Union-Only Port Terminal Suspends Operations
Committee President Mark Mix: “If I were a Leatherman dockworker, I certainly wouldn’t count on Longshore Union bosses to show any flexibility” to get the terminal reopened and “save my job.”
The September 2011 issue of The National Right to Work Committee Newsletter is available for download September 2011 Newsletter in an Adobe pdf format for your convenience to read and share. It is the Committee’s official newsletter publication that provides an excellent monthly overview of the battle against forced unionism.
September 2011 issue headlines:
Right to Work Debated in State Capitals — But National Forced-Dues Repeal Measure Still Being Held Back
Right to Work Has Been Right All Along — Big Labor Spent $1.14 Billion on Politics, Lobbying in 2009-2010
Wisconsin Governor in Big Labor Gun Sights — Union-Boss Bid to Regain Control Over State Senate Falls Short
New Privileges For Transportation Union Chiefs? — Principled U.S. House Leadership Can Thwart Big Labor Power Grab
Wounded Ohio Contractor: ‘I’m in Disbelief’ — Shooting Victim’s Workers, Firm Have Long Been Big Labor Targets
‘Without Any Warning, the Rules Have Changed’ — New York Times Pundit: Reckless Obama NLRB ‘Paralyzing’ Economy
Committee President Mark Mix: “If I were a Leatherman dockworker, I certainly wouldn’t count on Longshore Union bosses to show any flexibility” to get the terminal reopened and “save my job.”
According to AFSCME Local 1632 President Will Harmon, Columbus Water & Power committed a grievous offense by subcontracting out the job of clearing away invasive weeds and brush spread out across two acres of its property to a tribe of roughly 40 goats without first “negotiating” with Big Labor.
One longtime IAFF official who is now in the spotlight for his crass denigration of “two-hatters” -- that is, professional firefighters who also serve as volunteers -- is Pennsylvania Democrat politician Bob Brooks.