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	<title>The National Right to Work Committee® &#187; Blog</title>
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	<description>No one should be forced to pay tribute to a union in order to get or keep a job.</description>
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		<title>Right-to-Work Laws = Liberty, Prosperity, and Quality of Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right-to-Work Laws: Liberty, Prosperity, and Quality of Life
By Professor Richard Vedder (Condensed from the original 10-page Article appearing in the Cato Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Winter 2010). Produced by the  Cato Institute.   Richard Vedder is Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ohio University.)
The most essential ingredient embodied in the liberty championed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/right-to-work-laws-liberty-prosperity-and-quality-of-life/</link>
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		<title>It Must Be A Coincidence . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los  Angeles Times reports that two labor unions in California have spent a  remarkable $318 million influencing public officials in the last decade.  The  Teacher Association spent $211.8 million and the California State Council of  Service Employees spent $107.4 million.   Of course, there are hundreds of other  local unions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/it-must-be-a-coincidence/</link>
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		<title>Right to Work Key For Economic Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Latest Data Show Exodus From Forced-Unionism States Continues
(Source: January 2010 NRTWC Newsletter)
Without a doubt, much about the U.S. economy has changed since the real estate crash of 2007 and the extraordinary mortgage-loan crisis that soon followed in its wake.
However, as the dust from the recent turmoil slowly settles it is becoming clear that many important and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/right-to-work-key-for-economic-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Another ObamaCare Showdown Looms in Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both House and Senate-Passed Measures Promote Forced Unionism
(Source: January 2010 NRTWC Newsletter)
In November, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly adopted one version of President Obama&#8217;s health-care &#8220;reform&#8221; (H.R.3962).
And last month, exactly 60 (the minimum number necessary) U.S. senators voted to cut off continuing  debate by opponents of another version (H.R.3590). The Senate then rubber-stamped H.R.3590 while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/another-obamacare-showdown-looms-in-congress/</link>
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		<title>A Faster Track to Union-Boss Monopoly?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama Bureaucrats Keen to Help Herd Transport Workers Into Unions
(Source: January 2010 NRTWC Newsletter)
Much that is written about American labor unions is misleading because it assumes they operate like other private, nonprofit organizations.
In key respects, this assumption is false. For example, affiliation with private organizations is, the vast majority of the time, a purely personal decision. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/a-faster-track-to-union-boss-monopoly/</link>
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		<title>‘Get the “Card-Check” Bill Passed &#8212; or Else’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big Labor Reminds Majority Leader Reid He Must Deliver on S.560
(Source: January 2010 NRTWC Newsletter)
Neither the “Card-Check” Forced Unionism Bill’s extreme unpopularity with the public nor the obvious reluctance of several members of his own caucus on Capitol Hill to vote for this legislation can excuse Majority Leader Harry Reid from his obligation to ram it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/%e2%80%98get-the-%e2%80%9ccard-check%e2%80%9d-bill-passed-or-else%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Iowa Right to Work Law Again Under Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tensions Rise as Union Bosses’ Window of Opportunity Narrows
(Source: January 2010 NRTWC Newsletter)
In the wake of the November 2006 elections three years ago, Big Labor strategists were confident they had won all the marbles in Iowa.
After saying nothing in public about the forced-unionism issue during that year’s campaign, victorious Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chet Culver announced his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/iowa-right-to-work-law-again-under-fire/</link>
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		<title>New &#8220;Government Union Jobs&#8221; Bill &#8212; the next &#8220;stimulus&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA) has another bright idea to reward government union bosses – subsidize the creation of more government union jobs with $100 billion in taxpayer money.  
(source: Michael O&#8217;Brien, The Hill)
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		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/new-government-union-jobs-bill-the-next-stimulus/</link>
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		<title>Union Agenda Advances without Votes in Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite failing legislatively to gain enough votes for the Big Labor agenda in Congress, the union boss power grab is proceeding administratively according to investigative reporter Kevin Mooney.
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		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/union-agenda-advances-without-votes-in-congress/</link>
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		<title>Committee Foils Public-Safety Union Sneak Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[But Federal Forced-Unionization Scheme Is Bound to Reemerge Soon
(Source: January 2010 NRTWC Newsletter)
It is growing very clear that Big Labor politicians know the American people do not support their scheme to establish a new federal mandate imposing union “exclusive representation” (monopoly bargaining) over state and local police, firefighters, and other public-safety employees nationwide. Jus t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/committee-foils-public-safety-union-sneak-play/</link>
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		<title>National Right to Work Vice President Blasts the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill in Testimony to Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Right To Work Committee Press Release
March 10, 2010
National Right to Work Vice President Blasts the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill in Testimony to Congress
Big Labor power grab would be a disaster for workers, taxpayers and struggling state economies
Washington, D.C (March 10, 2010) – National Right to Work Committee Vice President Doug Stafford, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/national-right-to-work-vice-president-blasts-the-police-and-firefighter-monopoly-bargaining-bill-in-testimony-to-congress/</link>
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		<title>Nevada, Big Labor&#8217;s Firewall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big Labor is targeting failed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid&#8217;s Senate seat as the &#8220;firewall&#8221; in their strategy to keep the pro-Big Labor congressional majority in power this November. Five other states including California, New York, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be ground zero for political spending this Fall. 
The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Kris Maher reports:
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/nevada-big-labors-firewall/</link>
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		<title>Another Candidate for Freedom and Prosperity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Molitor is a candidate for the state House of Representatives in New Mexico who understands the importance that Right to Work laws play in job creation and economic growth:
Freedom of choice is a far better system. If a worker feels the union can represent them and they agree with the politics (or do not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/another-candidate-for-freedom-and-prosperity/</link>
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		<title>Big Labor&#8217;s deleterious effect on job prospects for younger workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Institute for Labor Relations Research reminds us that labor union exclusively bargained labor contracts have a deleterious effect on job prospects for younger workers.  Fortunately, the Right To Work laws of 22 states help provide younger workers job opportunities and a place to go according the study:
Low Union-Monopoly States Furnish ‘Safety Valve’ For Americans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/big-labors-deleterious-effect-on-job-prospects-for-younger-workers/</link>
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		<title>Orange County Register Covers SEIU Related Attack on Worker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The OC Register has a story on the attack of a hospital worker by an SEIU operative:
A 31-year-old union employee could face misdemeanor assault charges after she pushed another union worker who was meeting with employees at Garden Grove Hospital&#8217;s cafeteria, police said.
The incident, caught on video and posted on YouTube, shows a woman talking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/orange-county-register-covers-seiu-related-attack-on-worker/</link>
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		<title>Another SEIU Assault on Worker</title>
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Unfortunately, incidents like this are becoming more common.  Here is a video of an SEIU operative assaulting a health care worker.
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		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/another-seiu-assault-on-worker/</link>
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		<title>Reed and the AFL-CIO vs. Lowden</title>
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Sue Lowden (R-NV) is the leading challenger to forced unionism loving Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid and that makes her a target for the union bosses that will do anything to keep Reid at the helm of the Senate. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports &#8220;The AFL-CIO also is gearing up to help Reid and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/reed-and-the-afl-cio-vs-lowden/</link>
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		<title>Back Door Card Check?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Tapscott of the Examiner looks at Big Labor&#8217;s back door play to impose the Card Check Forced Unionism bill on America.
Now, the the Obama administration is pushing new arbitration rules that would allow a union to gain representation certification in any company so long as it wins any representation election. The National Right to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/back-door-card-check/</link>
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		<title>More on the Deficit Commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michele Malkin speaks truth to power by taking on President Obama&#8217;s appointment of big spending proponent SEIU union boss Andy Stern to his White House deficit reduction commission.
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		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/more-on-the-deficit-commission/</link>
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		<title>Becker Recess Appointment?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Senate rejected the nomination of radical lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board, but President Obama is hinting that he might bypass the will of the Senate and appoint Becker anyway.
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		<link>http://www.nrtwc.org/becker-recess-appointment/</link>
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