Congressional Sponsorship of H.R.785 and S.545 Has Topped 100 In September alone, 29 U.S. House members signed on as cosponsors of H.R.785. Among the new cosponsors that month were Mimi Walters (R-Calif., inset left), Francis Rooney (R-Fla., center), and Luke…
For years, government union monopolists have been ripping off ordinary taxpayers in Illinois, a state where both private- and public-sector employees may be forced to pay Big Labor dues or fees as a job condition, in a host of ways.
Surrounded by Pennsylvania mining employees, President Trump signs his deregulatory “Promoting Energy Independence” Executive Order. Mining-sector jobs have rebounded rapidly during his administration’s early months. (PHOTO JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Employment Surges as Obama ‘Killer’ Regulations Are Lifted In May 2008,…
From 2006 to 2016, civilian household employment grew by more than twice as much in the 22 states that had Right to Work laws on the books for the entire decade as in the 24 states that imposed forced union…
In the first 12 months after Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation making Wisconsin America’s 25th Right to Work state in March 2015, the Badger State gained roughly 49,100 private-sector payroll jobs (seasonally adjusted). Wisconsin had not previously experienced 12-month private-sector…
Recently-Enacted Right to Work Laws Help Revive State Economies (Source: May 2015 National Right to Work Newsletter) According to U.S. Labor Department data released this spring, Michigan and Indiana, which had…
Voluntary Unionism Also Linked to More Rapid Compensation Growth (Click here to download the April 2015 National Right to Work Newsletter) On March 17, the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of…
(Click here to download the April 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) Big Labor Claims About Impact of Forced-Dues Ban Are…
A U.S. Labor Department news release issued at the end of last week showed that the number of civilian household jobs (a broad measure that includes the self-employed and contractors as well as workers on employer payrolls) grew by an…