The needle & the damage done | TribLIVE Recent elections for state legislative and executive offices have not been favorable, to say the least, for Big Labor political operatives and their allied politicians in Pennsylvania. Republican Gov. Tom Corbett was elected in 2010 despite…
Liberty could return to Pennsylvania Right to Work legislation in Pennsylvania is moving forward as a group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would make Pennsylvania the next Right to Work state, allowing workers to…
With a population that has shrunk by nearly 50% since 1940 and by more than 25% since 1970, and a median household income of under $36,000, Scranton, Pa., desperately needs to get control over its sky-high municipal-employee compensation costs. Unfortunately,…
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…
Regardless of their general opinion of Pennsylvania Democratic politician Michael Nutter, the people of Philadelphia undoubtedly agree overwhelmingly that, as their duly elected mayor, he should be able to address the city council without being drowned out by a mob.
Simon Campbell’s column defending worker’s choice in union membership is a proposition that is hard to argue against it but union bosses do it everyday of the week: Who should decide whether a union benefits an employee? The…
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation worked to defend victims of a UAW campaign of terror that included shootings and severed cows’ headsvisited upon workers in Winchester,Virginia, in the late 1990’s. Yesterday, a Washington Times editorial…
Organized Labor in Philadelphia “has a long history of intimidation, harassment, vandalism, violence — and impunity,” reports Jillian K. Melchior of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity a few paragraphs into a three-part investigation appearing in National Review…
A group of state legislators proposed a package of bills today that would make Pennsylvania a Right to Work state by ending compulsory unionism and the payment of union dues by non-union members in both the public and private…