Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Ignoring Forced-Unionism States’ Higher Cost of Living Won’t Make It Go Away
JURIST – Forum: ‘Right to Work’ in Michigan: Depleting Unions… Union officials and their academic allies understand, just as well as other Americans do, that a dollar doesn’t go nearly as far in forced-unionism New York as it does in Right to Work Texas. And when they are campaigning for policies like state and local…
Read More8 Right to Work Protesters Dodge Jail Time
8 Right to Work protestors, rescued from jail by a plea deal, were originally charged with assaulting/resisting/obstructing police during a demonstration after Michigan citizens passed their Right To Work Law last year. Brandon Howell has the story on mlive.com. The eight protesters, all from metro Detroit, pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing Friday before Lansing…
Read MoreWSU faculty union seeks 10-year contract before right-to-work takes effect
Since the enactment of a Right to Work Law in Michigan, theWayne State University faculty has taken to seeking desperate measures to keep forcingfaculty topay dues for another 10 years. David Jesse, Education Writer for the Detroit Free Press, has the story: Wayne State University’s faculty union wants to insert a 10-year provision into its…
Read MoreFoundation Case Involves Illinois Workers
Union officials called a strike. There were men who just wanted to work, and for them, the strike fines became even more expensive than honoring the picket line. Now, with free confidential legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, these men are fighting union officials for thousands and thousands in illegal…
Read MoreFight over unionism gains steam in Keystone State
Anthony Reidel, spokesman for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, comments on efforts to bring a Right to Work Law through the Pennsylvania legislature. Despite little optimism, Pennsylvania workers have a chance at freedom with several Right to Work beillscurrently before the legislature. Brad Bumsted has the story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. For…
Read MoreIowa Constitutional Right To Work Law advances
Rod Boshart has the story in the GlobeGazette.com: Republicans seeking to amend Iowa’s Constitution with right-to-work protection weathered a stormy subcommittee meeting Wednesday by steering through strong union opposition. House Joint Resolution 1, which advanced on a 2-1 subcommittee vote, would ask Iowa voters to inscribe current right-to-work law into the state constitution. The 1947…
Read MoreRight to Work a Moral Issue for Pennsylvania
National Right to Work Committee’s Justin Davis explains why a Right to Work law must be a legislative priority in Pennsylvania. Jacob Perryman, Times Observer, has the whole story: State Rep. Kathy Rapp joined fellow Pennsylvania House Republicans on Tuesday morning to launch a package of bills she said aims to “permanently eliminate this anti-American,…
Read MoreRight To Work Coming to Pennsylvania
Could Pennsylvania be the next Right To Work state? John Luciew has the story at Pennlive.com. Right-to-work legislation – legally clearing the way for workers to hold union-represented jobs without joining unions or paying dues – could be about to touch off a heated debate in Pennsylvania. Or the measure could again go nowhere, a fate that has…
Read More‘States Are Under No Obligation to Aid the Unions in Their Political Activities’
The Vindication Of Act 10 On January 18, a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously rebuffed a bid by Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC/NEA) and other union officials to get declared unconstitutional the Right to Work provision in Act 10, the public-sector labor-law reform adopted by Badger…
Read MoreIdaho’s Experience Since 1986 Bodes Well For Michigan’s Economic Future as a Right to Work State
UAW Chief: Right-To-Work Will Be Overturned Right to Work legislation was approved by the Michigan Senate and House and signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder more than a month ago, but the battle over compulsory unionism in the Wolverine State is far from over. Union bosses led by United Autoworkers (UAW) union chief Bob King are…
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