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…
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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…
Obama Labor Board Brings Back Pushbutton Strike Scheme
In 1993 and 1994, then-AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland (left) and President Bill Clinton (center) tried and tried to ram the Pushbutton Strike Bill through the U.S. Congress. Because of intense public opposition, largely mobilized by the National Right to Work…
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…
Big Labor Aims to Widen Union-Violence Loophole
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO hierarchy admits that the extortionate threats and violence allegedly perpetrated by Boston Teamsters kingpin Mark Harrington (pictured) and his cohorts are “deeply problematic.” Nevertheless, union lawyers insist, such crimes must not be prosecuted under the federal Hobbs…
Has Boston Mayoral Appointee Been Doing Union Bosses' Dirty Work For Them?
A federal indictment issued last fall charges Boston Teamster bosses and militants with perpetrating an extortion scheme against a popular cable television show. Soon after the indictment came down it became clear that Ken Brissette (pictured), Big Labor Boston Mayor…
NRTW Opposes Air Traffic Control Union Empowerment Act
DATE: April 28, 2016 RE: Air Traffic Control Union Empowerment Act (H.R. 4441) POSITION: Oppose…