Despite heavy lifting by the Iowa Governor and House Speaker Pay Murphy, who used extraordinary efforts to pass a state “prevailing wage law,” Iowa union bosses suffered a legislative setback when the bill failed to pass the House by a…
With Iowa’s Right to Work Law targeted for repeal by the union bosses, citizens and members of the state legislature are rising up to defend workers’ choice. Among them is State Sen. Pat Ward. Writing forcefully in the Des Moines…
The El Paso Times reports on the Texas Chamber of Commerce’s opposition to enactment of the Card Check Scam Bill. Most interestingly, local union boss David Aranda is quoted as saying, “Why should it (union formation) be secret?” There you…
Mississippi’s state Senate has passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 550, urging Congress to oppose the Card Check Scam Bill.
The Grand Rapids Press is calling for the defeat of the Card Check Scam Bill: Under the Employee Free Choice Act, a majority of employees simply need to sign a card expressing a willingness to join the union. Workers…
Despite Iowa’s strong history of support for workers’ choice, Big Labor is once again pushing a new state law that would allow unions to charge fees to nonunion workers. The Des Moines Register notes that “the measure represents a major…
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking it to investigate charges made by two Alabama educators who discovered a union scheme to divert their money into…
The latest state unemployment figures, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, show that state Right to Work laws have a significant effect on unemployment rates. In December 2008, states with Right to Work laws had an average unemployment rate…
The National Right to Work Foundation announced it will file a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission, on behalf of two Alabama educators, against the National Education Association teacher union and two NEA affiliates for an illegal political fundraising…