attempting to pour cold water on efforts to make Wisconsin the 25th Right to Work state, the Big Labor-friendly editors of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (MJS) at least acknowledge that Right to Work laws “offer workers the freedom to choose to be…
Read MoreKentucky County Approves Right to Work Ordinance
The Simpson County Fiscal Court has sanctioned a Right to Work ordinance for the county. Katie Brandenberg has the story on bgdailynews.com. The Simpson County Fiscal Court this morning unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance that would make the county a right-to-work area, making it the third county in Kentucky to approve such…
Read MoreWhy Wisconsin Right to Work
Mike Nichols, president of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, makes the case for a Wisconsin Right to Work law. Even if you don’t pay the union, you’ll still be part of the “bargaining unit,” the union leaders would argue. You’ll still “benefit” from the collective bargaining process. So pony up. I declined for a variety…
Read More‘Intergenerational Optimism’ Far Higher in Right to Work States
Last week’s announcement from the National Center for Health Statistics that the number of births in the U.S. fell for the sixth year in a row has been recognized by a number of commentators of varying political stripes as a clear sign that young adults are continuing to struggle in the wake of the Great…
Read MoreWisconsin Ready for Right To Work Law
Rep. Chris Kapenga speaks with Nick Novak of the MacIver Institute about his plans to introduce a Right To Work bill in Wisconsin. “To me it is the single most important thing we can do to help move this economy forward,” Kapenga said. The possibility of passing Right to Work was given a boost on…
Read MoreNILRR 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…
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