This Day in History Truman Bows to Big Labor Bosses
Truman Vetoes Taft-Hartley and its Right to Work Protections National Labor Relations Act (NLRA): In 1935, the Federal government forced all states to allow unions to…
Big Labor Pennsylvania Governor Is a 'Student-Buster'
Philadelphia charter school principal Sharif El-Mekki is outraged by union-label Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of legislation “that would have helped school principals ensure that our most effective teachers are in classrooms” for district public school students in the City…
June/July 2016 National Right to Work Newsletter Summary
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Big Labor Has a 'Constitutional Right' to Exact Forced Fees From Workers??
The Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) of 1947, whose lead Senate sponsor was Robert Taft (R-Ohio), provides for an array of circumstances under which union bosses may lawfully be denied the privilege of seizing money from union nonmembers as a…
Private-Sector Job Growth Soaring in Right to Work Wisconsin
In the first 12 months after Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation making Wisconsin America’s 25th Right to Work state in March 2015, the Badger State gained roughly 49,100 private-sector payroll jobs (seasonally adjusted). Wisconsin had not previously experienced 12-month private-sector…
NRTW Opposes Air Traffic Control Union Empowerment Act
DATE: April 28, 2016 RE: Air Traffic Control Union Empowerment Act (H.R. 4441) POSITION: Oppose…
May 2016 National Right to Work Newsletter
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Union-Label Circuit Judge William Foust Didn't Even Try to Address the Briefs Filed in His Right to Work Case
Nearly 80 years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (pictured) upheld the permissibility under federal labor law of contracts designating a union as the bargaining agent only “for those employees who are its members” in Consolidated Edison…
Tax Burdens Heavier in Forced-Unionism States
On Average, Right to Work ‘Tax Freedom Day’ Comes 13 Days Sooner (Source: May 2016 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) This morning, the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation announced its estimate…