National Right to Work Foundation files brief in Friedrichs arguing that compulsory union dues for civil servants are incompatible with free speech Washington, DC (September 14, 2015) – National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys filed an amicus curiae…
Lawsuit: Racketeering Bilked Taxpayers of ‘More Than $1 Million’ (Click here to download the June 2015 National Right to Work Newsletter) Early this year, a federal jury in Pennsylvania convicted Joseph Dougherty, the former boss of Philadelphia-based Local…
Scheme to Nationalize Forced Dues Was Derailed Half-a-Century Ago (Source: May 2015 National Right to Work Newsletter) Over the next few months, the National Right to Work Committee will be commemorating…
According to U.S. Commerce Department data released on June 10, last year a record 47.9% of the entire U.S. manufacturing output, measured in current dollars, occurred in states that had prohibited compulsory union dues and fees. (A link to the entire…
“During World War II,” labor law authority Donald R. Richberg reports, “there had been over 13,000 strikes — a disgraceful record for ‘patriotic’ labor. In 1946, the first year of peace, the unions made an all-time record of 5,000 strikes,…
Congressional ‘Disapproval’ Won’t Stop Obama NLRB Zealots (Click here to download the March 2015 National Right to Work Newsletter) On April 14, barring a successful legal challenge, President Barack Obama’s radical National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will begin implementing its…
Union Lawyers Count on High Court to Ignore a Plain Fact: Monopoly Bargaining Benefits Some Teachers at Others’ Expense Thanks largely to the determined and persistent efforts of National Right to Work Committee members and supporters and their allies,…
Union Bigwigs Want VW to Ignore Worker Vote Against UAW Monopoly (Source: the January 2015 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) It’s been less than a year since a clear majority of…
Illinois still trying to fire corrections official with a troubled work history, criminal convictions and a history of street gang affiliations Forced-dues political power and public sector monopoly-bargaining create these types of irresponsible situations: Tom Shaer, spokesman for the Illinois Department…