Just eight months ago, a federal judge slapped down a lawsuit filed by top bosses of Chicago-based Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) against Indiana’s Right to Work law. Like 23 other very similar statutes and…
In a Labor Day weekend op-ed published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (see the link below), James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation tersely explains why laws and policies authorizing the officials of one union to act as the “exclusive” bargaining agent…
U.S. Census Bureau data released a few months ago showed a sharp contrast in K-12 school-aged (5-17 years old) population in Right to Work and forced-unionism states over the past decade. From 2002 to 2012, the total number of school-aged…
By Larry Sand On August 13, 2013 · (From UnionWatch) Teachers union treasurer perpetuates myths about worker freedom. The term “right-to-work” (RTW) very simply means that workers don’t have to pay…
Yesterday the Michigan Court of Appeals firmly rejected a bid by union officials and their lawyers to deny protection under the state’s recently adopted Right to Work law to roughly 35,000 civil service employees. Big Labor lawyers had contended that…
For more than 30 years, Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc., has furnished businesses large and small with expert and impartial advice that they use to make investment decisions. And for 10 years Pollina has drawn upon its knowledge and experience…
Despite passage of a Right to Work law, old habits die hard in Michigan as union bosses mislead and lie to their members about whether they can be fired for not paying tribute to the union, News Channel 3 reports:…
In the three-quarters of a century since the deflationary 1930’s ended, long-term union contracts have virtually always resulted in employees getting lower pay and benefits over time than short-term union contracts. When union officials’ aim really is higher compensation for…
As a post on the Red State blog yesterday (see the link below) has already pointed out, a just-released United Van Lines (UVL) study tracking “which states the company’s customers moved to and from” during the course of 2012 shows…