Right to Work Wins Big in the Beehive State
Utah Right to Work victory: New law ends union monopoly bargaining and protects public servants' freedom to choose their own representation.
California Finally Surrenders; Certifies Employees' Overwhelming Vote to Dump Union
More than five years ago, Gerawan employees who wanted to be union-free collected roughly 3,000 signatures from fellow employees to get UFW union bosses ousted from their workplaces. Later came the fight to get their votes counted. Credit: Pick Justice…
Workers Corralled Into Underfunded Pension Plans
Organized Labor-Controlled Funds Have Been Appallingly Mismanaged Roughly a year after being sworn in as America’s 45th President, Donald Trump is coming under increasing pressure to defuse a number of policy “time bombs” planted by his predecessor during…
Ex-Organizer Explains Coercive Union Power
Labor laws authorizing and promoting monopoly bargaining empower the officials of a single union to offer the sole employee” perspective on workplace matters at the negotiating table. This hugely benefits the union hierarchy. Barring Workers From Speaking For Themselves Profits…
Government Union Bosses Victimize Sick Veterans
David Shulkin, the VA secretary, is well aware that far too many VA employee hours are “being spent away from clinical duties and other duties” due to union “official time.” But his power to stop it is minimal. Nearly 350…
Will Trump Administration Punish Iowa for Curtailing Monopolistic Unionism?
Does U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta really think reducing union bosses’ monopoly power over transit workers is bad for the workers? Photo: Copyright Getty Images For years, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) bureaucrats have exploited a vague provision in the…
Forced-Dues Repeal Gains Support in Congress
By an incredible 26-to-1 margin, CEOs prefer adding jobs in Right to Work states over forced-unionism states, according to a nationwide survey of hundreds of CEOs conducted early this year by Chief Executive magazine. (Chart originally published by chief executive)…
Teacher Union Chieftains Push Through Pay Cut
Math teacher Robin Schmidt wants to get his school’s staff out from under an entrenched union hierarchy’s control. (credit: Handout, previously published in the Capital Gazette (annapolis, md.)) Educators at Maryland High School Cry Foul, Plea For Help When Free…
Will Congress Halt Union-Only Public Works?
So-called “project labor agreements,” or PLAs, effectively force nonunion companies wishing to participate in public works to impose union monopoly bargaining on their current employees and hire new workers through union boss-controlled hiring halls. (CREDIT: WWW.LABORISSUESSOLUTIONS.COM) Obama Edict Still Stacking…