What Businesses Are Investing in Right to Work South Carolina?
Four businesses that are planning investments in South Carolina include Pipeline Plastics, DHL Supply Chain, IMCS, and Mercedes-Benz.
‘Made in U.S.’ Cars & Trucks Made Union-Free
The rapid expansion of union-free automotive manufacturing employment in the U.S. over the past 35 years, and especially over the past quarter-century, has occurred overwhelmingly in states with Right to Work laws. Credit: Rogelio V. Solis-AP Market Share of UAW…
Pack Your Bags, We're Moving to a Right To Work State
Governors in Non-Right to Work states receive regrets as Governors in states with Right to Work roll out welcome wagons to businesses and jobs as they choose states that fly the Right to Work Freedom Banner. From Real Clear Policy: The…
Free Legal Aid to Protect Employee Rights at Alabama Mercedes-Benz Factory
Notice from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: Right to Work Foundation Announces Offer of Free Legal Aid to Alabama Mercedes-Benz Employees Unions collude to force workers into union ranks Springfield, VA (October 3,…
Roy Exum: UAW's "Real" Modus Operandi
Chattanoogan.com’s Roy Exum provides analysis of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union’s inside game from the UAW’s 36th Constitutional Convention: Frank Patta, the general secretary of the Volkswagen Global Group Works Council, told those at…
Heritage to Chrysler: Support Right To Work to Help Michigan
From the Heritage Foundation an endorsement of Right To Work Freedoms for Michigan: Did you know that there are no Volkswagen manufacturing plants in the Detroit area? Or Mercedes-Benz? Or Kia? Or Hyundai? Or BMW, for that matter? Apart from having their cars assembled in Michigan, it turns out that those three companies have something else in common: the United Auto Workers union (UAW). It also turns out that every other car manufacturer has something in common, too: not wanting the UAW to do to them what it did to the Big Three. Today, President Obama will address the UAW, and he should receive a rousing welcome. After all, his terms of the auto bailout richly rewarded his union allies at the expense of non-union employees and private investors, giving them, among other prizes, a very large stake of ownership in Chrysler. And together, they stand adamantly opposed to "right-to-work" laws that would empower the nation's unemployed to find economic security with a non-union job. They claim they want to protect "the American auto industry," but this is not about "American cars." The controlling interest of Chrysler is Italy-based Fiat and previously was Germany's Daimler-Benz between 1997 and 2008. This is simply about protecting union fortunes. Chrysler can hire actors in Louisiana to play the part of Detroit workers, and it can produce cinematically brilliant television ads. But wouldn't Detroiters have more pride in a job than a commercial? Chrysler and the UAW must drop its opposition to Michigan's right-to-work legislation if it wants to pretend it cares. Right-to-work legislation protects employees from being fired for not paying union dues. Without that protection, workers are forced to support a union financially even if they'd rather spend their hard earned dollars at home, if the union contract harms them, or if they're opposed to the union's agenda. And if they don't, they lose their jobs. Obviously, when given the freedom of choice, many workers choose not to unionize.