President Obama scolded Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for his efforts to make Michigan competitive again by enacting a Right to Work law. Governor Snyder told Obama, “Thanks for sharing,” MLive reported: Lots of folks scoffed in town when reports surfaced that…
Big Labor supporters in the US Senate seem determined to push through efforts to end or limit the use of the filibuster. Such a move runs counter to the vision of the Founding Fathers making the Senate an adjunct version…
The boss of the Chicago Teacher's Union talked about killing rich people and her audience got a big chuckle: The Chicago Teachers Union is not just about looking out for its members’ interests. The union wants to fundamentally changeAmerica, too. That shift occurred when the radical Karen Lewis was elected as its president two years ago. She’s best known for mocking U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s lisp and for taking on – and defeating – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the district’s first teachers’ strike in a generation. CTU leaders have been on a victory lap of sorts since the September strike, with union activists seeing themselves as protectors of union power during a time of membership decline and education reform at the state and local level. They’ve also taken on the role of social activities, fighting for causes like the Occupy movement and gay marriage, which have nothing to do with education. Some union leaders have called for violence and other radical tactics to achieve social goals.
Big Labor’s frivolous federal lawsuit against Indiana’s Right to Work has been dismissed. …
Michigan’s passage of a Right to Work law is giving state officials a critical advantage in seeking companies to wanting to re-locate — and pro-forced unionism hacks …
The Washington Free Beacon reports on a new effort in the U.S. Congress to close the judicially-created loophole in the federal Hobbs Act that exempts from prosecution violence, threats and extortion perpetrated to secure so-called “legitimate union objectives.” National Right…
Two Michigan union bosses have pledged “retribution” to member of the state legislature for enacting a Right to Work law. Al…
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), a stalwart Right to Work supporter is retiring from Congress, but before he leaves, he made a forceful statement on worker's choice and economic growth: Many observers were surprised when Michigan, historically a stronghold of union power, became the nation’s 24th “Right to Work” state. The backlash from November’s unsuccessful attempt to pass a referendum forbidding the state from adopting a right to work law was a major factor in Michigan’s rejection of compulsory unionism. The need for drastic action to improve Michigan’s economy, which is suffering from years of big government policies, also influenced many Michigan legislators to support right to work. Let us be clear: right to work laws simply prohibit coercion. They prevent states from forcing employers to operate as closed union shops, and thus they prevent unions from forcing individuals to join. In many cases right to work laws are the only remedy to federal laws which empower union bosses to impose union dues as a condition of employment.