A so-called “free rider” is a misnomer devised by union officials seeking to force payments from people who want no part of the union. Forced unionism advocates use the term to demean employees who do not pay for…
The ultimate solution to private-sector compulsory union dues is the National Right to Work Act. This legislation simply deletes from federal law those passages in the current law that authorize Big Labor to force workers to pay…
The Freedom from Union Violence Act simply eliminates Big Labor’s special exemption from Hobbs Act anti-extortion laws. Passage of the Freedom from Union Violence Act would address the widespread and continuing problem of union violence, which is actually…
Section 14(b) of the federal Taft-Hartley Act grants every state and U.S. Territory the ability to enact Right to Work laws prohibiting compulsory union membership dues and “fees” as a condition of employment. The 1935 National Labor…
A Right to Work law guarantees that no person can be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or pay dues or “fees” to a labor union. Such a law also reaffirms and strengthens the existing…
The Right to Work principle –- the guiding concept of the National Right to Work Committee –- affirms the right of every American to work for a living without being compelled to affiliate with a union. Compulsory…
Legal notice for over 46,000 General Motors (GM) employees affected by the strike ordered by United Auto Workers (UAW) union bosses.
Until he was arrested and indicted this summer, Brooklyn carpenters union boss Salvatore Tagiliaferro benefited greatly from federal and state government policies that often make it extraordinarily difficult, in practice, to get training in the building trades without first joining…
