This summer, law enforcement officials in Stamford, Conn., responded to a sharp increase in drug overdose deaths in their jurisdiction by furnishing police with Narcan kits, which can be life-saving in emergency situations caused by opioid abuse. But government union…
In a recent op-ed, the owners of Borgeson Universal Co. explained how Big Labor-controlled politicians and bureaucrats in forced-unionism Connecticut have left them with no choice but to move their century-old manufacturing company out-of-state. Image: Amanda Webster/Register-Citizen (Torrington, Conn.) Borgeson…
Union Bosses’ Monopoly Power Drives Away Taxpayers of All Kinds (Source: July 2015 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) According to the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, this year on average citizens of forced-unionism Connecticut are surrendering well…
Government Union Bigwigs Stoke Politicians’ Fiscal Imprudence (Click here to download the March 2015 National Right to Work Newsletter) A recent report by State Budget Solutions (SBS) adds to the evidence that government union officials empowered with monopoly-bargaining and forced-dues…
Taxpayers Suffer Dearly, But Most Public Servants Benefit Little (Click here to download the July 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter)…
(Source: March 2011 NRTWC Newsletter) Millions Have 'Voted With Their Feet' For Better Opportunities For a combination of reasons, nationwide the number of young adults aged 25-34 is growing far more slowly than is the number of Americans aged 55 and older. In 1999, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 37.94 million people aged 25-34 living in the U.S. By 2009, there were 41.57 million people nationwide in that age bracket. That's a 9.6% increase. Over the same decade, the number of Americans aged 55 and older soared from 57.93 million to 74.36 million, a whopping 28.4% increase! The nationwide decline in young employees' population share, relative to that of Americans nearing or in their retirement years, is obviously an impediment to economic growth. Eleven Non-Right to Work States Suffered Young-Adult Population Declines
Congress Targets Taxpayer Sanctuaries From Big Labor Monopolists (Source: February 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) As a group, taxpayers strongly believe they are worse off with the combination of taxes and public services they get in states in which more than half of…