Taxpayers to bailout corrupt Big Labor Pension Plans
The Washington Examiner notes Big Labor officials are negotiating with Obama administration officials on a “fix” to spare multi-employer pension plans, which…
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Big Labor's Smack-down -- Union-Only PLAs Can Be Outlawed
A US Court of Appeals has ruled that Michigan’s ban on wasteful Project Labor Agreements is constitutional, dealing another blow to union lawyers.
'Unions Themselves . . . Insist on Contracts That Cover All Workers in a Workplace'
Just eight months ago, a federal judge slapped down a lawsuit filed by top bosses of Chicago-based Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) against Indiana’s Right to Work law. Like 23 other very similar statutes and…
If Fruit Farmers Have a Constitutional Right to Hold on to Their Raisins, Shouldn't Workers Have a Constitutional Right to Hold on to their Paychecks?
Last week CNBC reported (see the link below) on the mounting controversy over a type of government program that can force a farmer to hand over a portion of his or her annual crop “without getting paid for it.” Such…
NRTW Attorneys Protect Teen Against Union at Ralphs Grcocery
In Oceanside, California, a local grocery union is facing federal charges for violating a teenage part-time Ralphs Grocery clerk’s workplace rights. With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, the Ralphs…
Governor: We are not going to let Right To Work Freedom take root in Oregon
The Oregonian takes Gov. Kitzhaber to task for opposing a ballot initiative that would give state workers the ability of opting out of their union. Gov. John Kitzhaber gave both barrels on Monday to a proposed initiative that would allow…
Kentucky to become the 25th Right To Work State?
Rep. Jim DeCeasre, a Republican from Warren County Kentucky, has said he’ll introduce a Right to Work bill in the next legislative session. Let the fight for worker’s choice begin in…
Liberty's Bell Ringing North of Border, as Push for Right To Work Grows
Our friends on the Great White North have been taking up the fight to enact a Right to Work laws in Canada. The Fraser Institute released study for British Columbia and Ontario, which says Ontario would see…
'Unions Want Everyone Under Their Contract, Especially Those They Hold Back'
In a Labor Day weekend op-ed published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (see the link below), James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation tersely explains why laws and policies authorizing the officials of one union to act as the “exclusive” bargaining agent…