Government union bosses’ inordinate power over public servants, taxpayers, and other Americans who rely on the vital services furnished by schools, police departments, and other government agencies rests for the most part on two special privileges. In slightly fewer than…
In their opening paragraph, the Rebecca Friedrichs et al petition for a writ of certiorari (request for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case) cite two recent National Right to Work Foundation U.S. Supreme Court victories to…
Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, an ongoing, landmark legal case that challenges the constitutionality of state laws authorizing the termination of public servants for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union, has received an unprecedented amount of…
States Prohibit Forced Unionism, Get ‘More . . . Opportunities’ (source: National Right to Work December 2015 Newsletter) According to the U.S. Labor Department, Indiana, which passed America’s 23rd Right to Work law in March 2012, and Michigan, which…
Union Honchos Collect Phony ‘Per Diems,’ Rip Off Firefighters (source: National Right to Work December 2015 Newsletter) In the October 18 edition of the New York Times, a story by labor reporter Noam Scheiber described the bizarre and unconscionable…
Largely as a consequence of California statutes granting government union officials extensive monopoly privileges over public servants, cities and towns located across the Golden State find themselves in dire financial straits today, even though tax revenues have rebounded smartly since…
Union Lawyers Claim Teacher Forced Fees Are Constitutional (source: National Right to Work December 2015 Newsletter) In early September, attorneys representing 10 independent-minded Golden State educators in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association presented the U.S. Supreme Court with bombshell…
Capitol Hill Sponsorship Reached 127 Before Thanksgiving Recess (source: National Right to Work December 2015 Newsletter) Thanks to relentless grass-roots activism by members of the National Right to Work Committee, the number of congressional cosponsors of the forced-dues repeal…
Major 2016 Fight Over Compulsory-Dues Repeal Looms in Frankfort (source: National Right to Work December 2015 Newsletter) This fall Big Labor dipped heavily into its forced union dues-funded treasuries to wage extensive voter I.D. and get-out-the-vote drives to ensure…