Communication Workers of America (CWA) union settles, shells out refunds and eliminates bogus labor boss-created “escape clause” From the National RIght to Work Legal Defense Foundation As the result of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the…
During the first two years the Right to Work law signed by Gov. Matt Bevin was in effect, companies pledged to invest a total of roughly $14.5 billion in expansions and new facility locations throughout Kentucky. Credit: Kentucky Today/Tom Latek…
For the first time in many years, legislation foisting forced financial support for unions as a condition of employment on workers was recently introduced in Virginia. And the pressure on Virginians’ Right to Work keeps mounting. Credit: Lou Erickson/Atlanta Journal…
Right to Work laws have significant beneficial effects on a state’s standard of living. Statistics show that Right to Work states enjoy greater economic vitality than do states where union dues and “fees” are compulsory. Per capita income has grown…
A so-called “free rider” is a misnomer devised by union officials seeking to force payments from people who want no part of the union. Forced unionism advocates use the term to demean employees who do not pay for unwanted monopoly…
The ultimate solution to private-sector compulsory union dues is the National Right to Work Act. This legislation simply deletes from federal law those passages in the current law that authorize Big Labor to force workers to pay union dues…
The Freedom from Union Violence Act simply eliminates Big Labor’s special exemption from Hobbs Act anti-extortion laws. Passage of the Freedom from Union Violence Act would address the widespread and continuing problem of union violence, which is actually encouraged by…
Section 14(b) of the federal Taft-Hartley Act grants every state and U.S. Territory the ability to enact Right to Work laws prohibiting compulsory union membership dues and “fees” as a condition of employment. The 1935 National Labor Relations Act…
A Right to Work law guarantees that no person can be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or pay dues or “fees” to a labor union. Such a law also reaffirms and strengthens the existing federal labor-law…
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…