November/December 2017 National Right to Work Newsletter Summary
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Union Dons Favor 'Ghost' Workers Over Real Ones?
According to whistleblower Evan Cotten, top bosses of the ILA Local 1402 union took no noticeable action regarding his complaints about paychecks going out to fake employees for months. Finally, he went to the media. Image: WFLA-TV (NBC) — Tampa,…
'Business as Usual' For New York City Union Bosses?
Largely because the New York labor code authorizes and promotes forced union dues and fees in K-12 schools and other public workplaces, teacher union bigwig Michael Mulgrew (pictured) was able to rake in a higher salary last year than New York…
Firefighters' Union Dons' Sweet Deal -- Show up at Work, Collect Extra 'Living Expense' Money From Forced-Dues Payers
There is no doubt, as New York Times labor reporter Noam Scheiber said at the outset of a long and mostly unflattering article last weekend profiling Harold Schaitberger, the general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters union, that…
Pittsburgh Union Bosses Buy Luggage, Drums, Sunglasses, Hockey Tickets, Etc., With Workers' Forced-Dues Money
Common sense tells you that a private organization that has the legally-enforceable power to compel people to support it financially, on pain of losing their jobs, will be far less accountable about how it spends its money than a private…
Will Richard Griffin Become 'the First Active Defendant in a RICO Suit' to Secure Confirmation as NLRB General Counsel?
The National Right to Work Committee is now mobilizing opposition to Senate confirmation of ex-union lawyer Richard Griffin as the top attorney for the powerful National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The track record Griffin established as a pro-forced unionism zealot…
Obama pick for NLRB was top lawyer for union tainted by mob ties, history of corruption
Meet President Obama’s man for the NLRB: That recess appointee, Richard Griffin, was former general counsel for the 400,000-member union of heavy equipment operators — a union tainted over the years by mob connections and…