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.
Biden NLRB Escalates War on Employees’ Freedom
New Board Policy: Overturn Election if Workers Reject Big Labor
Right to Work Expansion Hitting Union Coffers
Without Janus, virtually all of these employees would still be bankrolling a union to keep their jobs. But the data show that, thanks to Janus, nearly 730,000 of them are not having any union dues withheld from their paychecks.
Big Labor Politicians Face Virginia Voters
In 2020, Big Labor senators like Monty Mason and then-Gov. Ralph Northam colluded to kill Virginia’s ban on monopolistic public-sector unionism. Now Mr. Mason and his legislative cohorts must answer to their constituents.
Notorious Police Union Boss Goes to Prison
The police union embezzler Ed Mullins headed didn’t even require him to provide receipts for his expenditures.
In Memoriam: Right to Work Warrior Gary Glenn
On July 27, Gary Glenn passed away after a seven-year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Annette, and their five children and nine grandchildren.