For years, National Right to Work Committee members and supporters have lobbied their elected officials to revoke or, at a minimum, roll back government union bosses’ legal privilege to act as teachers’ and other public servants’ monopoly-bargaining agents on matters…
Last week CNBC reported (see the link below) on the mounting controversy over a type of government program that can force a farmer to hand over a portion of his or her annual crop “without getting paid for it.” Such…
The Oregonian takes Gov. Kitzhaber to task for opposing a ballot initiative that would give state workers the ability of opting out of their union. Gov. John Kitzhaber gave both barrels on Monday to a proposed initiative that would allow…
Even multiple taxpayer-funded grants could not keep this forced-dues collective Utopia alive: Union organizers are hungry to add cooks, waiters and busboys to a shrinking roster of union members. The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 100 came…
The CEO of the oldest brewery in America (and maker of Obama’s “favorite beer”)believes his state — Pennsylvania — should free itself from the shackles of forced unionism. Dick Yuengling said he would like to see lawmakers in Harrisburg approve…
U.S. Census Bureau data released a few months ago showed a sharp contrast in K-12 school-aged (5-17 years old) population in Right to Work and forced-unionism states over the past decade. From 2002 to 2012, the total number of school-aged…
Are police union bosses in California bullies? Judging by the ugly tone of the “playbook” used by the Upland law firm, which represents 120 police union locals across the Golden State in contract negotiations, many of them are. In a…
Writing for National Review Online last week (see the link below), economic analyst Kevin Williamson observes that it’s not only notoriously mismanaged forced-unionism states like California, Illinois, and New York that are losing vast amounts of income and productive employees…
Amy Volk, a state representatives from Maine, makes an eloquent case why the state should adopt a Right to Work law: For years, an unhealthy alliance between Democratic politicians and labor…