Labor Day: A Time to Celebrate Hard Workers, Not Big Labor
Mark Mix recently wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Post about the meaning of Labor Day, so we thought we'd share some of it.
Mark Mix recently wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Post about the meaning of Labor Day, so we thought we'd share some of it.
As you're spending time with your loved ones and enjoying that extra day off, remember the rights you hold as an American worker
[vsw id=”E8_mLlA1PKY” source=”youtube” width=”600″ height=”360″ autoplay=”yes”] The Battle Between Employee Rights and Union Boss Power Heats Up this Labor Day Big Labor political spending this election cycle will reach nearly 2 billion dollars, the majority seized from workers who could…
The Free Beacon reports on our efforts to highlight a loophole in federal law that allows union activists and militants to use violence without fear of prosecution: Labor watchdogs held a candlelight vigil outside AFL-CIO headquarters…
But, she blames Texas’ job growth on the fact that it is a Right to Work state. From Investor.com’s Ralph R. Reiland: A Labor Chief As Clueless As The President On Aug. 31, with…
But, she blames Texas’ job growth on the fact that it is a Right to Work state. From Investor.com’s Ralph R. Reiland: A Labor Chief As Clueless As The President On Aug. 31, with…
National Right to Work President Mark Mix makes the critical distinction between "Labor Day" and "Union Day," a distinction that union bosses chose to ignore: By Mark Mix Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses, but that won’t stop Big Labor’s apologists from stealing to spotlight to demand more power. The fact is that modern unions are built on the legal privilege of compulsion. In 28 states without Right to Work laws, nonunion employees can be fired for refusing to pay union dues. Millions more nonunion workers have no choice but to accept union bargaining over their wages and working conditions. What’s more, union officials routinely funnel nonunion workers’ dues into political campaigns aimed at defending or expanding their already extensive special privileges. As legislators from Wisconsin to Ohio can attest, this perverse cycle has made it extremely difficult to roll back union bosses’ workplace powers. Big Labor thrives on a system of government-granted special privileges. But what do workers get out of this arrangement? According to union apologists, they’d be helpless without it. But the facts reveal a different story. Compulsory unionism makes union bosses unaccountable to rank-and-file workers, whose financial support is absolutely mandatory. After all, why should union officials bother with the hard work of representing employees if they’re sitting on a forced-dues revenue stream guaranteed by the government?