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The National Right to Work Committee® is a coalition of 2.2 million American citizens united by one belief:

No one should be forced to pay tribute to a union in order to get or keep a job.

These citizens agree that Federal labor law should not promote coercive union power, and support the protection and enactment of additional state Right to Work laws until the federal sanction for compulsory unionism is eliminated.

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» Breaking News

» More Union Boss Corruption

» Scandal Stopped Big Labor Payoff

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was preparing to issue an executive order prior to his arrest last week [December 9, 2008] that would have allowed union organizing of home-care workers that could have benefited a labor union with close ties to the governor.

» Contract? What Contract?

The Washington Post makes clear that when a teacher’s union in Hawaii inked a contract that provided for more pay in exchange for random drug testing, they chose . . .

» Picking Apart the Card Check Scam

Mark Carter, a labor lawyer, has done his homework. In a powerful editorial in the West Virginia State Journal, Carter writes:

» And Now for the Video

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has released a new video. According to the Foundation’s release:

» The Big Labor Payoff

Big Labor spent nearly a billion dollars electing political puppets to all branches of government. The payoff is just starting.

» Labor Shakedown of Bank of America

Doug Bandow writes, in The American Spectator, about a “new example of Chicago blackmail.”

» Big Labor Blago

The website Pro Publica that offers “Journalism in the Public Interest” peeks behind the curtain and reveals a long co-dependent relationship between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Right to Work Magna Carta

The editorial below -- written by the late William B. Ruggles, then editor of the Dallas Morning News -- appeared on Labor Day 1941. This editorial by Mr. Ruggles is credited with originating the right-to-work principle in labor relations.

Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: No person shall be denied employment because of membership in or affiliation with a labor union; nor shall any corporation or individual sign a contract to exclude from employment members of a labor union or persons who refuse to join a union; nor shall any person against his will be compelled to pay dues to any labor organization. [Continue reading...]

» Legislative Alerts

Battles over workers' freedoms are fought every day in the legislatures. Select your state from the drop-down list to find out about current legislation that affects your rights.

Related Links

» National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
» National Institute for Labor Relations Research
» Canadian LabourWatch Association

» Right to Work States

A Right to Work law ensures that no one is forced to pay tribute to a union in order to get or keep a job. The National Right to Work Committee supports the enactment of additional state right to work laws until the federal sanction for compulsory unionism is eliminated. There are currently 22 Right to Work states.

To learn more about the Committee's efforts in a particular state, click on that state in the map below.

Map of Right to Work States

http://www.nrtwc.org/legislation/

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