February 2018 National Right To Work Newsletter Summary
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Union Bosses Raising Smokescreen in Missouri
Big Labor is now trying to persuade Missouri citizens to emulate economicallyfailing forced-unionism states like Illinois, their neighbor to the east, rather than flourishing Right to Work states. It’s a tough sell. CREDIT: ERIC ALLIE/ILLIINOIS MIRROR National Right to…
House Votes to Protect Franchise Employees With H.R. 3441
The House approved H.R.3441, the Save Local Business Act, a measure to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Educators Aren’t ‘Interchangeable Widgets’
According to Tammy Wawro, top boss of the NEA teacher union-affiliated IowaState Education Association, allowing school districts to offer higher pay to teachers who accept difficult assignments is bad for school employee “morale”! Credit : Scott Morgan/Freelance Thanks to…
Politicians Pledge Attacks on Right to Work
"Job-creating businesses that have been harmed by Big Labor class warfare and/or forced union dues-funded Tax & Spend state politicians would no longer be able to mitigate the damage by growing and investing in a Right to Work state,
More and More Taxpayers Flee Forced-Dues States
In this year’s elections, Bob Casey (D-Pa.) (pictured with former President Barack Obama) and a number of other Big Labor senators will have to answer for their votes to perpetuate federally imposed force unionism. CREDIT MEDIA.PENNLIVE.COM National Right to Work…
Ex-Organizer Explains Coercive Union Power
Labor laws authorizing and promoting monopoly bargaining empower the officials of a single union to offer the sole employee” perspective on workplace matters at the negotiating table. This hugely benefits the union hierarchy. Barring Workers From Speaking For Themselves Profits…
Missouri Union Bosses’ Kentucky Problem
Immediate Right to Work Implementation Sparks a Boom Next Door Early this year, Kentucky and Missouri respectively became the 27th and 28th states to adopt Right to Work laws. But what they have experienced since with regard to labor…
Support For National Right to Work Act Escalating
Congressional Sponsorship of H.R.785 and S.545 Has Topped 100 In September alone, 29 U.S. House members signed on as cosponsors of H.R.785. Among the new cosponsors that month were Mimi Walters (R-Calif., inset left), Francis Rooney (R-Fla., center), and Luke…
January 2018 National Right To Work Newsletter Summary
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‘I’m Going From Middle Class to Poor’
New York Teamsters, who had for decades been forced as a job condition to pay into a union-controlled pension fund, were pressured at meetings into approving immediate steep cuts in their pension benefits. CREDIT: RICK CARLIN/ALBANY (N.Y.) TIMES UNION Teamster…
Big Labor Hog-Ties IL Governor, Empowers Unelected Arbitrators
For years, government union monopolists have been ripping off ordinary taxpayers in Illinois, a state where both private- and public-sector employees may be forced to pay Big Labor dues or fees as a job condition, in a host of ways.
Government Union Bosses Victimize Sick Veterans
David Shulkin, the VA secretary, is well aware that far too many VA employee hours are “being spent away from clinical duties and other duties” due to union “official time.” But his power to stop it is minimal. CREDIT: Zach…
Manufacturing Migrates to Right to Work States
Between 1986 and 2016, the share of all U.S. manufacturing production for Right to Work states nearly doubled, rising from 28.9% to 50.1%. And it’s almost certainly headed higher still. Cost of Living-Adjusted Factory Pay Lower in Forced-Dues States According…
‘We Knew All Along We Were Being Sold Out’
According to federal prosecutors, for six-and-a-half years, Fiat-Chrysler executive Al Iacobelli (left) and UAW Vice President General Holiefield used a tax-exempt, multi-million-dollar worker training fund as their personal piggy bank. credit: Detroit News file Charges ‘Call Into Question the Integrity’…
Missouri Big Labor Desperate to Stop Right to Work Law
Since he signed legislation making Missouri America’s 28th Right to Work state, Gov. Eric Greitens (pictured left) has repeatedly spoken out in the law’s defense. His continued strong support is key for the law’s survival. credit: Julie Smith/The Jefferson City…
November/December 2017 National Right to Work Newsletter Summary
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Will Congress Protect Franchise Employees?
Measure Would Overturn Outrageous August 2015 Obama NLRB Decision From early 2010 until this August, President Barack Obama’s handpicked pro-forced unionism appointees held full control over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Throughout these years, they executed a series…