Pay Big Labor to Undercut Your ‘Economic Interests,’ or Be Fired! Kamala Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California and one of roughly 20 hopefuls for the Democrat Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, knows full well that many employees…
Big Labor Nevada politicians clearly knew that, if they gave union boss Donald “D” Taylor what he wanted, their taxpaying constituents as well as independent-minded workers would suffer. But they ultimately caved in anyway. Credit: herelocal165.org Nevada Politicians Show They…
California teacher Raymond Pulliam helped organize a public school strike. He now sees it was a “winless fight.” Credit: Photo originally published by KQED radio (San Francisco), courtesy of Raymond Pulliam. Former Union Militant Admits Recent Strike Has Hurt Teachers…
Big Labor lawyers like Harvard man Ben Sachs are posed to take a case designed to nullify all state Right to Work laws to the Supreme Court, as soon as they decide the time is ripe. Credit: WJCT-TV (Jacksonville, Fla.)…
In June, Right to Work staff attorney Bill Messenger delivered congressional testimony against the so-called “PRO Act,” legislation that would greatly intensify federal labor law’s bias against individual employee rights. Big Labor Loudens Demands For New Privileges For Union Organizers…
Big Labor Gov. J.B. Pritzker (pictured with state teacher union czarina Kathi Griffin, a close political ally) is hiking taxes on all kinds of Illinoisans, including unionized workers whose forced dues and fees helped put him in office. Credit: J.B.
When Ohio iron worker Walter Overstreet was working, no one told him his union retirement fund was in trouble. But in 2017, after he had retired, Mr. Overstreet and his wife endured a drastic cut in their benefits. Credit: Originally…
Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 campaign at a union hall owned by Teamsters Local Under a law backed by Mr. Biden in 2014, Local 249 retirees may soon see their pension benefits slashed by 30%. Credit: Stephanie…
‘War on 14(b)’ Joined by 44 D.C. Solons From Right to Work States Today 27 states have Right to Work laws on the books that prohibit the termination of employees for refusal to join or pay dues or fees to…
Mark Mix (left, pictured here with H.R.2571 lead sponsor Joe Wilson, in the latter’s Capitol Hill office): “Poll after poll shows nearly 80% of Americans who regularly vote in federal elections support the Right to Work principle.” Credit: NRTWC Compulsory-Dues…
Pennsylvania Politicians Gladly Accept Shady Union’s Largesse In January, Business Manager John Dougherty (AKA “Johnny Doc”) and five other officers and staff members of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union were charged in the U.S.
Compulsory-Dues States Offer Fewer Opportunities For Advancement Federal data on the American workforce and employment and unemployment rates show that, even as our country’s economy experienced during the Obama presidency its most anemic recovery since the Great Depression, employer demand…
Presidential Hopefuls Vow to Kill Right to Work Pay Big Labor to Undercut Your ‘Economic Interests,’ or Be Fired! Kamala Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California and one of roughly 20 hopefuls for the Democrat Party’s 2020 presidential nomination,…
Tax Burdens Heavier in Forced-Dues States Lower Housing, Energy Costs Magnify Right to Work Tax Advantage On April 16, according to the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, “Tax Freedom Day” (TFD) 2019 finally arrived. The Tax Foundation’s entire analysis is…
‘If You Quit the Union, You’ll Lose Your Job’ Grocery Worker Whom Union Boss Threatened Files NLRB Complaint Early in the afternoon on Thursday, April 11, top bosses of five subsidiaries of the mammoth United Food & Commercial Workers union…
Big Labor Politicians Flaunt Supreme Court Washington Governor Poised to Sign Unconstitutional Legislation It’s now been roughly a year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided that government employers across the country may not deduct union dues or fees from employees’…
Monopolistic Unionism Hurts Autoworkers Union-Free Factories Help Make Tennessee an ‘Automotive Leader’ As this Newsletter edition goes to press in early May, United Auto Workers (UAW/AFL-CIO) union bosses are embroiled in their latest bid to corral employees at the Volkswagen…
Big Labor Spends How Much on Politics? Unlike business and other interest-group political spending, Big Labor’s “in-kind” expenditures on politics and lobbying are financed largely by conscripted money, often paid by workers who aren’t even union members and who…