Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
When Thuggery is Okay
Rich Lowry, National Review Online, compares union thuggery to civil discourse. Outside the Michigan capitol the day of the vote, union protesters tore down the large organizational tent of the pro-right-to-work free-market group Americans for Prosperity and punched Fox News contributor Steven Crowder. It could have been worse. Crowder sustained a chipped tooth…
Read MoreHenry Payne’s Take on Michigan Union Violence
Missouri House Speaker says right-to-work passage unlikely
Mike Lear, Missourinet, reports Missouri lawmakers dragging their feet on a Right to Work law. Missouri’s Republican House Speaker says in spite of the passage of right-to-work in Michigan, he doesn’t expect to make it a priority in Missouri but will pursue paycheck protection. Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) says he supports right-to-work, which keeps…
Read MoreBig Labor Bosses Make Way More than Michigan Workers
Jillian Kay Melchior, National Review, The Corner, compares Big Labor officials salaries to the rank and file. It pays big to be a union boss. That’s something to remember as Big Labor leaders decry Michigan’s new right-to-work law. After all, those union dues are supporting their rock-and-roll lifestyles. The latest numbers from the Office of…
Read MoreRight to Work Improves Teacher Quality
James Marshall Crotty, Forbes magazine, makes an interesting observation: Because of the alleged audacity of passing a right-to-work law during the lame-duck session of the Michigan legislature, virulent – and occasionally violent – protests at the state Capitol in Lansing are drawing national media attention. However, this Forbes education contributor wonders: once all the hullabaloo…
Read More“There Will Be Blood”: Union Violence in the Age of Obama
From Michelle Malkin, a short overview on union violence, including the incidents which accompanied passage of Michigan’s Right to Work Law. Not so many moons ago, President Obama urged us all to “make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.” He Who Heals…
Read MoreMajor media outlets fail to explain what right-to-work laws do
Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner: My column in today’s paper is about how critics of right-to-work laws almost never bother to explain exactly what the laws do. That’s because a clear explanation tends to undermine the critics’ cases, revealing that they are essentially arguing for the right of Big Labor to force people to…
Read MoreLatest Domestic Migration Data Reinforce Economic Case For Michigan Right to Work Statute
California lost more people to other states than it gained in 2011 Californians–staying put- Redding.com Blogs: Bruce Ross’ blog A few hundred union militants hanging out in Lansing and forced-unionism apologists in the establishment media and academia around the country are loudly insisting that Michigan’s approval of a Right to Work law this week will…
Read MoreUnions Will Attempt Legal Battle Over Right to Work
Shikha Dalmia comments on the unions’ reaction to Michigan Right to Work on Bloomberg.com Union bosses aren’t accustomed to the second approach, so until the next elections in 2014 they can be expected to try everything to overturn the law and to stop the right-to-work fever from spreading to neighboring states. Legal analysts say labor’s…
Read MoreSEIU President Calls Right to Work Bill “Dangerous”
From the SEIU.org website: SEIU International President, Mary Kay Henry made an appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show last night after Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed the so-called “Right-to-Work” bill into law, despite the presence of more than 17,000 workers at the State Capitol building yesterday urging him not to sign. This dangerous law is…
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