The July 2010 issue of The National Right To Work Committee Newsletter is available for download in an Adobe pdf format for your convenience to read and share. It is the Committee’s official newsletter publication that provides an excellent monthly overview of the battle against forced unionism.

July’s issue contains the following headlines:

Handful of GOP Senators Woo Union Kingpins — Federal Union Monopoly Threatens State, Local Public Employees

‘Big Labor Picked the Wrong Guy to Bully’ – ROTC Instructor Wins Small Victory Over Teacher Union Bosses

Pot of Compulsory Dues For Big Labor? — California Union Bosses, Marijuana Dealers Embark on Joint Effort

Slow Learner vs. ‘Never Learner’ in Bay State? – In Traditional Big Labor Stronghold, Union-Only PLA’s Under Fire

Big Labor Propagandists Refute Themselves – Union-Label Academics Inadvertently Scrub Excuse For Forced Dues

Obama Labor Bureaucrats to Bypass Congress? – ‘Electronic’ Voting Would Facilitate ‘Card Check’-Style Abuses

Protecting the Right to Work Improves Overall Job Climate

(Source: June 2010 NRTWC Newsletter)

Early this year, Chief Executive magazine asked 651 CEOs from around the country to grade all 50 states and the District of Columbia in three general categories that businesses invariably consider when they are contemplating where to make job-creating investments.

As Chief Executive’s editors note, the business leaders were asked to “draw upon their direct experience” to rate each state for a) taxation and regulation, (b) quality of workforce, and (c) living environment.

In its May/June issue, Chief Executive published the survey results. They indicate that, in the wake of the severe 2008-2009 recession, state Right to Work laws may be even more critical for private-sector job and income growth than they were in the generally favorable national economic climate of 1982-2007.

Overwhelmingly, the CEOs judged that, in Right to Work states, employees have superior work ethics, real estate costs are relatively low, and public officials have a much more positive attitude toward business.

Every one of the seven states with the highest overall rankings has a Right to Work law prohibiting the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union. Nine of the top 10 states are Right to Work states. Thirteen of the top 15 are Right to Work states. (more…)