October 2019 National Right To Work Newsletter Summary
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FAQs - What's the Right To Work Principle?
The Right to Work principle –- the guiding concept of the National Right to Work Committee –- affirms the right of every American to work for a living without being compelled to affiliate with a union. Compulsory unionism in…
Resolved: Children Aren’t NEA Dons’ ‘Priority’
“For decades, with the National Committee's leadership, Right to Work members have successfully opposed Big Labor schemes to repeal or gut the state statutes in North Carolina and Virginia that expressly prohibit any government-sector bargaining,” noted Mr. Kalb. “And according to a carefully documented 2018 study for the Cato Institute, states that expressly prohibit or at least do not statutorily authorize monopoly bargaining in K-12 public education typically do a better job of educating schoolchildren at a more reasonable cost to taxpayers.”
Union Dons Retain Vise Grip Over Apprentices
Union bosses like Lonnie Stephenson clearly swayed US Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to protect their apprenticeship fiefdom. Credit: www.ibew.org New Labor Department Head Can Green-Light Union-Free Training Shortly before resigning as U.S. labor secretary this summer amid rising fury over…
Right to Work’s Documented Economic Benefits
A 2018 overview summarized the growing body of evidence regarding the economic impact of state Right to Work laws.
Beltway Big Shots Target Local Public Workers
“Among the 17 states with the highest share of public employees under union monopoly control,” noted Mr. Mix, “state and local taxes combined consumed 11.0% of all personal income in 2016.
‘Do Your Job Act’ Introduced on Capitol Hill
The CSRA statutorily imposes union monopoly bargaining over federal employee disciplinary procedures and other work rules.
National Right to Work Foundation Issues Special Legal Notice for General Motors (GM) Workers Affected by UAW Boss-Ordered Strike
Legal notice for over 46,000 General Motors (GM) employees affected by the strike ordered by United Auto Workers (UAW) union bosses.
Is Good News Finally Coming For Independent-Minded Construction Trainees?
Until he was arrested and indicted this summer, Brooklyn carpenters union boss Salvatore Tagiliaferro benefited greatly from federal and state government policies that often make it extraordinarily difficult, in practice, to get training in the building trades without first joining…