Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Anti-RTW Protesters Have Forced Dues Connection
Jack Spencer, Michigan Capitol Confidential, has the story of those Michigan Right to Work protestors who were arrested and their connection with an SEIU forced dues scheme perpetrated on Michigan home caregivers. Seven of the eight people facing felony charges for their alleged actions on Dec.6 at the State Capitol are affiliated with the SEIU…
Read MoreAre Indiana Teamster Bosses Making Sneaky Calculations?
Indiana rank and file Teamsters are questioning unprecedented and unannounced dues increases. With the passage of a Right to Work Law last year, perhaps Indiana Teamster union bosses are “missing” the thousands of forced dues dollars they were able to collect before the law went into effect. In any case, it seems that Indiana Teamster…
Read MoreOklahoma’s Economy Has Flourished Since Its Right to Work Law Was Upheld in 2003
Guest column: Right to Work is no guarantee of economic success Ever since formerly Big Labor-dominated Michigan became the 24th state to adopt a Right to Work law last month, union strategists have been plotting among themselves about how best to overturn the statute and punish the elected officials who defied the union hierarchy by…
Read MoreNew York University Law Professor Ignores the Facts in Anti-Right to Work Diatribe
‘Right to work’ is a misnomer The shock waves sent out by longtime forced-unionism stronghold Michigan’s enactment of America’s 24th state Right to Work law in December are still reverberating. A growing number of apologists for Big Labor in the media and in academia are responding to this development, which they didn’t expect and…
Read MoreMichigan Workers Thankful for Right To Work
Tom Walker, timesherald.com, publishes comments from Michigan workers thankful for Michigan’s new Right To Work Law: “¢ Charlie from Burtchville Township: “I just want to thank Gov. Rick Snyder, state Sen. Phil Pavlov and the rest of the legislators who passed the right-to-work laws. Anybody who thinks they will not have a positive impact on…
Read More2012 Was Not A Good Year for Big Labor
FrontPage.com Blogger Earl Capps reviews 2012 moves toward worker freedom, including the events in Wisconsin, and teh passage of Right To Work Laws in Indiana and Michigan. These political upsets were just the latest in a string of recent setbacks for organized labor which signify a growing erosion of the once-formidable power of labor…
Read MoreWill 2013 Bring Right To Work to Missouri?
Will Missouri pass a Right To Work law this year? Stephen Herzog, Branson Tri-Lakes News reporter, thinks it’s a possibility. Here’s the story: “We’ve been after the right to work in the state of Missouri for a while,” Rowland said. “I think we have an opportunity this year to get it done.” Proposed “right-to-work” legislation…
Read MoreOhio Governor Silent on Right to Work
Mark Kovak, Vindy.com, has the story: Kasich still isn’t biting on questions related to efforts to ban mandatory union membership and dues payments, via right-to-work petitions being circulated in the state for the next general election. “I’ll just say it one more time,” he said. “We have a very aggressive agenda that’s moving Ohio in…
Read More‘A Classical Liberal Is Justified in Supporting’ Right to Work Laws
The Government-Created Right-to-Work Issue by Charles W. Ba Big Labor apologists who themselves haven’t a libertarian bone in their bodies often opportunistically adopt a “libertarian” stance to justify their opposition to Right to Work laws. Such laws, claim proponents of monopolistic unionism, violate employers’ “freedom of contract” by prohibiting them from cutting deals with union officials to…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Continue to Threaten Worker Freedom
Michigan union bosses continue the threat of lawsuits against Michigan’s Right to Work Law. If they get their way, there will be no freedom for Michigan workers. The Detroit News has the story: Al Garrett , president of the Michigan-based American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25, vowed to get “retribution” for…
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