Posts Tagged ‘Wisconsin’
Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling Allows Union Recertification Elections
National Right to Work Foundation attorneys have won yet another right for Wisconsin teachers. Madison, WI (November 22, 2013) – Last night, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows teachers across the state to vote to determine whether union officials can continue to claim to represent those teachers in their respective workplaces. The…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips, November 22, 2013
Regent Law Students Participate in Two Supreme Court Cases Networkedblogs.com, November 20, 2013 Through the Right to Work Practicum at Regent University School of Law, Regent’s law students have recently had the incredible opportunity to participate in not one, but two cases being heard by the United States Supreme Court. The United States Supreme…
Read MoreWisconsin Union Thugs Threaten Governor over Act 10
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recounts the threats to his family’s safety after passage of Act 10, which severely limited the scope of monopoly bargaining for government employee unions, and gave teachers right to work freedom as well. Tal Kopan has the story in Politico. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faced death threats and frightening encounters with…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Newsclips, November 08, 2013
Group files complaint about Unified’s vote to negotiate with unions Kenosha News Online, November 08, 2013 According to a statement from the Institute, the complaint was filed on behalf of Kristi Lacroix, who they identify as a district taxpayer. Lacroix is a former teacher at Lakeview Technology Academy who left her job this…
Read MoreEmployment Data Continue to Show Union Monopolists’ 2011 Victory Over Ohio’s Issue Two Was Pyrrhic For Unionized Workers
In early 2011, Wisconsin and Ohio became the first two states ever to roll back public-sector forced union dues and fees after having statutorily authorized them. Both Wisconsin’s Act 10 and Ohio’s S.B.5 revoked government union officials’ privilege to get public servants fired for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union. Both…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Clips, July 26, 2013
NRTW Foundation starts Pgh ads Pittsburgh Post Gazette Online, July 23, 2013 The conservative National Right To Work Foundation is starting a decent-sized ad buy in the Pittsburgh market today that warns of union harassment in hospital work places. UPDATE: The NRTW takes issue with the headline of this post calling it “anti-union.” It…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips July 19, 2013
50 Politicos to Watch: Doug Stafford Politico.com, July19, 2013 Stafford did not meet Paul until late in the summer of 2009. He had risen from a junior writer to vice president of the National Right to Work Committee, the pro-business lobbying group that opposes forced unionization. Minnesota’s child care union battle moves into federal…
Read MoreAnother Union Brings Suit Against Wisconin Act 10
Desperate to recoup some of the power they’ve lost, teacher union officials have brought yet another suit against Wisconsin’sAct 10, which gave teachers Right to Work entitlements, severely reduced the scope of monopoly bargaining, and requires that teacher union officials be recertified as the exclusive representative in each district each year. TMJ4 news has the…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips — June 21, 2013
‘Under 18″² Population of Forced-Unionism States Sank by Nearly 1.5 Million Over Past Decade National Institute for Labor Relations Research, June 16, 2013, U.S. Census Bureau data released last week (see the link above) show that, from 2002 to 2012, as in previous 10-year periods, Right to Work states’ population-growth advantage over forced-unionism states was…
Read More‘Schools Already Have Entered Into Mini-Bidding Wars Over Individual Teachers’
Wage freeze for teachers starting to melt | Wausau Daily Herald … Back in the early 1960’s, American Federation of Teachers (AFT/AFL-CIO) union pioneers Dave Selden and Al Shanker crafted a teacher pay system that is now dominant in school districts across America. In unionized school systems, AFT-affiliated and other teacher union bosses routinely resist changes…
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