Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Wisconsin: 25th Right to Work State?
Chris Kapenga, of Delafield, Wisconsin, is set to introduce a Right to Work when the legislature convenes in January. Todd Richmond has the story on Fox News. A Republican lawmaker promised Tuesday to introduce a right-to-work bill, prompting warnings from a Democratic leader that the state could see a round of protests reminiscent of…
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 MoreIndiana Supreme Court Refuses to Credit Union Lawyer’s ‘Big Lie’ Regarding Right to Work Laws
For more than three-quarters of a century, federal courts and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have explicitly declared it is permissible for employers to recognize and bargain with unions that represent their members only, and not workers who opt not to join or pay dues. It is permissible regardless of whether only a minority…
Read MoreKentucky-The Next Right to Work State?
Fox Newsreviews what today’s elections could mean for Kentucky workers. As the hard-hitting contest between Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes hogs all the attention in Kentucky, another potential battle is brewing at the state legislative level that could change the labor landscape in Coal Country. Kentucky is one of the last remaining…
Read MoreRight to Work States Far Outpace Forced-Dues States in Net Growth in Businesses With 20 or More Employees
While small businesses with fewer than 20 employees constitute a critical part of the U.S. economy, they are not the principal source of jobs today or of job creation for the future. More than three quarters of all private-sector employees across America work for enterprises with 20 or more people on their payrolls. For the…
Read MoreIs Judge Diane Wood Ignorant of Federal Labor Law, or Dishonest About It?
U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood obviously feels strongly that federal labor policy should empower union bosses in all 50 states to cut deals with employers forcing employees subject to “exclusive” union representation in the workplace to pay union fees, or be fired. However, judging by her long and angry dissent (see…
Read MoreNone of the 12 States With the Greatest Total Public Debt Per Capita Has a Right to Work Law
For several years now, the nonpartisan taxpayer watchdog group State Budget Solutions (SBS) has been issuing annual reports on state finances that present “an all-inclusive view of state obligations not conventionally presented but that both lawmakers and taxpayers nonetheless must confront.” The 2014 report, linked below, compiles data on each state’s “market-valued unfunded pension liabilities,…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Are Missing 1.7 Million People in Their Peak Earnings Years
Considered together, recently released U.S. Census Bureau data for 2013 and comparable data for 2003 indicate that, as of last year, roughly 1.7 million people in their peak earnings years (ages 35-54) were missing in the 26 states that do not have Right to Work laws barring the exaction of compulsory union dues and fees…
Read MoreRight to Work States Now Dominate U.S. Automotive Manufacturing
Though the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis has yet to issue its estimates for manufacturing output of motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts manufacturing in the 50 states in 2013 (see the link below for data for previous years), it is already safe to say, based on 2012 data and ongoing trends,…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Clips June 13, 2014
NASA Employee Given the Runaround by Own Union Washington Free Beacon, June 11, 2014 Walsh and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWLDF) are now fighting to overturn the technicality that eliminated the possibility of an election. Walsh’s attorney, Bruce Cameron, filed a brief to the three-member FLRA challenging the regional director’s decision.…
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