Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer promises Big Labor Bosses: “I will repeal the Right to Work” freedoms and force Michigan employees to give you a cut out of their paychecks whether they like it or not! Like Obama,…
With Wisconsin state worker’s given the choice whether to pay union dues, some unions are failing to get enough support to re-certify, the Examiner reports: Wisconsin Association for Correctional Law Enforcement and the education unit of Council 24 of the American…
Amy Volk, a state representatives from Maine, makes an eloquent case why the state should adopt a Right to Work law: For years, an unhealthy alliance between Democratic politicians and labor…
Yesterday, Detroit, once a magnet for ambitious job seekers across the country, became the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy. As Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes discusses in the commentary linked below, a key factor in the Motor…
Writing on the WorkplaceChoice.org web site (see the link below), Trey Kovacs of the Competive Enterprise Institute discusses two reform measures recently introduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.). The Freedom from Union Stalking Act (H.R.2472) and the…
All hands on deck. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is preparing to use the “nuclear option” to limit the Senate’s filibuster rules, according to the Washington Post. Big labor is demanding such a change which would destroy the rights…
Union boss Jimmy Hoffa supports forced unionism anywhere and everywhere — except within his own union. The Daily Caller reports that Hoffa is attempting to quash a union drive of his own workers: International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) general…
Margaret Thatcher passed away early today. It’s been nearly a quarter-century since the “Iron Lady” stepped down as Great Britain’s prime minister, but, as Reason Magazine contributor Ira Stoll observes in the commentary linked below, she remains highly relevant…
Right to Work laws prohibiting the termination of employees for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union are sound policy. No worker should be fired for supporting a union, and no worker should be fired for refusing…