Hobbs Act Archives

January 11

'You Should Be Able to Do Whatever You Want to Them and It Should Be Legal'

It was 42 years ago next month that a narrow U.S. Supreme Court majority found, to the shock and indignation of countless Americans, that extortionate threats, property destruction and assaults perpetrated to further “legitimate union objectives” do not constitute extortion…

January 8

Ex-Ironworkers Union Boss's Extortion Defense: I Just Did What Other Philadelphia Construction Union Chieftains Do

Both the prosecution and the defense in the ongoing extortion trial of Joseph Dougherty, the former union boss of Philadelphia Ironworkers Local 401, agree that, over the years, a band of Local 401 officers and rank-and-file militants routinely terrorized construction…

September 21

Vexing Enmons Decision Again Under Scrutiny

Violence Committed For ‘Legitimate’ Union Goals Isn’t Extortion?? (Article first appeared in the September 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) This summer, pro-Right to Work U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) introduced in…

August 11

'I Just Want to Thank the Shadow Crew For Another Job Well Done'

Late last month, as the July 30 news story by Jason Laday for the South Jersey Times linked below explains in detail, a federal grand jury added multiple charges to an indictment issued early this year against top bosses of…

February 21

'There Should Be No Union Exemption For Violence, Stalking, Intimidation and Destruction of Property'

The National Right to Work Legal Defense  Foundation worked to defend victims of a UAW campaign of terror that included shootings and severed cows’ headsvisited upon workers in Winchester,Virginia, in the late 1990’s. Yesterday, a Washington Times editorial…

January 8

New Capitol Hill Challenge to Union Thugs' Exemption From Federal Hobbs Act

The Washington Free Beacon reports on a new effort in the U.S. Congress to close the judicially-created loophole in the federal Hobbs Act that exempts from prosecution violence, threats and extortion perpetrated to secure so-called “legitimate union objectives.”  National Right…

February 11

January 2012 issue of The National Right To Work Committee Newsletter

The January 2012 issue of The National Right to Work Committee Newsletter is available for download January 2012 Newsletter in an Adobe pdf format for your convenience…