November/December 2016 National Right to Work Newsletter Summary
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Union Lawyer: Right to Work-Destruction Case Will Go to the U.S. Supreme Court
On October 24, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge (pictured) rejected the outrageous legal arguments made by union lawyers in a suit intended to overturn Idaho’s Right to Work law and, ultimately, all 25 other such laws. But Big Labor intends…
Who Cares if Workers Are Safe, as Long as They're Forced to Pay Union Dues?
A recent National Public Radio investigative report concluded that West Virginia gubernatorial candidate and billionaire coal mine owner Jim Justice (left) has for years failed to pay millions of dollars in penalties for mine safety violations. But top mineworkers union…
Obama-Clinton Court Could KO Right To Work Laws
One More High Court Vote Would Give Big Labor an Opportunity (Source: November-December 2016 National Right to Work Newsletter) Undoubtedly fearing they would provoke a harsh public backlash if they did, top union bosses aren’t talking publicly about the…
Pension-Debt Fiasco in Government Union Boss-Dominated New Jersey
Financial writer Steve Malanga: “New Jersey’s pension math no longer works because about two-thirds of the retirement money that states are promising workers is supposed to come from investment gains. But when a system is short $135 billion, it gets…
National Right To Work Act CoSponsors (2015-2016)
Cosponsors (last updated 10/1/2016) U.S. Senate Bill S.391 U.S. House Bill H.R.612 Cosponsor Date Cosponsored Cosponsor Date Cosponsored Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]* 2/5/2015 Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]* 1/28/2015 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]* 2/5/2015 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]* 1/28/2015…
Big Labor Culpable For Rust Belt Woes
Metal Production Moves to ‘More Efficient’ Right to Work States (download the September 2016 NRTWC Newsletter) With Pennsylvania emerging as a possible “battleground” state in the fall 2016 presidential contest, the Trump and Clinton campaigns are both claiming they will,…
Union Bosses' Argument Some Are More Equal Than Others
There Is ‘No Constitutional Right to Work as a Non-Unionist’?? (download the September 2016 NRTWC Newsletter) Polls have long shown that Americans overwhelmingly believe the personal right not to join a union is just as worthy of protection under the…
Seven Bottom-Ranking States For 2005-2015 Private-Sector Job Growth All Lack Right to Work Laws
From 2005 to 2015, total private-sector, nonfarm employment increased by 15.4% in Right to Work states, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. That increase is nearly 50% greater than the aggregate percentage gain for forced-dues states. Image: AP Photo/Charles Krupa/File…