Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
Colbert-Busch’s Union Push No Big Surprise
A Big Labor payback that isnothing short of outrageous, but no big surprise. Betsy Woodruff has the story in National Review Online. On a dreary, humid Sunday in front of a Charleston library named for her father, Elizabeth Colbert Busch and Representative James Clyburn (D., S.C.) talked up organized labor in this right-to-work state,…
Read MoreRight to Work States Experiencing Population Influx
Sean Higgins, Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Times, has the story. With the exception of Washington, DC and Oregon, people are moving to Right to Work states and leaving those without Right To Work laws. United Van Lines, the moving and storage company, released its annual report last week on migration within the United States. As…
Read MoreMike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable”
Mike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable” NEA hada total of 3,166,761 members of all types, of whom 2,807,332 were active and employed in the public school system. Be aware that these are individual souls, not full-time equivalents. Forty-four state affiliates lost active members in 2010-11. The following…
Read MoreSchool-Age Population Falling In Forced-Unionism States
Meanwhile, Right to Work States’ ‘K-12 Contingent’ Has Grown by Nearly 1.8 Million Since 2000 (Click here to download the School-Age Population Falling In Forced-Unionism States fact sheet) The state Right to Work law adopted by the Indiana General Assembly and signed into law by GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels this February does not directly affect…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – May 4, 2012
“The Free Rider Argument is a Carefully Crafted Fraud” Legal Newsline, May 1, 2012 The IUOE asserts that the Indiana law violates the equal protection and contract clauses of the Constitution because it does not require nonunion employees to pay for bargaining. . . “The ‘free-rider’ argument is a carefully crafted fraud,” [National Right…
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