Forced-Unionism States Still Ailing Economically
Strong employment gains in Right to Work states are the reason more Americans are working now than pre-COVID.
Big Labor Abuses Leading to Big Teacher Layoffs
Parents and schoolkids’ flight to Right to Work states is driving huge enrollment declines in forced-dues states.
Federal Labor Law Enabled ‘JohnnyDoc’
In 2020, Johnny Doc was recorded threatening to “beat up,” “run over,” and “put under water” any rank-and-filers who cooperated with federal prosecutors. But he still publicly claims to be all about helping workers!
Big Labor Systematically Lies to Forced Dues-Paying Workers
The abuses described by Vargas and Geary are completely representative of Big Labor
Workers Testify About Big Labor Bullying
Autoworkers union bosses repeatedly threatened to get public defender Brunilda Vargas fired if she refused to join the union and pay forced dues for every type of union scheme, including politics and lobbying
Forced Union Dues Scorched in House Hearing
As Right to Work President Mark Mix explained to HELP panelists, “We as citizens . . . shouldn’t give [the right to use force] to any private organization. And labor unions are private organizations.”
Right to Work Pushes Back Against Biden NLRB
Big Labor-owned President Joe Biden’s NLRB appointees are determined to overturn workplace secret ballot elections if employees reject unionization and ensure they never happen if they would be inconvenient for union organizers
Radical Union Is Hemorrhaging Members
As president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation as well as the Committee, Mark Mix is overseeing judicial and legislative efforts to stop Big Labor abuse of employees (Credit: C-SPAN). But Union Bosses Retain Vast Power Over…
Senator Betrays Pro-Right to Work Missourians
Fearing a well-heeled Big Labor PR campaign would scuttle Right to Work in Idaho, 1986 gubernatorial candidate David Leroy walked back from his opposition to forced unionism. Right to Work won anyway; Mr. Leroy didn’t.
‘Whole of Government’ Now Boosting Big Labor
To fulfill his campaign pledge to be “the most pro-union President you’ve ever seen,” Joe Biden is directing all federal executive departments and agencies to cater to Big Labor special interests.
Taxpayers Pick up Tab For UAW Dons’ ‘Victory’
Union boss Shawn Fain claims to oppose “corporate welfare,” but isn’t hesitant to personally benefit from it. (Credit: Status Coup News / YouTube) White House Mum About Cost to Public of Vaunted Strike Settlement Given the long-term decline in the…
Economic Opportunities > Subsidies For Academia
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that, overall, states where forced union dues are permitted are failing to offer appealing economic opportunities to retain and attract college-educated, working-age adults.
Right to Work Prepares For Historic Hearing
Committee President Mark Mix had accepted an invitation to testify, as had Brunilda Vargas and Jeanette Geary, two employees who are victims of compulsory unionism and clients of the Committee’s sister organization, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
Right to Work Sponsorship Surging in D.C.
Sen. Josh Hawley Thumbs His Nose at Missouri Right to Work Supporters
Incomes Fall in Big Compulsory-Dues States
Where forced union dues are permitted, workers and other people end up with less purchasing power.
Is Chicago Doomed to Become the Next Detroit?
With CTU President Stacy Davis Gates calling the shots, taxpayer costs for Chicago schools are skyrocketing even as educational outcomes get worse and worse. But the miserable status quo works for Big Labor politicians.
Right to Work’s ‘Substantial Economic Benefits’
Matthew Lilley (inset): Union contracts often feature “last-in, first-out layoff rules,” which typically “disadvantage” younger employees -- who may reasonably regard such rules as “blind” to their value as individuals.
Ex-Union Boss Installed as California Senator
“While deducting an exorbitant 3% of the caregivers’ paychecks, without even pretending to address any workplace issues, Laphonza Butler’s Local 2015 would routinely send form letters to members who had attempted to resign telling them they couldn’t,” noted Mr. Mourad.