Organized Labor in Philadelphia “has a long history of intimidation, harassment, vandalism, violence — and impunity,” reports Jillian K. Melchior of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity a few paragraphs into a three-part investigation appearing in National Review…
Unions take Michigan right-to-work fight to federal courtsThe Detroit NewsThe state law authorizes a civil fine of up to $500 for forcing or trying to compel an employee to financially support a labor union, which is barred…
Labor unions file suit to try to overturn Michigan right-to-work lawThe Detroit NewsThat lawsuit seeks to invalidate the public and private sector right-to-work laws on grounds the Legislature violated the Open Meetings Act while the state police…
In Vermont, private-sector and many government union bosses have long wielded the power to get employees fired for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union. However, freedom-loving state citizens, assisted by the National Right to Work Committee…
EDITORIAL: Bring up right to workWashington TimesThese laws basically ensure no person can be compelled as a condition of employment to join or pay dues to a labor union. Contrary to the…
The National Right to Work Committee has obtained copy of an SEIU “Strategic Plan” for 2013 that was sent out by SEIU Executive Committee member and Local 1 President Thomas Balanoff. Click here to download a copy of the plan…
Veteran English teacher Kristi Lacroix isn’t easily intimidated. She reports that she has been “laughed at, screamed at and spit on” due to her unabashed opposition to compulsory union dues and fees and union monopoly-bargaining abuses in K-12 public education.
More than two decades ago, a three-judge panel on the Fourth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals considered the question of whether an “employee who wishes to remain a union member but desires to contribute financially only to the…
When teacher union bosses are seeking to justify their monopoly privilege to speak for educators who don’t wish to join the union as well as union members in contract negotiations, or their power to force union nonmembers to fork over…