Open Letter to Amazon
February 26, 2019 Dear Sirs, I could not help but note the recent news reports that you have decided to cancel a major infrastructure investment in New York. Allow me to congratulate you on having dodged a bullet. As you…
Increase Amount Taxpayers Are Bankrolling Government Unions?
If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ongoing efforts to prevent public employees from exercising their Janus rights fall short, his next move may well be to “tap taxpayers, rather than union members, to fund unions’ operations.” Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images…
Cost More to Live and Work in Non-Right To Work States
All of the 13 most affordable states last year had adopted Right to Work laws. But not one of the 14 least affordable states had done so. (Shown above are the 10 most/least affordable states.) Least-Affordable States Are All Forced…
On This Day, Union Goons Sulphuric Acid Attack Reporter Leaving Lindy's Restaurant
A union goon’s attack blinded Victor Riesel, but didn’t deter him from exposing union-boss corruption. Riesel had been reporting on corruption in the International Union of Operating Engineers and its then-President, William C. DeKoning, Jr. The acid burning and blinding of Riesel is another…
Georgetown-J.P. Morgan Study Forced-Dues States Job Declines
Among the 46 states that were either exclusively Right to Work or exclusively forced-unionism from 1991 to 2015, the 11 suffering the steepest declines in “good jobs” were all forced-unionism. Many Forced-Dues States See ‘Good Job’ Opportunities Fall Sharply The…
Forced-Unionism States Suffer From ‘Brain Drain’
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that, overall, states where forced union dues are permitted are failing to offer appealing economic opportunities to retain and attract college-educated, working-age adults. (credit: REUTERS/mario anzuoini) Better Options For College Graduates in Right…
Big Labor Pension Fund Implosion a ‘Harbinger’
The full promised benefits for roughly 4000 current retirees have plummeted. Payments for retirees and beneficiaries previously averaging $1313 a month are now down to just $570 a month.
In Three States, Government Employee Forced Unionism Challenged
Just in from The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: Public Employees in Three States File Federal Lawsuits to End Public Sector Forced Union Dues National Right to Work Foundation cases follow up on Supreme Court split on…
Three Presidential Hopefuls Woo Big Labor
Will Right to Work Supporters Have a Choice on Fall 2016 Ballot? (source: National Right to Work September 2015 Newsletter) More than another year remains until American voters in all 50 states and in Washington, D.C., go to…