Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Governor Defied Obama’s Threat Over Right To Work
Tim Skubick, Fox News 2 Political Analyst, reveals President Obama threatened to withhold federal funds if Governor Snyder signed Michigan’s Right to Work Law. Some asked out loud, doesn’t POTUS have more important things to do that lobby Gov. Rick Snyder on that? But lobby the president did. During an exclusive one-hour sit down on…
Read MoreMichigan Governor Snyder Curbs Detroit Union Bosses’ Power
Michigan Governor Snyder’s passage of a bill allowing an emergency manager to be appointed,curbs Big Labor’s monopoly bargaining power. Chad Livengood and Sean D. Lewis have the story in the Detroit News: The new law is called Public Act 436 of 2012. Emergency managers would have the ability to reject, modify or terminate labor union…
Read MoreFourteen States With Worst Absolute Out-Migration From July 2011 to July 2012 All Lack Right to Work Laws
The Fastest-Growing States in America (and Why They’re Booming) Late last week, the U.S. Census Bureau issued a report showing a continuation of the massive exodus of employees and their families from forced-unionism states. This is an exodus that the Census Bureau has documented ever since it began tracking state-to-state domestic migration during the 1990’s. In…
Read MoreTrumka Claims Gov. Snyder is a Liability to GOP
Dave Jamieson has the story at the Huffington Post. A lot of people would think the passage of right-to-work legislation in union-stronghold Michigan signifies broader troubles for an embattled labor movement. But Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO labor federation, said he thinks that Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) signing of the controversial anti-union bill suggests…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Threaten Retaliation Over Right to Work Law — Again
Tom Gantert, Michigan Capitol Confidential, reports on union bosses’ latest threats to worker freedom inMichigan. Al Garrett, president of Michigan AFSCME Council 25, and Larry Roehrig, secretary treasurer, laid out their plans about how to “attack” the law. “There is going to be retribution,” Garrett said. Garrett predicted that right-to-work law would be repealed in…
Read MoreWill Ohio Be The Next Right to Work State?
Julie Carr Smyth comments on the possibility of Ohio as a Right to Work State in Dayton Daily News Online. Republican Gov. John Kasich and Republican legislative leaders weren’t saying this week whether they will use strong Statehouse majorities next year to champion some statewide ballot issue before Ohio voters. In a year-end review session…
Read MoreFormer Union President Suggests Unions Would Be Better Off Without Forced Dues or Fees
A Silver Lining In Michigan Labor Defeat | Working Life Former National Writers Union (NWU) President Jon Tasini is torn. On the one hand, echoing the standard union-boss propaganda line, he labels Michigan’s enactment of the 24th state Right to Work law a couple of weeks ago as an “attack against . . . unions” and a…
Read MorePierre Poilievre wants to bring right-to-work legislation to Canada
Tim Harper explores the potential for a Canadian Right to Work law in spec.com. The Stephen Harper government might dismiss suggestions that right-to-work legislation is on their agenda and Labour Minister Lisa Raitt may say there is a different culture in Canada, but there is nothing stealthy about Poilievre’s intentions as he spells them…
Read MoreInstitute Refutes Obama’s Lame Comments About Right to Work With Facts
The National Institute’s figures give the lie to President Obama’s scornful comments about Right to Work. Mark LaRochelle, Human Events, has the story: The recent enactment of a right-to-work law in Michigan, of all places, provoked a remarkable comment from President Obama: “These so-called ‘right to work’ laws, they don’t have to do with economics;…
Read MoreRight to Work Foundation Ready to Uphold Michigan’s Right to Work Law
Jim Lynch, Detroit News, examines Big Labor’s reaction to the Michigan Right to Work Law. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Vice President and Legal Director, Ray LaJeunesse, reviews plans to uphold Michigan’s Right to Work Law against any and all challengers. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the state’s right-to-work law Feb. 1, and…
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