Unions Squeeze Workers in Michigan
Despite passage of a Right to Work law, old habits die hard in Michigan as union bosses mislead and lie to their members about whether they can be fired for not paying tribute to the union, News Channel 3 reports:…
Monopolistic Union Contracts 'Often Limit Workers to Single, Repetitive Tasks, Increasing Labor Costs'
In the current issue of USA Today, Paul Davidson reports that, for a variety of reasons, the U.S. “is becoming a manufacturing hotbed for dozens of foreign companies in aerospace, energy, chemicals and other sectors.” (See the link below for…
Six Freed From Compulsory Unionism
Thanks to the assistance of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, six workers will no longer have union fees taken from the paychecks after they filed unfair labor practice charges alleging a violation of the Indiana’s newly minted…
Georgia Bans Wasteful PLAs
Good news out of Georgia. State Bans on Government-Mandated PLA’s 2013 Gov. Nathan Deal signed S.B. 179, which prohibits government entities from requiring contractors to sign a project labor agreement (PLA) or other agreements with labor unions…
Deleting Support For Big Labor One Tweet at a Time
John Fund, writing at National Review, examines the congressional campaign of Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of liberal comendian Stephen Colbert. She is running in the heart of pro-Right to Work South Carolina and is hiding her pro-big labor views…
'I Think We're Very Happy to Have the Jobs Back; 300 Jobs Is Better Than Zero Jobs'
It seems that, even in the America of 2013, a country in which consumers are substantially more apt to be health conscious, culinarily “sophisticated,” or both, than they were four or five decades ago, workers can still be profitably employed…
The Union Label
Terry McAuliffe’s support from big labor continues to come under scrutiny from the media. The Free Beacon reports that the union bosses are spending big to see him gain control of the Old Dominion: Unions are spending hundreds of…
Virginia's Battle for Choice
In Right to Work Virginia, Democrats have nominated former Clinton fundraiser Terry McAuliffe for governor. It is worth remembering that McAuliffe has a long history and relationship with the union bosses who are bankrolling his campaign in the hopes of…
Michigan Teacher Union Boss Loves Math Teachers So Much He Wants to Ensure They Don't Get Paid Excessively
Last year, State Rep. Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake), a staunch foe of compulsory unionism, led the charge in his chamber of the Michigan Legislature for the Right to Work measure signed into law in December by GOP Gov. Rick Snyder. Among…