National Right to Work Committee®

December 29, 2006 » Right to Work Laws Boost Real Incomes

New Study Shows How Households Benefit From Lower Living Costs

December 27, 2006 » Sounds More Like the "Mob"

Under what organizational structure does the President work for the Business Manager?

December 26, 2006 » Union Official Takes Fifth on "Blue Flu"

Connecticut state law bans public unions from organizing strikes or similar work stoppages that could interrupt normal functioning.

December 22, 2006 » AFSCME to Spend $2 Million on Democratic Agenda

We are not sure what is more outrageous — the fact that the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will spend in excess of $2 million in workers’ dues in the first few hours of the Democrat-controlled Congress, or that the

December 21, 2006 » Checking Kagen

Newly elected Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagen was a beneficiary of Big Labor’s free spending of workers dues money for endorsing government-run health care and other Big Labor agenda items.

December 21, 2006 » Incoming Bay State Governor Getting Squeezed

Deval Patrick Must Choose Between NEA Union Bosses, School Kids

December 20, 2006 » Now We're Playing Some Hardball

Presidential aspirant John Edwards was on MSNBC’s Hardball program, pitching his support for the “Card-Check” bill, but host Christ Mathews’ questions did more to undermine the bill than Edwards’ answers did to support it.

December 19, 2006 » State Unions Hold New Jersey Hostage

New Jersey residents pay the most property tax in the country. The average yearly property tax bill tops $7,000 a year.

December 18, 2006 » Edwards' Pit Bull

John Edwards’ presidential campaign seems to be playing third fiddle behind Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, so he has brought on a Big Labor supporting “pit bull,” David Bonior, as his senior advisor;

December 18, 2006 » Novel Forced-Unionism Scheme Okay With NLRB

Republicans Missed Chance to Reform Powerful Board This Summer

December 16, 2006 » Union Funds Up for Grabs

On November 30, the Pittsburgh, (PA) Tribune-Review reported two separate incidents of local union funds being embezzled.

December 15, 2006 » $45,000 Stolen from Teacher's Union Fund

As anyone following this blog can attest, embezzling from union funds seems to be in vogue.

December 14, 2006 » New NILRR Studies

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) has just released two new studies that make for interesting reading.

December 13, 2006 » Committee Girds For Battle in Hawkeye State

Reimposition of Forced Unionism Would Hurt Employees, Businesses

December 13, 2006 » What's Big Labor Up To?

It appears that, once again, Big Labor Bosses are playing fast and loose with union member’s pension funds.

December 12, 2006 » Undermining Iowa's Right to Work

With organized labor looking forward to 2008, Iowa was a major target this year.

December 12, 2006 » Survey Program Effective in Hostile Climate

Pro-Right to Work Candidates Win Many Close U.S. House Contests

December 11, 2006 » Union Bigwig Adds New Meaning to The Term 'Hand-in-the-Till'

A 186-page, 44 count indictment was handed down in November on Brian McLaughlin for alleged crimes he committed during his tenure as president of the New York City Central Labor Council, and a Queens, NY assemblyman.

December 9, 2006 » Union Boss Rigs Own Election

There is a trial going on in Houston, Texas that brings to mind just how vulnerable union supervised voting systems are to manipulation; and might go a long way in explaining why some union officials seem to be elected for life.

December 8, 2006 » Nurses Union Funds Embezzled

In late November, John T. Daley was indicted for embezzling more than $1.2 million in an alleged fraud scam he ran while acting as Chief Financial Officer of the New York State Nurses Association.

December 7, 2006 » Just How Accurate Are Those LM-2s and LM-3s?

In mid-November, according to the St. Louis Business Journal, Mary Love, former president of the American Federation of Governmental Employees (AFGE) union Local 96, was convicted “of two felony counts of falsifying government forms and three felony count

December 7, 2006 » Big Labor Trampled Free Speech Again in 2006

Millions of Workers Had to Bankroll Candidates That They Opposed

December 6, 2006 » Letter to the Editor: Charles City Press

Incoming Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal has mangled the facts about the so-called

December 6, 2006 » Letter to the Editor: Sioux City Journal

Incoming Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal and incoming House Speaker Pat

December 5, 2006 » Letter to the Editor: Des Moines Register

David Yepsen is a fine reporter, but he made a mistake about Iowa’s Right to Work law

December 4, 2006 » 'We're Going to Move on Card Check'

Legislative Showdown Looms in Wake of Big Labor Election Sweep

December 1, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Teacher Union Boss Takes ‘Lion’s Share of the Credit’ For Stopping Tax Relief

The Maine Education Association (MEA) teacher union hierarchy has a name for Pine Tree . . .

December 1, 2006 » November/December 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

November 29, 2006 » United Nations to United States: Unionize Airport Screeners

“Millions of people living in countries that belong to the United Nations work in abysmal, unsafe and inhumane conditions that most Americans can’t imagine and wouldn’t tolerate.

November 28, 2006 » Colorado: Big Labor Sets Ambitious Goals

After Big Labor allies consolidated control of the legislative and executive branches of government in Colorado for the first time in a generation — with the help of forced-union dues — union officials expect to cash in.

November 27, 2006 » Communists for Card-Check Bill

The People’s Daily World, a publication of the Communist Party of America, reports that AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel is happy “to be playing offense for the first time” in his career.

November 26, 2006 » Commercial Interruption

With Big Labor pushing an aggressive agenda to mandate membership and payment of union dues, it’s critical supporters of the Right to Work be more vigilant than ever.

November 25, 2006 » Kuhl Cools to Big Labor

Big Labor’s backstabbing of its Republican supporters was an unwritten story of the 2006 congressional elections. Now Rep. Randy Kuhl (R-NY) has stabbed back.

November 3, 2006 » Forced-unionism Abuses Exposed: Union Boss’s ‘I Didn’t Know What “Perjury” Was’ Defense Flops in L.A.

Janett Humphries, the former president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) . . .

October 30, 2006 » Who Will Break the 'Mob That Whacked Jersey'?

Garden State Politicians Enthralled to Government Union Bosses

October 23, 2006 » 'Unite Here' Union Lawbreakers Chastised

Ordered to Pay Damages For Defamation, Violating Workers' Privacy

October 18, 2006 » Forced Unionism Linked to Health-Care Ills

Ranks of Privately Insured Grow Rapidly in Right to Work States

October 12, 2006 » Big Labor Bosses Target Tennessee Firemen

Committee Fights Back With Legislative Candidate Survey Program

October 10, 2006 » Right to Work House Prospects Improving

But GOP Chiefs' Refusal to Hold H.R.500 Vote Limits Progress

October 9, 2006 » Compulsory-Unionism Issue in the Spotlight

Rivals in Key Senate Races Have Opposing Views on Right to Work

October 5, 2006 » October 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

October 2, 2006 » Forced-unionism Abuses Exposed: Boss of So-Called ‘Union for the Poor’ Brags: ‘Nobody Throws a Party Like We Do’

Flamboyant Big Apple union boss Dennis Rivera, president of the 300,000-member Local . . .

September 30, 2006 » Ted Kennedy Bests GOP at NLRB Deal-Making

Forced-Unionism Cheerleader Secures New Term on Powerful Board

September 25, 2006 » Bullets, Rocks, Bricks . . . and 'Card Checks'!

Teamster Kingpins Adopt New Organizing Strategy at UPS Freight

September 22, 2006 » Pro-Forced Unionism GOP Congressman Dumped

Primary Voters, Union Bosses Snub Big Labor-Appeasing Republicans

September 14, 2006 » Sooners Celebrate Right to Work Anniversary

Since 2001, Incomes Have Risen and Poverty Has Fallen in Oklahoma

September 13, 2006 » Idaho Keeps Refuting Forced-Unionism Apologists

After Two Decades of Right to Work, Gem State's #1 in Job Growth

September 11, 2006 » State Candidates Receive Right to Work Surveys

Program Is Critical For Efforts to Defeat Forced-Unionism Schemes

September 8, 2006 » Million-Dollar 'Matching Grant Challenge' Waged

Committee Girds For Fierce Battle to Thwart Big Labor Power Grab

September 7, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: 'Another Nail' in the Detroit School 'Coffin'

In 1999, the last time Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT/AFT) union bosses ordered . . .

September 1, 2006 » September 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

August 29, 2006 » Boston's 'Big Dig': A PLA Disaster

Problems With Costly Union-Only Tunnel Project Keep Getting Worse

August 23, 2006 » Big Labor Bullies Volunteer Firefighters

Small Department's Bid to Get a New Fire Station in Jeopardy

August 22, 2006 » Illegal Strike Demands Cost Workers $50 Million

UAW Bosses Are Guilty, But GM Employees Will Get No Restitution

August 21, 2006 » August 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

August 18, 2006 » Union Bosses Fail to Cut School's Salary Offer

Right to Work Allies Eager to Build on Small North Dakota Victory

August 17, 2006 » 'The Cringe Is Not a Winning Posture'

Republican Leaders' Timidity Harms Pro-Right to Work Candidates

August 7, 2006 » Right to Work Protected in State Legislatures

State-Level Political Action Group Assists Pro-Freedom Candidates

August 4, 2006 » Right to Work PAC Targets Critical Contests

Fund Contributes Exclusively to Pro-Right to Work Candidates

August 1, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: ‘Why Would We Want to Join a Union That Wants to Choke Us Into Submission?’

On Tuesday, July 25, a group of roughly 30 desperate workers in Hartford, Conn., marched to . . .

July 31, 2006 » Federal Union Monopoly Puts Public at Risk

And Government Union Bosses Hunger For New Privileges at TSA, DHS

July 28, 2006 » Right to Work "Blog" Online and Operational

In an effort to dialog on a more personal basis with Right to Work members and advocates, on July 27, 2006, the National Right to Work Committee activated a groundbreaking Right to Work “Blog.”

July 27, 2006 » Changes Empower Edwards

The Democrat National Committee recently announced changes in the presidential primary and caucus schedule.

July 21, 2006 » Committee Helps Win One For U.S. Taxpayers

But Many House Members Support Federal Union Bigwigs' Power Grab

July 14, 2006 » Right to Work Laws Improve Access to Pensions

Forced Unionism Reduces Employers' Ability to Furnish Coverage

July 13, 2006 » July 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

July 12, 2006 » 'Matching Grant Challenge' Expanded, Extended

Committee Members Determined to Foil Big Labor's '06 Power Grab

July 11, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: ‘The Mayor Says . . . “Joe, I’ve Got 10 to 12 Million to Spend. You Tell Me Where”’

With Pittsburgh tossed by summer tempests late last month, it seemed like an inopportune . . .

July 10, 2006 » Why Companies Kowtow to Big Labor 'Card Checks'

Taxpayer Money Used to Browbeat Hotel/Convention Center Operator

July 6, 2006 » Right to Work Prospects Brighten Under Big Sky

Outspoken Foes of Forced Unionism Win Several Key Primary Races

July 5, 2006 » Time 'Running Out' For Action on S.370, H.R.500

Right to Work Lobbying Blitz Increases Pressure For Floor Votes

June 30, 2006 » June 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

June 29, 2006 » Machinist Union Lawyers Defend Thuggery, Theft

Local IAM Bosses Arrested For Philadelphia Airport Hotel Assault

June 28, 2006 » Right to Work Laws Good For Taxpayers

Elected Officials From Right to Work States Are Better Stewards

June 26, 2006 » Hoosiers Retire Anti-Right to Work Legislators

Senate President Pro Tem, 26-Year House Veteran Go Down to Defeat

June 21, 2006 » Will UAW Militants Push Delphi Over a Cliff?

Pro-Union Monopoly Federal Policy Promotes Ruinous Class Warfare

June 20, 2006 » Monopoly-Bargaining Scheme Thwarted in Tennessee

But Most House Members Kowtowed to Firefighters Union Bosses

June 12, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Has the 'Governator' Been Reprogrammed by Tax-Loving Teacher Union Bosses?

As fans of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Hollywood career may recall, in each of the three

June 12, 2006 » Committee PAC Aids Pro-Right to Work Candidates

Primary Voters Reward Outspoken Opponents of Compulsory Unionism

June 9, 2006 » Committee Plans to Mobilize Millions This Fall

New 'Matching Grant Challenge' Issued to Pay For Vital Program

May 26, 2006 » Forced Unionism Linked to More Onerous Taxes

'Tax Freedom Day' Comes 10 Days Earlier in Right to Work States

May 22, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Scheme Thwarted in Nebraska

Right to Work Efforts Strip Camouflage From 'Agency Fee' Bill

May 19, 2006 » Top Labor Economist Supports Right to Work

Rutgers University's Leo Troy Expounds His Views in New Article

May 16, 2006 » Federal Union Monopolists Gouge Taxpayers

Big Labor Congressmen, Senators Eager to Ensure Gouging Continues

May 16, 2006 » National Right to Work Act Sponsor/Cosponsors

H.R. 500/S. 370

May 15, 2006 » Big Labor Strong-Arms Capitol Hill 'Friends'

Senators Cosponsor Unpopular Legislation at Union Bosses' Behest

May 12, 2006 » Mississippi Representative Chip Pickering Cosponsors Forced-Dues Repeal Bill

Standing up for workers' freedom of choice, on May 11, 2006, Mississippi Representative Chip Pickering (R-Dist. 3) signed on as a cosponsor to forced-dues repeal legislation in the U. S. House of Representatives known as the National Right to Work Act.

May 11, 2006 » May 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

May 10, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Labor Board Accuses UAW Bosses, Company Of Retaliating Against Whistleblower

Americans who even casually follow business news know that unionized domestic motorvehicle . . .

May 9, 2006 » NRTWC President Mark Mix Urges U.S. House and Senate Members to Oppose HR 4755 / S 2201

If passed, these pieces of legislation would allow labor union officials to tighten their stranglehold over Federal Aviation Administration employees and America's taxpayers.

May 3, 2006 » Workers Get a Glimpse at How Their Money's Spent

Big Labor Opposes Even Limited Disclosure of Forced-Dues Spending

May 2, 2006 » Committee Members Get Congress's Attention

New TV Ad Campaign Will Help Build Right to Work Bill’s Momentum

April 25, 2006 » Right to Work Measures Acquire More Cosponsors

Committee Pushes For Recorded Floor Votes on Senate, House Bills

April 24, 2006 » April 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

April 21, 2006 » Union Thugs Assault Rival Union's Organizers

Victims' Boss Urges Feds to Throw Book at Assailants, Abettors

April 20, 2006 » Forced Union Dues Bankroll Lavish Lifestyles

AFL-CIO Execs Held Recent Powwow at $595-a-Night Beachside Hotel

April 19, 2006 » Letter to Jim Little, TWU

NRTW president Mark Mix urges Transport Workers Union of America president to support passage of the Freedom from Union Violence Act

April 19, 2006 » Why Did Big Labor Governor Blow His Top?

Even Talk About Banning Forced Unionism Unhinges Brian Schweitzer

April 18, 2006 » 'Divorced' Union Bosses Reunite to Grab Power

Big Labor to Mount 'Most Aggressive' Ever Midterm Mobilization

April 16, 2006 » Union Hierarchy Cherishes Its 'Legal Monopoly'

Even in Right to Work States, Union Dons Hold Extraordinary Power

April 14, 2006 » New Mexico Representative Steve Pearce Cosponsors Forced-Dues Repeal Bill

Standing up for workers' freedom of choice, on April 6, 2006, New Mexico Representative Steve Pearce (R-Dist. 2) signed on as a cosponsor to forced-dues repeal legislation in the U. S. House of Representatives known as the National Right to Work Act.

April 12, 2006 » Teacher Union Hierarchy Drops Its Mask

'Professional Association' Façade Victim of AFL-CIO Partnership

April 7, 2006 » North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole Cosponsors Forced-Dues Repeal Bill

Standing up for workers' freedom of choice, on April 3, 2006, North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole (R) signed on as a cosponsor to forced-dues repeal legislation in the U. S. Senate known as the National Right to Work Act.

April 6, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Guess Who Wins Big as New Jersey Taxes Spiral?

This spring many Garden Staters are brandishing metaphorical pitchforks and spades at Big . . .

March 28, 2006 » Right to Work Law Is 'Transforming' Oklahoma

Real Household Income Rising, Poverty Falling in Sooner State

March 26, 2006 » Are 'Gay Unions' a Workplace Issue?

Union Bosses Use Forced-Dues Clout to Back Controversial Causes

March 25, 2006 » Virginia's Economy May Bear 'Mark of Kaine'

Virulent Right to Work Opponent Slated For New Administration

March 23, 2006 » 'Missouri Compromise' Would Ban Some PLA's

Taxpayer-Funded Schemes Corral Construction Workers Into Unions

March 22, 2006 » 'Pay Dues, or Be Fired' Is No Idle Threat

Big Labor Near to Getting 14 Independent-Minded Nurses Terminated

March 12, 2006 » Right to Work Revving Up Survey 2006

Pro-Forced Unionism Federal Candidates Will Have Nowhere to Hide

March 10, 2006 » Teacher Union Hierarchy Drops ‘Professional Association’ Mask

By Mark Mix

March 7, 2006 » Letter to Montana Governor Schweitzer

I was disappointed by the recent public

March 6, 2006 » 'Unionism Without Consent . . . Is Despotism'

Acclaimed New Book by Union Activist Whacks Compulsory Unionism

March 3, 2006 » March 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

March 3, 2006 » March 2006 Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: ‘Big Purple Truck’ Scandal Hits Big Labor in L.A.

With Pittsburgh tossed by summer tempests late last month, it seemed like an inopportune

February 27, 2006 » Is the NLRB's 'Clinton Era' Finally Ending?

Latest 'Recess' Appointee May Help Reverse Outrageous Precedents

February 24, 2006 » Forced Dues at Issue in New York Strike

Company: Protecting Right to Work Helps Us Recruit Good Employees

February 21, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: What Planet Is Auto Workers Union Chief Ron Gettelfinger Living On?

On January 17, just days before the Ford Motor Co. announced that it would eliminate at least

February 21, 2006 » Teacher Union Bosses Drop 'Embarrassing' Index

Implicitly Confirm It Debunks Favorite Big Labor Economic Claims

February 17, 2006 » Committee PAC Aids Pro-Right to Work Candidates

Goal Is to Expedite Campaign to Pass National Right to Work Law

February 8, 2006 » Committee Blasts Hiring-Hall Forced Unionism

Union Bosses Shake Down Illinois Electrician and His Son-in-Law

February 6, 2006 » February 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

February 1, 2006 » Right to Work Is 'Engine of Economic Recovery'

But National Law Is Needed to Protect All Employees, Businesses

January 31, 2006 » Companies 'Want to Be in a Right to Work State'

Governors, Legislators Feel Economic Pressure to End Forced Dues

January 26, 2006 » Police Union Boss Endorses Illegal Strike

In New York and Across U.S., Union Monopolies Breed Lawlessness

January 19, 2006 » Professional Educators Depose Union Monopolists

State Legislators Need to Act to Remove Special Legal Privileges

January 13, 2006 » Right to Work States Best For Auto Plant Sites

'If You're Not a Right to Work State, You Don't Play in the Game'

January 12, 2006 » 'Top Down'-Organized Plants Will Close Doors

Big Labor-Controlled Companies Experience Major Job Losses

January 11, 2006 » Big Labor-Funded Study 'Twists Logic'

Committee Staffers Distribute Scholarly Rebuttal on Capitol Hill

January 10, 2006 » January 2006 Right to Work Newsletter

January 9, 2006 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Big Labor Bosses Put Squeeze on Taxpayers

Last month’s U.S. Census Bureau report on population trends in the 50 states contained

January 5, 2006 » Congress Returns to Face Right to Work

Committee Representatives to Visit Wavering Members of Congress