‘Peak Earners’ Ditch Forced-Dues States
The peak-earning-year population fell by 4.6% from 2008 to 2018, but in the 22 states that had Right to Work laws there was no overall net decline at all.
The peak-earning-year population fell by 4.6% from 2008 to 2018, but in the 22 states that had Right to Work laws there was no overall net decline at all.
Pay Big Labor to Undercut Your ‘Economic Interests,’ or Be Fired! Kamala Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California and one of roughly 20 hopefuls for the Democrat Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, knows full well that many employees…
Big Labor Nevada politicians clearly knew that, if they gave union boss Donald “D” Taylor what he wanted, their taxpaying constituents as well as independent-minded workers would suffer. But they ultimately caved in anyway. Credit: herelocal165.org Nevada Politicians Show They…
California teacher Raymond Pulliam helped organize a public school strike. He now sees it was a “winless fight.” Credit: Photo originally published by KQED radio (San Francisco), courtesy of Raymond Pulliam. Former Union Militant Admits Recent Strike Has Hurt Teachers…
Big Labor lawyers like Harvard man Ben Sachs are posed to take a case designed to nullify all state Right to Work laws to the Supreme Court, as soon as they decide the time is ripe. Credit: WJCT-TV (Jacksonville, Fla.)…
In June, Right to Work staff attorney Bill Messenger delivered congressional testimony against the so-called “PRO Act,” legislation that would greatly intensify federal labor law’s bias against individual employee rights. Big Labor Loudens Demands For New Privileges For Union Organizers…
Big Labor Gov. J.B. Pritzker (pictured with state teacher union czarina Kathi Griffin, a close political ally) is hiking taxes on all kinds of Illinoisans, including unionized workers whose forced dues and fees helped put him in office. Credit: J.B.
When Ohio iron worker Walter Overstreet was working, no one told him his union retirement fund was in trouble. But in 2017, after he had retired, Mr. Overstreet and his wife endured a drastic cut in their benefits. Credit: Originally…
2015 Flashback: West Virginia has seen a huge recovery since its old days of compulsory unionism. West Virginia has seen unprecedented job and other economic growth since passing Right to Work. “[C]ompulsory unionism and corruption go hand…