More Evidence Maine Should Adopt Right To Work; It Works
Amy Volk, a state representatives from Maine, makes an eloquent case why the state should adopt a Right to Work law: For years, an unhealthy alliance between Democratic politicians and labor…
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Right To Work Freedom Wins Again in Michigan Court
HotAir.com has a nice summary of the failing efforts of Michigan union bosses to smother the spread of Right to Work in the state: Last winter, the state of Michigan officially became the country’s 24th right-to-work state —…
Data Indicate Forced Union Dues-Paying Factory Workers Have Far Less Job Security, Lower Wages
A front-page Wall Street Journal article published at the beginning of this week (see link below) and other news reports are calling public attention to the fact that, after many years of decline, manufacturing employment in the U.S. has modestly…
Greedy Government Union Bosses Dead Set on Ousting Pro-Taxpayer City Councilman in Arizona
Largely because of Big Labor-backed work rules that encourage healthy employees to retire in their early 50’s and cash in unused sick leave, vacation time, and even fringe benefits to jack up their pensions, Phoenix taxpayer costs for public-safety retirements…
Unions & Cuomo Protect State Workers Found Guilty of Abusing Disabled Patients
Kate Andrews details how New York state labor laws make it impossible to prosecute abusive state workers: The New York Times released a follow-up report, revealing that only 25% of NY state home-workers found guilty of abusing disabled and mentally ill patients…
Right To Work Rights and Wrongs
By Larry Sand On August 13, 2013 · (From UnionWatch) Teachers union treasurer perpetuates myths about worker freedom. The term “right-to-work” (RTW) very simply means that workers don’t have to pay…
AFL-CIO Targets Union Dues Money for More Campaign Spending
Politico reports that the union bosses at the AFL-CIO will be spending vast amounts of union dues money to on gubernatorial elections in the coming election cycle: AFL-CIO bosses plan to throw their “political weight most heavily into a half-dozen…
AFL-CIO Targets MI Gov. Rick Snyder
The AFL-CIO is putting a target on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and five other Republican governors in the 2014 election, WHTC reports: The union’s Political Director Michael Podhorzer told the audience at a breakfast in Washington, D.C. Tuesday the organization will go after…
Michigan Appeals Court Reminds Union Lawyers: Forced Agency Fees Impose a 'Significant' Burden on 'Critical' First Amendment Rights
Yesterday the Michigan Court of Appeals firmly rejected a bid by union officials and their lawyers to deny protection under the state’s recently adopted Right to Work law to roughly 35,000 civil service employees. Big Labor lawyers had contended that…