National Right to Work Committee®

December 28, 2007 » Employees, Employers Like Right to Work States

Prohibiting Compulsory Unionism Improves Overall Job Climate

December 27, 2007 » Discrimination in New York

The Constitution protects your right to associate and, by logic then, your right to disassociate. But Broome County, New York has decided to punish and discriminate against those exercising this basic right.

December 27, 2007 » Union Boss Accused of Extortion

The former boss of a New York area Teamsters local was arrested on Tuesday, the New York Times reports, “on charges that he forced his union members to do work for him personally, . . .

December 27, 2007 » Hollow Victory For NEA Union Bosses in Utah?

Even After Voucher Defeat, Their Monopoly Power Still in Jeopardy

December 26, 2007 » Louisiana Elects Pro-Right to Work Governor

Jindal Team Likely to Push For More Union-Free 'Charter' Schools

December 25, 2007 » Keeping Union Bosses Accountable

The omnibus spending bill that is making its way through Congress increases federal spending on almost every government program except one — the Office of Labor Management Standards at the Department of Labor — the office that oversees union corruption.

December 24, 2007 » Payroll Deductions for Union Politics

According to the Detroit News, union bosses in Michigan are seeking the right to request an automatic payroll contribution from state employees — contributions that would pad the coffers of union political action committees (PACs).

December 22, 2007 » Union Bosses Giving Away the Store

Tim Miller, writing for the New York Post, notes that: "There has been nothing coy about . . .

December 21, 2007 » Kentucky's New Governor: Not Buying What He Is Selling

Kentucky’s new governor, Steve Beshear, talks a good game, but don’t expect columnist Jim Waters of the Georgetown News-Graphic to shake his head up and down like a “dashboard bobblehead doll.”

December 21, 2007 » What Will 'RESPECT' Reap For Supervisors?

Measure Would Pave the Way For Forced Unionization of Millions

December 20, 2007 » Big Labor Looks Abroad for Help

In Europe, labor unions have a stranglehold on economic growth. From wildcat strikes to violent destruction of property, powerful unions run amok, destroying jobs and prosperity on much of the European continent.

December 19, 2007 » A Pro-Freedom Ruling

Once again the legal-eagles at the National Right to Work have stuck a blow for freedom when an administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) struck down a nationwide policy of a major international union . . .

December 19, 2007 » Sylvester Petro Battled Compulsory Unionism

Writings Showed How Coercion Makes 'Clean' Unionism Impossible

December 18, 2007 » "Props" to Jaime Escalante

The name, Jaime Escalante, came up in print at least twice last week, but there is more to his story that warrants discussion.

December 18, 2007 » Committee Prepares For Showdown Over S.2123

Will Press Congress to Remove All Police/Fire Forced Union Dues

December 17, 2007 » Committee Ad Campaigns to Target Key Senators

Right to Work Leaders Ramp up Program to Block S.2123 in Senate

December 17, 2007 » Clinton's Triple Threat

To ensure Hillary Clinton wins the Democrat nomination for President, two Big Labor groups are starting to spend large sums of workers’ money on radio ads and political consultants, including a million dollar ad buy in Iowa promoting the Clinton candidacy

December 14, 2007 » Ron Paul Condemned by AFL-CIO

Presidential candidate Ron Paul is a champion of workers’ rights. He is an ardent supporter of the right to choose whether to join a union. And he opposes any and all attempts to push Big Labor’s coercive agenda.

December 14, 2007 » NVFC Shirks Responsibility

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), for unknown reasons, is carrying water for the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) union hierarchy.

December 14, 2007 » November/December 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

December 13, 2007 » Was SEIU's Election Fixed?

Union bosses don’t have much reverence for elections. Their efforts to gut worker elections by enacting the Card Check Scam Bill are prima facie evidence.

December 12, 2007 » Minnesota Voters Beware

At a state labor forum, candidates for U.S. Senate Mike Ciresi, Jim Cohen, Al Franken and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer all endorsed the Card Check Scam Bill, taking away workers’ right to vote on whether to be represented by Big Labor in the workplace.

December 11, 2007 » Ohio's Special Election

When Rep. Paul Gilmore died, the Governor set up a special election for his position on December 12 for the fifth congressional district.

December 10, 2007 » Union Goons Harass Workers -- "They acted like a mob of crazy lunatics"

The Northwest Indiana Times reports that “[n]onunion workers at the Hilton Garden Inn construction site . . .” in Hobart, Indiana, “. . . were victims of an attack that went well beyond a union-based picket line.”

December 7, 2007 » Iowa Right to Work Law in the Crosshairs?

Looks like, once again, gutting Iowa’s popular Right to Work Law may be on the Democrats’ agenda in the 2008 Legislative Session.

December 6, 2007 » Congress Trying to Abdicate Responsibility

Even the very liberal Globe says the city of Boston shouldn’t have to bargain with firefighter union bosses over random drug testing.

December 5, 2007 » Still Takin' It on the Chin

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s decision to empower state employee unions with unprecedented power is not sitting well. The Denver Post, which editorialized against the power grab when it happened, is now demanding the legislature “. . . clean up the governor

December 5, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Union Bosses’ ‘Treaty of Tordesillas’ Divvies Up Grand Haul of Colorado State Employees

Early last month, top bosses of the mammoth Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

December 4, 2007 » New Jersey Pushes Forced Unionism on Nation

The New Jersey State Senate is considering a resolution that urges Congress to enact the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.

December 3, 2007 » Unleashing the Storm

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s end run around the legislature to give public sector unions more bargaining power is entering phase two as the three largest public employee unions in the state are joining forces to create a “labor behemoth . . .

November 30, 2007 » Top Five Reasons for Right to Work Law

The Blogger News Network has compiled the top five reasons why Congress should enact a National Right to Work Law. It’s a nice start!

November 27, 2007 » Ritter's Labor Pains

The Rocky Mountain News has now weighed in against Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s efforts to empower the state employees union with special bargaining power.

November 26, 2007 » Union Officials Call a Boycott of Arizona City

When the city of Nogales, Arizona stopped deducting union-dues money from city employee paychecks, the AFL-CIO reportedly went nuts. According to KVOA, News 4, they are urging a boycott of the city and a recall of the mayor.

November 16, 2007 » Rent a Riot

Picketing isn’t what it used to be. National Public Radio [NPR] notes that the 30 people picketing in front of a bank in Washington, DC are not from the Carpenters Union, but, are homeless people being paid $8 an hour. Isn’t that a type of outsourcing top

November 15, 2007 » Big Labor Ready to Cash In

The Weekly Standard has noticed how much Big Labor plans to spend in the upcoming national elections and what they intend to buy after they finish:

November 14, 2007 » Gen. "Betray Us" Ad Backer Gets New Job

When Moveon.org attacked the patriotism of Gen. David Petraeus calling him “General Betray Us,” Americans were outraged. But the personal attack was effective enough to get its backer, Tom Matzzie, a promotion

November 13, 2007 » Playing Politics with the People's Money

Big Labor Democrats are up to their old tricks. It seems that in their minds, they can think of no better way to celebrate Veterans’ Day, than to “h[o]ld off final passage” of a sure-pass “stand-alone bill containing veterans money . . . so they could mel

November 12, 2007 » Big Labor Wants U.N. to Decide U.S. Law

Readers of this blog are familiar with the ongoing efforts by the union bosses to transfer authority over U.S. labor law to United Nation affiliate organizations like the International Labor Organization (ILO).

November 9, 2007 » Forced Unionization Would Handcuff Firefighting Efforts

The passage of H.R. 980, a bill that would would override state laws and make Big Labor bosses monopoly bargaining agents for local and state police, firefighters, county paramedics, and other public safety officers across America, has a bizarre side-effe

November 8, 2007 » Best for Business

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council’s “Small Business Survival Index 2007” has ranked South Dakota, Nevada and Wyoming as the best three states in the nation for job creation and small business entrepreneurship.

November 7, 2007 » Big Labor Intimidation: Greenmail

“Organized Labor has a long history with extortion and the mob. Federal prosecutors have put most of those mob bosses behind bars, but unions haven’t renounced using blackmail to get what they want.

November 6, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Teacher Union Bosses, Investment Firm ‘Bilk’ Teachers ‘Out of Millions of Dollars Each Year’

The hierarchy of the gigantic National Education Association (NEA) teacher union is now . . .

November 6, 2007 » UAW Charged with Embezzlement

In Wilmington, Delaware, “[t]he financial secretary of the United Auto Workers local 1516 in Middletown has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 embezzlement charges.

November 3, 2007 » Another Day, Another International Complaint

The AFL-CIO continues to try to undermine American democracy by filing complaints with international organizations like the United Nations.

October 26, 2007 » Letter to President George W. Bush

Mark Mix urges Mr. Bush to nominate individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who are in favor of protecting the statutory and constitutional rights of individual workers in the workplace

October 24, 2007 » 'Clinton Era' Keeps Dragging on at NLRB

Most Radical Forced-Unionism Precedents of 1990's Still Intact

October 23, 2007 » Letter to Congressman Joe Sestak

I am glad I recently had the opportunity on the Fox News . . .

October 12, 2007 » Senate Frosh Decrepitly Defends Forced Unionism

Anti-Right to Work Claims Ring Hollow For Montana Constituents

October 11, 2007 » Union Trainee Admits Right to Work Is Right

'Dirty Little Secret': Unions 'Better' in Right to Work States

October 8, 2007 » Government Union Monopolists Target Colorado

So-Called 'Exclusive Representation' Scheme Would Soak Taxpayers

October 5, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abused Exposed: Michigan Teacher Union Czarina Complains That $1.4 Billion Tax Hike Is Not ‘Sufficient’

Many Michigan citizens are up in arms right now about the $1.4 billion in tax increases that . . .

October 4, 2007 » Teacher Union Dons Sing 'Charter School Blues'

End of NEA/AFT Monopoly Fosters Education Reform in New Orleans

October 3, 2007 » Young Employees Thrive in Right to Work States

Millions Have 'Voted With Their Feet' For Better Opportunities

October 2, 2007 » 'These Calls Are Coming From CONSTITUENTS'

Firefighters Union Bigwig Commends Right to Work Lobbying Efforts

October 1, 2007 » October 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

September 18, 2007 » Forced Dues at Issue in Kentucky Strike

Company Owners: Union Officials 'Should Not Force People to Join'

September 13, 2007 » Is Probing Union Corruption 'Anti-Worker'?

Nationwide Press Service For Union Media Obviously Believes So

September 13, 2007 » Mark Mix Letter to South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The anti-Right to Work screed by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) lawyer . . .

September 13, 2007 » The Voluntarism of Samuel Gompers

Americans must have the right, but not be compelled to join labor unions

September 11, 2007 » Nader's New Cause

Ralph Nader, the one-man wrecking crew against job creation and freedom, has set his sights on a new target — repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act.

September 10, 2007 » Union Lawyers Outfox Themselves in NLRB Gambit

Petition Filed by Seven Unions Endorses Members-Only Bargaining

September 10, 2007 » UAW Targets Toyota

The United Auto Workers may oppose a union-run health fund unless U.S. carmakers pressure Denso Corp. to remain neutral while the UAW tries to organize the Japanese auto-parts maker, people with knowledge of the strategy said.

September 7, 2007 » Labor's Love Lost

The New York Post takes a look at New York’s Big Labor movement and sees that union bosses in the Big Apple are probably longing for days gone by:

September 7, 2007 » 'The AFL-CIO Program Is the Biggest' in America

Workers' Forced Dues and Fees Bankroll Massive Political Army

September 6, 2007 » Right to Work Supporters Score TSA Victory

Block Capitol Hill Scheme to Corral Airport Screeners Into Unions

September 6, 2007 » Am-Bushed

Stefan Gleason outlines the failure of the Bush Administration to aggressively confront union bosses’ abuse and limit union coercive powers over employees and employers.

September 5, 2007 » You Don't Say

“Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether John Edwards is running for president of the United States or union president.”

September 5, 2007 » Union Czars Bully Volunteer Firefighters

And Measure Pending in Senate Would Further Empower Union Officials

September 5, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Federal-Election Cops Strain at an SEIU Gnat, But Keep Swallowing Forced Dues-Electioneering Camels

Although he later publicly posed as a reluctant participant in Big Labor’s billion-dollar 2004 . . .

September 4, 2007 » September 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

September 4, 2007 » Committee Prepares For Looming Senate Showdown

Efforts Stiffen Senate Resistance to Public-Safety Union Scheme

September 4, 2007 » Colorado: Big Labor Paradise?

Immediately after electing a new governor, Big Labor set its sight on Colorado to rig the law to favor union organizing, forced dues and agitation over job creation and production.

September 3, 2007 » Teachers' Union Bullies its Agenda

Leslie Carbone, writing in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, writes about the National Education Association (NEA) unions’ continued opposition to parental choice, opposition to educational reform and lavish spending of teachers’ dues money on a radical pol

August 31, 2007 » What if you held a parade and no one came?

Karen Hanretty, a television pundit and writer at The Hill’s Pundit Blog nailed Big Labor for spinning the cancellation of their New York Labor Day parade:

August 30, 2007 » $90 a Month Dues Assessment

California state workers, subjected to forced unionism, will have little to say about the new 50% increase in dues money and “fair-share” payments the SEIU has assessed upon them. Why the increase?

August 29, 2007 » Texas Right to Work Law Threatened

The Dallas Morning News has printed a great summary of the attacks by Big Labor on Texas’ Right to Work Law. It’s worth the read.

August 28, 2007 » Harassment Suit Settled

It’s a shame when union bosses need the threat of an administrative law judge to do the right thing.

August 27, 2007 » The So-Called Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 is Anti-Federalist, Anti-Worker, and Anti-Taxpayer

The misnamed Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (H.R. 980)

August 20, 2007 » Right to Work States Excel in Manufacturing

Since 2000, Output Growth More Than Triple Forced-Dues States'

August 20, 2007 » Michigan Union Pounded by Texas Attorney General

Roddy Stinson, a columnist at the San Antonio Express-News has an interesting take on the Texas Attorney General’s efforts to protect the Lone Star State’s Right to Work Law from being undermined by the Michigan-based International Union, Security, Police

August 17, 2007 » Big Labor Largess Pay Off

The Office of Labor and Management Standards (OLMS) is the part of the Department of Labor that protects workers by tracking how union officials spend the dues and fees extracted from members and non-members alike under the auspices for government granted

August 16, 2007 » It's All About the Babies . . .

We have seen a lot of underhanded attacks by union officials and their front groups to expand their forced-unionism power, but the United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s (UFCW) effort to embarrass Arizona’s Bashas’ Supermarket might hit a new low.

August 16, 2007 » Billion-Dollar Deal Scuttled in California

Firm Says 'No' to Union-Only Agreement, Vows to Invest Elsewhere

August 15, 2007 » Big Labor: A $20 Billion-a-Year Business

With $20.1 billion in aggregate annual receipts, Big Labor has become Big Business with a twist. It gets much of its money through force.

August 14, 2007 » Big Labor Lackey Senators Feel the Heat

Constituents Loudly Air Their Displeasure With 'Card Check' Votes

August 14, 2007 » Big Labor: A $20 Billion-a-Year Business

Workers' Forced Dues Bankroll $4.2 Billion-a-Year Political Army

August 14, 2007 » Leaders Gain as Workers Lose Ground

The Detroit News has begun posting a multi-part piece on the growing divide between union bosses and union workers. Part 1 of the exposé, “Union Divide,” by Mike Wilkinson and Ron French, contains some interesting facts and figures.

August 13, 2007 » Obvious

The recent Democrat presidential debate in Chicago left an obvious impression in the mind of one astute political columnist, Al Knight, of the Denver Post — “Democrats Love Unions, and Unions Love Democrats:”

August 10, 2007 » Don't Starve OLMS

The Washington Times published a piece focused on Big Labor’s drive for more power. This issue involves Big Labor’s efforts to gut oversight of worker funds by the Department of Labor:

August 10, 2007 » Whence the Math and Science Teacher Shortage?

Union Monopolists Sabotage School Districts' Recruiting Efforts

August 9, 2007 » House Minority Leadership – What Leadership?

Resistance to Union Power Grab Was Half-Hearted or Non-Existent

August 9, 2007 » What Tucker Carlson Witnessed

MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson witnessed the “outsider” and “reform” candidate for President — Sen. Barack Obama — having dinner with some true insiders:

August 8, 2007 » House Rubber-Stamps Government Union Power Grab

Bill to Federalize Public-Safety Union Monopoly Headed For Senate

August 8, 2007 » An Interview with the Union Bosses

Soldier Field in Chicago has hosted NFC Championship games and heavyweight championship fights, but the AFL-CIO Democrat debate was less of an historic competition and more of a . . .

August 7, 2007 » August 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

August 7, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Big Labor U.S. Representatives Move To Protect Crooked Union Bosses

“If you are against labor racketeers, then you are against the working man.”

August 7, 2007 » Washington Times: Don't starve OLMS

Committee President Mark Mix explains the connection between compulsory unionism and corruption by union officials.

August 3, 2007 » SEIU to Deliver Nationwide Democrat Radio Address

In an unprecedented move that highlights an incestuous relationship between the Democrat Party and Big Labor, the Democrats have offered their nationwide response to President Bush’s radio address to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

July 26, 2007 » Homeless and Newly Released Prisoners Man Carpenter's Picket Line

The Washington Post had an interesting article the other day. Seems the Carpenters Union can’t find enough real members who care sufficiently about the issue of low wages to man their picket sites.

July 25, 2007 » Embarrassment

There was a time when the House of Representatives at least paid lip service to the idea of federalism, fiscal responsibility and state’s rights, but, it appears those days are over.

July 24, 2007 » N.E.A. Sued for Ripping-Off Teachers

The New York Times (Registration Required) reports on a federal lawsuit filed in Washington State that contends the National Education Association (N.E.A.) union has been overcharging for fees associated with annuities offered its members:

July 23, 2007 » Something Smells

[I]n the 1990s some $76 million was siphoned from union worker benefit funds under the influence of San Francisco labor boss Larry Mazzola.

July 20, 2007 » Belabor the Point

John Fund of the Wall Street Journal weighs in on Democrat leaders’ most recent attempt to “cut spending” and benefit the Big Labor bosses. Highlights include:

July 20, 2007 » Majority of Senators Kowtow to Big Labor

But Right to Work Allies Stall 'Card-Check' Forced-Unionism Bill

July 19, 2007 » 'This Would Make a Huge Change For Michigan'

Right to Work Allies Ready to Go on Offense in Wolverine State

July 19, 2007 » Committee Asks For White House Veto Pledge

Bill to Federalize Public-Safety Union Monopoly Looms in Congress

July 18, 2007 » Committee Members Fight Union-Boss 'Welfare'

Oppose Any Increases in Taxpayer Subsidies For Forced Unionism

July 18, 2007 » Et Tu, Brutus?

Big Labor must feel under siege. Their efforts to eliminate secret ballot elections for union certification — so they can intimidate and pressure workers into joining and paying dues to a union — have stalled in Washington, D.C.

July 17, 2007 » Union Dons Push For Public-Sector 'Card Checks'

Recalcitrant Workers, Not Employers, Are Big Labor's Main Problem

July 17, 2007 » North Carolina Collective Bargaining Ban Threatened

Forced unionism apologists in the North Carolina House, seeking to remove the Tar Heel State’s 50-year-old ban on collective bargaining by state and local government employees, moved one step closer to getting the camel’s head in the tent.

July 16, 2007 » Arlen's Vote

When Sen. Arlen Specter cast the lone Republican vote in support of the card check scam, he might have thought he was buying peace in Pennsylvania. Not so. Picking the union bosses over the rights of rank-and-file workers just isn’t smart politics.

July 16, 2007 » July 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

July 13, 2007 » Free Speech Primer

Former Federal Elections Commissioner Bradley Smith has an excellent piece on campaign finance “reform” and freedom of speech.

July 12, 2007 » Granholm Won't Cross Union Bosses

Despite the highest unemployment rate in America, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm refuses to support true reform for her state.

July 11, 2007 » Freedom Rings

The National Right to Work Committee (NRTWC) was on the forefront opposing the McCain-Feingold legislation that muzzled citizen groups from participating in the election process.

July 9, 2007 » Big Labor/UN Alliance Dealt Setback

Right to Work Mobilization Trumps ILO Ruling in North Carolina

July 9, 2007 » Tancredo Calls for National Right to Work

House Member and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo has called for enactment of a National Right to Work bill.

July 6, 2007 » Oklahoma Representative John Sullivan Cosponsors Forced-dues Repeal Bill

Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Committee (NRTWC), speaking on behalf over 28,000 Oklahoma supporters of Right to Work, praised Oklahoma Rep. John Sullivan (R-Dist. 1), for his decision to sign on as a cosponsor of H.R. 697, the National Right to Work Act.

July 6, 2007 » Boss Sweeney: "We'll Win the War"

AFL-CIO Boss John Sweeney, smarting over the defeat of the Card Check Scam Bill in the U.S. Senate, told a group of 500 union delegates that “they may have lost a battle over legislation making it easier for unions to organize workers, but they can still

July 5, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Gloating Union Bosses Demolish Claims of Their Senate Flunkeys

Big Labor bosses and several of the politicians who helped give them 51 votes in support of

July 5, 2007 » What Big Labor Says

The Nation, a far-left publication that has endorsed the Card Check Scam Bill, takes a look at what union bosses and activists have to say about their defeat in the U.S. Senate.

July 4, 2007 » NRTW Lawyers Win Again

The legal eagles of the National Right to Work Foundation have again successfully defended workers’ rights in court.

July 3, 2007 » Another Day, Another Worker Victory -- Thanks to NRTW Foundation

A Roman Catholic teacher whose religious beliefs conflict with the political positions of her labor union cannot be forced to pay dues, a federal judge ruled.

June 27, 2007 » Big Labor Giveaway Blocked

On Tuesday, June 26, 2007, the U. S. Senate voted on a measure that would have removed even the minimal protection afforded workers by secret ballot elections during union organizing drives.

June 27, 2007 » Congressional Spending Cut?

With Congress spending like drunken sailors, we’re surprised to see House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI) offer a small cut in spending — one that, of course, helps the Union Bosses.

June 26, 2007 » Bad News For Utah Teacher Union Monopolists

New Law Said to Revoke Their 'Exclusive' Bargaining Privileges

June 26, 2007 » Sioux City Journal: Big Labor's Real Goal

As we battled to save the Iowa Right to Work Law, union bosses and activists began to publicly promise that their goal was not to repeal the job creating law. Instead, . . .

June 25, 2007 » Secret Ballots for Everyone -- Except Americans

While Big Labor hypocrisy, as it relates to forced unionism, is nothing to get really excited about anymore, when the highest levels of the Democrat party expose their double dealings on behalf of Big Labor and forced unionism, that should get a lot of at

June 21, 2007 » Time to Fight

With Sen. Harry Reid prepared to bring the Card Check Scam Bill to the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has denounced the bill in uncertain terms:

June 21, 2007 » Forced Unionism at Issue in Kentucky This Fall

Right to Work States Outpace Bluegrass State in Employment Growth

June 19, 2007 » Do Nothing Congress Acts?

With Congress failing to act on measures critical to the American people, they have made time on their schedule to payback Big Labor for their support in the past election. Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced that a vote on the Card Check Sca

June 19, 2007 » 'Christmas in July' For Big Labor?

Measure to Federalize Public-Safety Union Monopoly Looms in House

June 18, 2007 » Selling Out Workers and Taxpayers Isn't Corruption, Just Politics

Former San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales, his chief budget aide Joe Guerra, and a garbage company have been on trial in California for their part in “negotiating a deal with Norcal Waste Systems Inc. for San Jose’s trash-hauling contract.

June 15, 2007 » U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Davenport Case

On June 14, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed a novel Washington State Supreme Court ruling that had discovered a “constitutional right” for union officials to spend dissenting employees’ mandatory dues on political causes they oppose.

June 14, 2007 » Grocery Union Boss: We Will 'Retaliate'

Bullying Letter Illustrates How Big Labor Keeps Workers in Line

June 13, 2007 » John Edwards Lets the Cat Out of the Bag

Admits 'Card-Check' Bill Would Expand Union Monopoly Bargaining

June 13, 2007 » No Wonder They Don't Ask

Union bosses will fight to the death to oppose giving workers the right to decide for themselves whether or not to join or pay dues to a union.

June 12, 2007 » Steelworkers Win -- Union Prosecuted

Thanks to the efforts of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, workers at an Ohio Goodyear Tire plant who suffered a wave of harassment from the union hierarchy can live life easier.

June 11, 2007 » Employers Conducting "Terror Campaign"

It’s bad enough that Andy Levin of the Michigan AFL-CIO believes that employers are conducting a “terror campaign” against workers (hence the need for stripping workers of the right to a secret ballot election for union certification as Big Labor’s top pr

June 10, 2007 » June 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

June 8, 2007 » The Times They Are A-Changin'

Bob Dylan wrote “The Times They Are A-Changin’” long before the recent debate taking place in Michigan about the future of the economy and what can be done to turn it around.

June 7, 2007 » Glimpse to the Future?

Want to see what the future will look like should Big Labors’ forced-unionism supporters win the presidency and both houses of Congress?

June 6, 2007 » Unions Drive Push to Regulate Private Equity Funds

A private venture company purchase of Chrysler automobile has set off a storm of anger from the Big Labor Bosses and their benefactors in Congress,

June 6, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Top Union Bosses Survey Michigan Devastation, Declare: ‘Forced Unionism Didn’t Do It’

On Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., union lobbyists and union-label politicians who are

June 5, 2007 » Charleston Daily Mail: West Virginia Needs Right to Work

The editorial page of the Charleston Daily Mail forcefully makes the case for passage of a Right to Work law in West Virginia:

June 4, 2007 » Illinois Democrats Run from AFL-CIO Supported Proposal

Remember when Illinois Democrat Gov. Rod Blagojevich rallied union bosses and activists with a call for massive tax increases, declaring he was “on the side of the Lord?”

June 2, 2007 » Momentum Grows for Michigan Right to Work Law

Columnist Manny Lopez joins the growing choir calling for implementation of a Right to Work law in Michigan.

June 1, 2007 » Did he Just Say That?

Begging for AFL-CIO support for his floundering presidential campaign, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) said at a recent event in Florida:

May 31, 2007 » Union Bosses Threaten Radio Hosts

The headline “Union Boss Makes Threat” is like the “Dog Bites Man” headline — we have seen it all before. But, in New Jersey, there is a new twist.

May 30, 2007 » Kentucky Columnist Understands

Jim Walters of the Georgetown Kentucky News-Graphic understands that it will take “new ideas and leadership backbone” to move Kentucky forward economically:

May 29, 2007 » Hoffa: Why I Need the Card Check Scam

Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa has made it clear why he desperately wants Congress to pass the Card Check Scam into law:

May 28, 2007 » For Teachers Union -- Monopoly Is Not Enough

The Detroit News rightly finds legislation introduced in the Michigan State Senate by Michael Prusi as “[f]urther proof that the teacher unions in Michigan

May 25, 2007 » Sen. Shelby: Free choice is a Secret Ballot

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has a guest column in the Madison Record where he makes a strong case against the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill (H.R. 800/S.1041), pending in Congress right now.

May 24, 2007 » Kentucky Columnist Understands

Jim Walters of the Georgetown, Kentucky News-Graphic understands that it will take “new ideas and leadership backbone” to move Kentucky forward economically:

May 24, 2007 » WV Being Left Behind Without Right to Work

Letter to the Editor: The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register

May 23, 2007 » Professor: West Virginia Needs Right to Work Law

Russell Sobel, professor of economics at West Virginia University, strongly believes the state’s economy would benefit if the Legislature were to support a right to work law . . . .

May 22, 2007 » Lies, Kickbacks, and Union Corruption

Forbes Magazine had an interesting article last month about a lawsuit, “which is seeking class action status . . . ,” that “accuses ING . . . Life Insurance and the New York State United Teachers of ripping off union members in a retirement savings plan t

May 21, 2007 » Senate Fray Over 'Card Checks' May Be Imminent

Right to Work Mobilization Turning up Heat on Targeted Senators

May 21, 2007 » Key Evidence Against Card Check Scam

Big Labor wants to eliminate workplace elections, and the decision by card dealers in New Jersey to reject unionization is a prime example why.

May 18, 2007 » Teacher Union Brass Accused of Taking Kickbacks

Lawsuit Filed by New York State Teachers Could Be First of Many

May 18, 2007 » Card Check Forced Unionism Bill about Liberal "Politics" -- not "Fairness"

Advocates of the Card Check Scam claim the bill is about “fairness.”

May 17, 2007 » Assistant Professor James Wolfinger -- Hypocrite

Only an aspiring ivory tower professor could twist logic and claim “Americans who believe in a broader vision of democracy” should support the Card Check Forced Unionism bill now pending in the United States Senate.

May 17, 2007 » Right to Work States Best For Employees

Forbes Survey Shows Compulsory-Unionism States Aren't Keeping Up

May 16, 2007 » Good Living in Detroit

Using over a hundred thousand dollars of coerced workers’ dues money, a number of union officials directed contributions to a controversial nonprofit linked to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

May 15, 2007 » Laborers Local 91 Racketeer Sentenced

The Tonawanda News recently reported that Laborers Local 91 official, Randall “Randy” Butler, 40, was finally sentenced to 34 months behind bars and two years of supervised release, “for his role in the fire bombing of a residence where non-union workers

May 10, 2007 » Forced Unionism Linked to More Onerous Taxes

'Tax Freedom Day' Comes 11 Days Earlier in Right to Work States

May 9, 2007 » Race to . . . Where?

The race to win the Democrat nomination for President of the United States finds one candidate after another pandering to organized labor officials.

May 9, 2007 » Campaign For Montana Right to Work Law Advances

This Year's Senate Roll-Call Vote Seen as a 'Big Step Forward'

May 8, 2007 » Paradise or Nightmare

Hawaii may turn from the American paradise to the American economic nightmare if Hawaii House Bill 760 is enacted into law.

May 7, 2007 » California Union Bosses Try to Stack Deck

During the 1970’s, union organizer Caesar Chavez “fought tenaciously for the secret ballot” to unionize workers, but that was then.

May 7, 2007 » Iowans Defeat Forced-Union-Fee Scheme

Supporters of Right to Work Destruction Bill Face Public Backlash

May 4, 2007 » Right to Work Gaining Momentum in Michigan?

In a recent editorial, the Detroit News questioned whether Right to Work was gaining momentum in the state of Michigan:

May 4, 2007 » May 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

May 3, 2007 » Card Check Scheme Halted by NLRB

Federal labor officials have forced the Service Employees International Union Local 49 — one of Oregon’s most active labor groups — to suspend many of its organizing efforts for six months . . .

May 3, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Oregon Union Bosses’ ‘Card-Check’ Abuses Just the Tip of the Iceberg

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officials recently made it very clear they don’t think . . .

May 2, 2007 » Sen. Harkin: Elections are "Unfair Barriers" for Big Labor

Iowa has been the center of a Big Labor, forced-unionism storm since Democrats took control of the state government.

April 27, 2007 » 'Card-Check' Bill Nearly Ready For Senate Floor

Majority Leader Harry Reid Eager to Repay Big Labor Sugardaddies

April 26, 2007 » Right to Work Key Issue For 2008 GOP Primaries

Which Candidates Will Pledge Full Support For Forced-Dues Repeal?

April 18, 2007 » Union Violence Escalates

The Daily Citizen in Searcy, Arkansas reports that “[v]iolent incidents at the Kohler factory in Searcy escalated over the weekend after the labor union withdrew three of four charges before the Federal Labor Relations Board.

April 17, 2007 » Make Michigan a Right to Work State!

Deep in the heart of UAW country, Nolan Finley, the editorial page editor of the Detroit News, proposes a radical change to bolster Michigan’s sagging economy — turn Michigan into a Right to Work state.

April 17, 2007 » White House 'Wannabes' Woo Big Labor

All Declared 2008 Democratic Candidates Support Forced Unionism

April 16, 2007 » Honeymoon Over

“Nearly two years after leaving the AFL-CIO with big plans to organize more workers and re-energize the labor movement, . . .

April 16, 2007 » National Democratic Party Loves Big Labor

'Card-Check' Forced Unionism Backed by 99% of House Democrats

April 12, 2007 » North Dakota Teacher Union Monopoly Under Fire

Right to Work Allies Eager to Build on State High Court Victory

April 11, 2007 » Right to Work Key Part of 'Nebraska Advantage'

Cornhuskers Beat Back Union-Boss Scheme to Blunt Their Edge

April 10, 2007 » UAW Membership Drying Up

Another example of why the Card Check scam is so desperately needed by Big Labor:

April 10, 2007 » 'Forced Union Dues Cannot Be Justified'

Right to Work States Lead U.S. in Job and Personal Income Growth

April 9, 2007 » Hoffa: "Things Could Blow Up"

When a Teamster union official says “things could blow up” people tend to notice.

April 9, 2007 » April 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

April 8, 2007 » This "Apple Pie" Tastes Bad

Democrat candidates for president continue to pander to Labor Bosses.

April 7, 2007 » Union Treasurer Gambling with Elder and Child Care Dollars?

According to The Oregonian, something appears to be fishy at the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757:

April 6, 2007 » Even Cooler on Kuhl: Congressman Confronted

Rep. Randy Kuhl, in upstate New York, has been a forced-unionism supporter going all the way back to his days in the New York Assembly and State Senate.

April 5, 2007 » After Congressman Interferes: Trump Casino to Unionize

After Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) conducted his own Card Check organizing campaign, dealers at the Trump Casino in Atlantic City voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW).

April 4, 2007 » Murdock Gets it Right

Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock understands the Card Check scam:

April 4, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: ‘It’s a Loopy Idea That Came Out of Left Field’

The facts Big Labor bosses would rather you didn’t hear

April 3, 2007 » "Turnpike Workers Sue Union Over Dues"

The Patriot News reports “[a] group of Pennsylvania Turnpike employees has filed suits in federal court against the International Federation of Teamsters locals that represent them, . . .

April 2, 2007 » Congressman Organizing for Big Labor

We have talked about pressure that workers would be under should the Card Check Forced Unionism scam become law.

April 1, 2007 » Big Labor Cashing In

The Hill newspaper details Big Labor’s recent “renaissance” on Capitol Hill.

March 31, 2007 » Back Door Attack on Right to Work

With the power to negotiate international trade agreements about to expire, Democrats in Congress are pressing the White House to accept provisions that would boost the power of Big Labor in the United States in exchange for . . .

March 30, 2007 » Super - Labor Sets Sights on Kentucky River Decision

After filing a complaint in the United Nations objecting to the National Labor Relations Board decision known as the Kentucky River case, union bosses are now pushing Congress to act.

March 29, 2007 » Trouble in Paradise?

It appears that the Change to Win Coalition is having some growing pains.

March 28, 2007 » Big Labor Intimidation - Check That - Domination

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that organized labor sends a “message of intimidation” to Chicago’s City Council . . .

March 27, 2007 » Iowa Readers: Keep Up the Good Work

Iowa State Rep. Ralph Watts is reporting that opposition to gutting the state Right to Work law is so intense that . . .

March 26, 2007 » UAW Offers to "Help" Toyota

March 26, 2007 » 'I Work to Get Paid; I Don't Pay to Work'

Big Labor Skirts Texas Right to Work Law, Gets Juan Vielma Fired

March 26, 2007 » UAW Offers to "Help" Toyota

Dennis Seid of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has a laugh at the expense of United Auto Workers (UAW) Boss Ron Gettelfinger’s recent offer to unionize Toyota’s employees:

March 23, 2007 » Kennedy Pushes Card Check Scheme

Sen. Ted Kennedy is throwing his weight behind the Card Check scheme and will hold a hearing on the legislation in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on March 27th.

March 22, 2007 » Illinois Governor Enlists Teacher Unions to Push Tax Hikes

Citing the Lord and Armageddon, Gov. Rod Blagojevich fired up the Illinois Education Association (IEA) labor union for a brutal fight in the Legislature, . . .

March 22, 2007 » Fat Big Labor Paychecks Fuel Worker 'Cynicism'

Bloated Salaries Bankrolled by Compulsory Union Dues and Fees

March 21, 2007 » Right to Work State Lands Toyota SUV Plant

Auto Industry Flourishing in States That Bar Forced Union Dues

March 21, 2007 » Time to Act

Iowa readers should continue to contact their state representatives — immediately.

March 20, 2007 » Rep. John Kline Weighs In Against Card Check Scheme

“The right to a secret ballot is the cornerstone of our democracy. For centuries, Americans — regardless of their race, creed or gender — have fought for the right to vote. And for the right to keep that vote private.

March 20, 2007 » Utah NEA Bosses May Lose 'Mailbox Monopoly'

Committee Prompts State Legislators to Remove Special Privileges

March 19, 2007 » Secret Ballot Destruction Act

Columnist Doug Bandow weighs in against the Card Check scam: “The real reason organized labor wants card check is that elections don’t guarantee the results that unions want — but that’s the nature of elections.

March 19, 2007 » Big Labor Iowa Legislators Feel the Heat

Public Outrage at Right to Work Destruction Scheme Keeps Mounting

March 18, 2007 » Bosses See Card Check Passage in Senate

AFL-CIO Boss John Sweeney has made a prediction.

March 17, 2007 » Big Labor Sets Sights on Presidency

After spending record amounts (over $1,000,000,000) of workers’ dues money on the last congressional campaign, Big Labor has set its sights on electing a president who will sign its agenda — with no questions asked.

March 16, 2007 » OC Register: Keep Elections

Another newspaper editorial board weighs in against the Card Check scam.

March 16, 2007 » Committee Fans Resistance to Union Power Grab

Band of 36 Pro-Right to Work Senators Pledge to Uphold Bush Veto

March 15, 2007 » Shoe on Other Foot?

Newly elected New York Democrat Governor Elliot Spitzer is engaged in a heated battle with his former supporters — the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

March 14, 2007 » Big Labor Killing New Jersey Property Tax Relief

New Jersey has one of the highest property tax rates in America, so much so that Democrat Gov. Jon Corzin has promoted a tax relief plan.

March 14, 2007 » House Moves Card-Check Forced-Unionism Bill

Committee Mobilizes Supporters to Defeat Power Grab in Senate

March 13, 2007 » White House Threatens to Veto Another Big Labor Power Grab

The White House has indicated that it is likely to veto legislation aimed at unionizing Transportation Security Administration employees.

March 12, 2007 » 'Tone Deaf' Supporters of Card Check Bill

Arizona Republic’s Robert Robb believes that House passage of the Card Check Forced Unionism scheme, HR 800, could hurt freshman Reps. Mitchell (D-AZ) and Giffords (D-AZ) re-election chances.

March 11, 2007 » March 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

March 11, 2007 » Honeymoon's Over

Kimberly Strassel, the Potomac Watch columnist at the Wall Street Journal, believes that the card check “victory” for House Democrats marked the “ultimate payoff” that will “end . . . the honeymoon” for congressional Democrats.

March 10, 2007 » Behind the Scenes

The Right to Work movement and independent-minded workers across America have many friends, but perhaps none more dedicated and supportive than Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.

March 9, 2007 » Card Check Roll Call

A review of the roll-call vote of the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, H.R. 800, shows an almost partisan vote; however, 13 Republicans voted in favor of the scheme:

March 9, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: ‘UNITE HERE!’ or ‘Incite, Smear’?

You’d think that top bosses of the somewhat preciously named union UNITE HERE! would

March 9, 2007 » Iowa State Workers Sacrificed by Big Labor 'Compromise'

Stymied by an enormous outpouring of opposition from across the state to their effort to destroy the Right to Work law in Iowa, the State Senate has passed a “compromise” version that “only” . . .

March 8, 2007 » Keep Up the Pressure

Right to Work supporters are making a difference in Iowa. The effort by union officials to destroy Iowa’s Right to Work Law is taking on water.

March 7, 2007 » The Threat Is Real

Presidential candidate Barack Obama is itching to become president so he can sign the card check forced-unionism scheme into law.

March 6, 2007 » AFL-CIO Files Another Complaint Against United States in the United Nations

The AFL-CIO has again filed a complaint against the United States at the United Nations, this time on behalf of graduate students at private universities.

March 5, 2007 » Iowa School Teacher: Preserve Right to Work

Iowa high school teacher and coach, Todd Forret, has published an excellent op-ed opposing efforts to gut the state’s Right to Work Law that’s worth a look.

March 3, 2007 » Ritter Vetoes Union Power Grab

Colorado Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter vetoed organized labor power grab legislation citing “the impact this change would have on our ability to attract new business to Colorado,

March 2, 2007 » Will Calls Card Check Bill Radical

Venerable columnist George Will has weighed in on the dangers of the Card Check Bill, calling it “radical” and “Orwellian.”

March 1, 2007 » Gov. Culver Would Gut Iowa's Right to Work Law

Iowa’s Democrat Gov. Chet Culver said he would sign legislation to tax workers who choose not to join a union.

March 1, 2007 » Miller's Backyard Paper Fights Card Check Scheme

The San Francisco Examiner has weighed in with a policy editorial opposing Rep. George Miller’s (D-CA) Card Check Bill calling it “Orwellian.”

March 1, 2007 » The Hits Keep Rolling In

Big Labor’s effort to sneak the Card Check scheme through the Congress has hit a snag.

March 1, 2007 » Rep. Kline Takes Lead

Rep. John Kline has taken the Card Check Bill by the horns weighing in with a powerful editorial against Big Labor’s card check scheme:

February 28, 2007 » National Security Be Damned

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports on organized labor’s new effort to slip in unionization for airport screeners:

February 28, 2007 » National Right to Work Measure Returns

Capitol Hill Leadership Changes; Freedom-Loving Citizens Press On

February 27, 2007 » Contact Capito

Big labor activists are pressuring Rep. Shelly Moore Capito to support the card-check bill.

February 26, 2007 » Reason to Buy an Apple?

Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer, likes to speak his mind and at a recent conference on education reform in Austin, Texas, he let the teachers unions have a piece of it.

February 26, 2007 » Democrat Party Bosses Snub Denver Stagehands

Nonunion Workers at 2008 Convention Site to Get Forced 'Vacation'

February 25, 2007 » Yepsen: Right to Work Attack Threatens Dems Seats in '08

Once again Iowa political reporter David Yepsen has issued a warning to Democrats: Mess around with Iowa’s Right to Work Law at your own peril.

February 24, 2007 » Government Unions Drive Costs for Taxpayers

Government unions have become a powerful force driving up costs for taxpayers.

February 23, 2007 » Mount Pleasant Iowa Business Community: Protect Right to Work

The Mount Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce joined the growing chorus of calls condemning the “[un]Fair Share” proposal that would destroy Iowa’s Right to Work Law.

February 22, 2007 » Sooners Battle to Roll Back Union Monopoly

Union-Boss Power Grab Jeopardizes Muskogee Firefighters' Safety

February 22, 2007 » E-Mail a Friend: Lawmakers Seek Missouri Right-to-Work Law

“Missouri should become a ‘right to work’ state and end rules that require some people to join unions, or pay union dues, as a condition of their jobs,. . . "

February 21, 2007 » Will Son Repeat Dad's Fatal Political Mistake?

Forced-Unionism Issue Could Make Chet Culver a One-Term Governor

February 21, 2007 » Enlist Big Labor - Push Agenda

Big Labor is already spending millions in workers’ dues money to push a legislative agenda chock full of new privileges for union officials.

February 20, 2007 » Big Labor Senate Leader Dealt an Early Rebuff

Committee and Other Citizens Groups Scuttle Anti-Free Speech Scheme

February 20, 2007 » Big Labor - Big Hurry

The inaptly but officially labeled “Employee Free Choice Act” (H.R. 800) was introduced in the 110th Congress by Rep. George Miller (CA-7) on February 5, 2007.

February 16, 2007 » Charlie Norwood, RIP

The whole Right to Work movement shed a collective tear when they heard the news that Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA) had passed.

February 13, 2007 » The Secret Ballot Destruction Act

Policy analyst Doug Bandow dubs the recently introduced Card Check Forced Unionism Bill the “Secret Ballot Destruction Act.”

February 13, 2007 » Skids Greased For Card-Check Forced Unionism

Organized Labor's Top Priority Poised For Congressional Action

February 12, 2007 » Homeland Security or Expanded Union Monopoly?

U.S. House Members Vote to Put Big Labor Special Privileges First

February 9, 2007 » Sioux City Journal: Don't Mess With Iowa's Right to Work

The Sioux City Journal contributes a powerful editorial against efforts to punish workers who choose not to join a labor union in Iowa:

February 8, 2007 » National Right to Work President and Former Union Organizer Blast So-Called ‘Card Check’ Bill

Earlier today, National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix and former United Steelworkers of America (USWA) union organizer Ricardo Torres voiced their opposition to H.R. 800, the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

February 8, 2007 » Union Officials Targeting Workers -- Again

The Grand Rapid Press enters a common sense editorial for worker protection and against union intimidation . . .

February 7, 2007 » Colorado Union Bill Marches On

After surviving a filibuster in the Colorado State Senate, it appears that an effort to expand the forced-unionism privilege of Big Labor appears ready to move to the Governor’s desk.

February 6, 2007 » Destroy Right to Work at Your Peril

David Yepsen is Iowa’s most prominent political reporter. He has been following the attempt by the Democrat majority in the state house to repeal the state’s Right to Work law.

February 5, 2007 » National Right to Work Act and the 110th Congress

The National Right to Work Act would not add a single word to federal law. It would . . .

February 5, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Strike Against Red Cross Disrupts Blood-Bank Operations in Five States

Back in July 1974, Congress passed and President Richard Nixon, in one of his last executive acts . . .

February 5, 2007 » Union Cash Talks -- Democrat Legislature Walks

Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi has the equation figured out — Big Labor campaign cash is pulling the strings in Colorado as the newly elected Democrat legislature quickly moves legislation to help pad Big Labor’s bank account:

February 2, 2007 » Iowans Defend Right to Work

Under the threat of repeal of the state’s Right to Work Law, Iowans are sending a message to their elected officials: “Hands off Right to Work.”

February 1, 2007 » Iowa Emigration Act

We have reported about Democrat efforts in Iowa to destroy the state’s Right to Work Law. The Wall Street Journal has taken notice.

February 1, 2007 » February 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

January 31, 2007 » Montana Legislators to Stand up for Workers -- or Coercion

Rep. Jack Wells (R-Bozeman) and Sen. Greg Barkus (R-Kalispell) have introduced legislation in the Montana legislature to give workers in the state Right to Work protection.

January 30, 2007 » Iowa Workers Beware

Statehouse Democrats in Iowa seem ready to move against the state’s Right to Work Law.

January 30, 2007 » Exodus From Forced-Unionism States Continues

Employees Raise Real Incomes by Moving to Right to Work States

January 29, 2007 » Membership Ballot Protects Your Free Speech

Your Signature May Stop the FEC From Trampling on Your Rights

January 29, 2007 » AP, NY Times Lament Low Union Participation

Reporters highlight concern about 'intimidation,' leave out possibility that unions work against employees' self interest.

January 24, 2007 » Big Labor ‘Card Check’ Legislation on the March

Union Bosses’ Mistrust of Workers Already Causing Tactic to Spread

January 23, 2007 » 'Agency' Shop Is Repeal of Right to Work

Big Labor Politicians Who Claim Otherwise Are 'Fooling Nobody'

January 22, 2007 » Forced-Dues Politics Sabotages Port Security

Big Labor Lobbyists Help Convicted Felons Keep Waterfront Jobs

January 22, 2007 » Union Boss Runs 'Salary Kickback' Scheme?

In any election, the truth tends to get lost in the mud. But the truth behind the charge and countercharge in the contest for President of Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers needs to be cleaned off for a thorough examination.

January 19, 2007 » New York Union Boss Sentenced for Role with "Goon Squads"

According to a Newsline article, a U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York judge, on December 20, “sentenced former Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 91 president Mark Congi to 15 years in federal prison for racketeerin

January 18, 2007 » Right to Work States Gain Auto-Sector Jobs

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

January 16, 2007 » New York Times: Union Boss Sentenced

The New York Times reported that the former manager of a pension fund for New York City’s main union of school bus drivers, who pleaded guilty last August to obstructing justice, was sentenced yesterday to . . .

January 16, 2007 » NLRB Expands Monopoly-Bargaining Privilege

Workers Pay Price For Administration Failure to Fix Labor Board

January 14, 2007 » Capitol Hill Told What Its 'Top Priority' Is

AFL-CIO Boss: Congress 'We Elected' Must Pass Card-Check Measure

January 11, 2007 » January 2007 Right to Work Newsletter

January 10, 2007 » High Court Showdown

This week, the National Right to Work Foundation attorneys are heading to court — the Supreme Court — to protect people like Gary Davenport and a group of 4000 teachers from Washington State who do not want to be forced to join a union or pay union dues a

January 9, 2007 » Maritime Union Bosses Sunk

According to the Associated Press, two “national maritime union bosses accused of spending organizational funds on personal luxuries, including a bachelor party, have been convicted of corruption charges.”

January 8, 2007 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: 'There Will Be No Other Bids: This Is My Union Hall'

During the six years he ruled the largest Teamster union local in Houston, Texas, Charles

January 8, 2007 » Amnesty and Big Labor

McClatchy Newspapers report that “President Bush’s hopes of securing a comprehensive immigration overhaul have brightened considerably in the new Democratic-controlled Congress, but resistance from organized labor - one of the Democratic Party’s most loya

January 4, 2007 » Iowans Prep for Right to Work Assault

With the legislature convening next week, Iowans are preparing for a frontal assault on its worker protections afforded by the state’s Right to Work Law.

January 2, 2007 » Letter to the Editor: Daily Nonpareil

Straining to defend his scheme to repeal Iowa’s Right to Work law by empowering union