Incomes Fall in Big Compulsory-Dues States
Where forced union dues are permitted, workers and other people end up with less purchasing power.
Entrepreneurs, small business owners and taxpayers are battling for the economic future in Oregon as the SEIU has placed tax increases on the ballot for a statewide vote on January 26. Big labor unions from across the nation are sending cash into the state to support the effort that economists believe will kill 70,000 jobs.
Where forced union dues are permitted, workers and other people end up with less purchasing power.
NLRB lawyers claim Buffalo Starbucks workers’ opposition to SEIU-affiliated Workers United union “justifies” union being imposed on unwilling employees
Matthew Lilley (inset): Union contracts often feature “last-in, first-out layoff rules,” which typically “disadvantage” younger employees -- who may reasonably regard such rules as “blind” to their value as individuals.