In 2016 alone, IBB union President Newton Jones and his wife, brother and son raked in roughly $1.6 million in forced dues-funded IBB compensation. Federal labor law fosters such ills. Right to Work laws stop them. Credit: boilermakers.org Workers Compelled…
Big Labor’s ongoing scheme to prevent Missouri’s 13-month-old Right to Work law from taking effect is undermining the state’s prosperity. New U.S. Labor Department employment data add to the rapidly growing body of evidence that Missourians are losing numerous good job…
From the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: Today, at the Franklin County Circuit Court, three Kentucky workers with free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys successfully defended the Blue Grass state’s Right…
Immediate Right to Work Implementation Sparks a Boom Next Door Early this year, Kentucky and Missouri respectively became the 27th and 28th states to adopt Right to Work laws. But what they have experienced since with regard to labor…
As eminent labor-law scholar Clyde Summers recognized, union officials “want unchallenged control over all aspects of the [workplace] contract, including its grievance procedure and arbitration which they created.” Image: University of Pennsylvania Law School Late last month, a group of…
Today, employees in a majority of states can rely on Right to Work laws to protect themselves against unscrupulous union bosses. But Committee members won’t be satisfied until all American employees enjoy Right to Work protections. Compulsory Unionism Linked to…
Kentucky’s CBS affiliate WKYT television reports that KY Gov. Matt Bevin announced a new $1.3 billion aluminum mill is coming to Eastern Kentucky creating 550 permanent jobs and 1,000 construction jobs. The new Braidy Industries, Inc. factory will…
Two More States May Bar Compulsory Union Dues and Fees This Year In 2015, Big Labor dipped heavily into its forced union dues-funded treasuries to wage extensive voter I.D. and get-out-the-vote drives to ensure entrepreneur Matt Bevin (R)…