Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Hoffa Threatens Civil War over Freedom for Michigan Workers
Guy Benson, Townhall’s Political Editor, remarks on Jim Hoffa’s Threats over the passage of a Right to Work Bill in Michigan yesterday. Yes, this is the same elegant creature who screeched about “taking out” Tea Party “son-of-a-bitches” [sic] at a presidential event last year. In case you’d forgotten, both the White House and the DNC…
Read MoreMostly Peaceful . . . Not
MLive’s pallid description of some of the violence that accompanied Michigan workers’ bid for freedom: The protest was mostly peaceful, but included state police in riot gear, a clash in which a tent used by right-to-work boosters was torn down, and at least three misdemeanor arrests — all against the…
Read MorePro-Forced Unionism Pundit – Unions Will Not Survive . . .
Appearing on MSNBC’sAndrea Mitchell Reportson Tuesday, liberalWashington Postcolumnist Ruth Marcus lashed out against passage of Michigan’s right-to-work law: “Unions are reeling, and the more states that enact measures like this, the more unions will be reeling….unions aren’t going to survive when people have a choice of whether to ante up the dues or to get…
Read MoreNoted Economist Touts Right to Work’s Job Creation Power
Noted Economist Mark Perry Shows Right to Work’s Advantage in Job Creation Michigan joins states creating jobs at almost 3X the rate of forced unionism states The chart above (data here) shows that since the recession ended in June 2009, more than two jobs have been created in right-to-work (RTW) states for every one job created…
Read MoreTen reasons why Michigan’s right-to-work law matters
Jennifer Rubin posts: Thesmack-down of Big Labor is noteworthy in a number of respects: 1. Union thugs resorted to violence that the mainstream media largely ignored and the White House refused to condemn. The association with union thuggery is a problem for “progressives.” 2. Democrats soon will have to find a substitute for the money…
Read MoreForced-Unionism Apologists Ignore Fact That Employees Often Have ‘Fundamental Differences of Interest’
“Right to work” push guarantees all out war in Michigan  In reporting on union-label politicians’ last-ditch effort to block enactment of a Michigan Right to Work law, pro-forced unionism Washington Post contributor Greg Sargent has just uncritically repeated a common, but outrageous Big Labor canard regarding the millions of American employees who choose not to join…
Read MoreRight to Work Laws’ Economic Benefits Easier to Discern Than Michigan Pundit Supposes
Interest high in Right to Work; gains unclear Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population  Median Age and Age by Sex – U.S. Census Bureau  Veteran Michigan business pundit Rick Haglund admits that substantial evidence indicates that passage of a Michigan Right to Work law will promote employment growth in a state that ranked the worst in the nation…
Read MoreAFL-CIO Czar’s Threats to Punish Pro-Right to Work Politicians in Indiana, Wisconsin Prove to Be Empty
Our State Government Victory Nine-and-a-half months ago, on January 25, the Hoosier House of Representatives voted 54-44 to adopt H.B.1001, legislation making Indiana 23rd Right to Work state. On February 1, the Indiana Senate, which had already passed another version of the Right to Work legislation, 28-22, approved H.B.1001 and sent it GOP Gov. Mitch…
Read MorePresident Obama ‘Believes He Can Take Ohio Voters For Fools’
Ohioans Are No Fools: Obama Did NOT Save Your … – Forbes Union members campaign for Obama on frontline of … – The Guardi It is a matter of conventional wisdom among media pundits that whichever candidate wins Ohio in this year’s presidential race will also emerge triumphant nationwide on November 6. The consensus view may or may…
Read MorePro-Forced Unionism Pundit: Families Are ‘Moochers’
Blue States Are From Scandinavia, Red States Are From Guatemala … Red State, Blue State – William Voegeli – National Review Online How can you tell it’s election time, and Big Labor candidates’ prospects are less than stellar? Â When bitter diatribes against “red” state voters such as New Republic Senior Editor Jonathan Cohn’s recent screed (see the first link…
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