Right to Work Blog

The Constitution protects your right to associate and, by logic then, your right to disassociate. But Broome County, New York has decided to punish and discriminate against those exercising this basic right.
The Birmingham, New York Press & Sun Bulletin reports that:
Broome County’s non-union contractors are up in arms over the county’s decision to set […]

The former boss of a New York area Teamsters local was arrested on Tuesday, the New York Times reports, “on charges that he forced his union members to do work for him personally, including building a new roof on his country home, squiring his daughter to her yoga class, and setting up a Christmas tree at his Manhattan apartment.”

The omnibus spending bill that is making its way through Congress increases federal spending on almost every government program except one — the Office of Labor Management Standards at the Department of Labor — the office that oversees union corruption.
President Bush asked Congress for $57 million, an increase of $9 million over the previous year. […]

According to the Detroit News, union bosses in Michigan are seeking the right to request an automatic payroll contribution from state employees — contributions that would pad the coffers of union political action committees (PACs). The proposal comes from M. Scott Bowen, the director of the Office of State Employer.
Michigan’s Chamber of Commerce general […]

Tim Miller, writing for the New York Post, notes that:
There has been nothing coy about the Democratic presidential candidates’ courtship of Big Labor. After all, union endorsements come with armies of door-knocking, phone-calling, sign-waving foot soldiers; union leaders will spend about half a billion dollars on political campaigns this election cycle.
Of course, […]

Kentucky’s new governor, Steve Beshear, talks a good game, but don’t expect columnist Jim Waters of the Georgetown News-Graphic to shake his head up and down like a “dashboard bobblehead doll.” Waters wants to know what happens to “good ideas for Kentucky,” like a Right to Work bill, when it clashes against Big Labor […]

In Europe, labor unions have a stranglehold on economic growth. From wildcat strikes to violent destruction of property, powerful unions run amok, destroying jobs and prosperity on much of the European continent. Enactment of a similar system in America would be a nightmare, but for Big Labor bosses, it is a dream.
To try […]

Once again the legal-eagles at the National Right to Work have stuck a blow for freedom when an administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) struck down a nationwide policy of a major international union that requires employees to object annually to prevent union officials from spending union dues for political activities. […]

The name, Jaime Escalante, came up in print at least twice last week, but there is more to his story that warrants discussion.
During Univision’s December 9, Presidential Debate, the Moderator asked Congressman Duncan Hunter about Hispanics dropping out of school. The Presidential Candidate responded:
You know, in California there was a great teacher […]

To ensure Hillary Clinton wins the Democrat nomination for President, two Big Labor groups are starting to spend large sums of workers’ money on radio ads and political consultants, including a million dollar ad buy in Iowa promoting the Clinton candidacy.
“The American Federation Of Teachers AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education reported today it has spent […]