Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Forced-Unionism Apologist: If Americans Don’t Act in Accord with What I Say Is in Their Economic Interest, They Must Be Nuts
Last year, leftist journalist Tim Noah published an entire book, entitled The Great Divergence, dedicated largely to the proposition that the long-term decline in the share of American employees who are subject to a union contract is the source of an array of our nation’s economic ills. A dubious thesis, to say the least. Even…
Read MoreRight to Work Laws Benefit Employees of Diverse Educational Backgrounds
Although overall interstate migration has slowed considerably in recent years, U.S. Census Bureau (BOC) data show the vast net movement of Americans out of Big Labor-dominated states and into states with Right to Work protections for employees continues and may even have begun to accelerate again since 2010. Looked at together, just-released statistics from the…
Read MoreIn 2012, Right to Work Indiana’s Compensation Growth Outpaced That of Every Midwestern Forced-Unionism State
Compensation of employees by industry (SA06, SA06N) In early 2012, roughly 21 months ago, Indiana legislators approved, and then-Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law, a measure prohibiting the termination of private-sector employees for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union. Big Labor bosses melodramatically proclaimed it was a dark day for Indiana.…
Read More‘Unions Are Not Compelled to Represent Everyone in the Workplace’
SHABAZZ:Lake County liberal unlikely to derail right-to-work law In a column this week (see the link above), Indiana attorney and publisher Abdul Hakim Shabazz dissects an ongoing lawsuit brought by the bosses of suburban Chicago-based Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) to overturn the Hoosier State’s 20 month-old Right to Work…
Read MoreBig Labor’s Tacit Alliance With Tech Elitists Is Bizarre
Twitter And The Real Economy Of Jobs Four times a year, the nonpartisan Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) calculates and publishes indices ranking each of the 50 states with regard to their cost of living relative to the national average. MERIC’s indices consistently show that, on average, the cost of living is substantially…
Read MoreSeventeen of the 18 Most Rapidly Graying States From 1990-2010 Lacked Right to Work Laws
TheNortheast is getting older, and it’s going to cost them In 1990, Florida had already long been established as a mecca for retirees weary of snow and ice, and, with a median age of 36.2, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, it was the oldest state in the country. By 2010 Florida’s median age had…
Read MoreForced Union Fees For Grievances Aren’t Remotely Fair
Right-to-Work Debate Heats Up in Missouri – The Missourian: State … As I often point out in blog posts on this web page, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) hands union officials a number of extraordinary special privileges vis-a-vis employees as well as employers. Most fundamentally, union bosses are authorized by the NLRA to negotiate with businesses employment contracts…
Read MoreIt’s ‘Labor’ Day, Not ‘Union’ Day
Mark Mix, President, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But as union bosses rush for face time to show they “stand with workers,” what is often forgotten on Labor Day is why 93 percent of private-sector workers have chosen not to stand with a union…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips August 30, 2013
National Right to Work Committee to Hold Candlelight Vigil at AFL-CIO Headquarters Online candlelight vigil to commemorate victims of union violence being held at www.EndUnionViolence.com Washington, DC (August 30, 2013) – Friday afternoon, Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee, will be making a speech to launch a candlelight vigil…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips August 23, 2013
Ohio Governor Has No Credible Excuse For Waving the White Flag on Right to Work August 17th, 2013 An Ohio Prescription for GOP: Lower Taxes, More Aid for Poor Scientific polling ind[…] Cities With Greatest Bankruptcy Risks Overwhelmingly Located in Forced-Unionism States August 19th, 2013 20 Cities That May Face Bankruptcy After Detroit – Newsmax.com Earlier…
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