Fearing a well-heeled Big Labor PR campaign would scuttle Right to Work in Idaho, 1986 gubernatorial candidate David Leroy walked back from his opposition to forced unionism. Right to Work won anyway; Mr. Leroy didn’t.
To fulfill his campaign pledge to be “the most pro-union President you’ve ever seen,” Joe Biden is directing all federal executive departments and agencies to cater to Big Labor special interests.
Sen. Josh Hawley Thumbs His Nose at Missouri Right to Work Supporters
Where forced union dues are permitted, workers and other people end up with less purchasing power.
With CTU President Stacy Davis Gates calling the shots, taxpayer costs for Chicago schools are skyrocketing even as educational outcomes get worse and worse. But the miserable status quo works for Big Labor politicians.
Matthew Lilley (inset): Union contracts often feature “last-in, first-out layoff rules,” which typically “disadvantage” younger employees -- who may reasonably regard such rules as “blind” to their value as individuals.
“While deducting an exorbitant 3% of the caregivers’ paychecks, without even pretending to address any workplace issues, Laphonza Butler’s Local 2015 would routinely send form letters to members who had attempted to resign telling them they couldn’t,” noted Mr. Mourad.
New Board Policy: Overturn Election if Workers Reject Big Labor
Without Janus, virtually all of these employees would still be bankrolling a union to keep their jobs. But the data show that, thanks to Janus, nearly 730,000 of them are not having any union dues withheld from their paychecks.