National Right to Work Committee®

July 4, 2008 » Independence Day

As we celebrate Independence Day, let us take time to reflect on the importance of the individual liberties that our forefathers and generations have fought for and died to protect.

July 3, 2008 » Ethics and the Philadelphia State Senate Candidate

What qualifications are voters looking for in their candidates these days? See what you think.

July 2, 2008 » Locke v. Karass

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has a new video.

July 1, 2008 » West Virginia GOP Goes Right to Work

The Republican Party of West Virginia has added a Right to Work plank to their party’s platform.

June 30, 2008 » Right to Work Creates Prosperity

New economic data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis has provided an opportunity to confirm that Right to Work states perform better that forced-unionism states, and a blog called Willisms has done just that.

June 27, 2008 » How to Spend $53 Million

The AFL-CIO alone will spend over $53 million over the next few months to elect candidates who will vote to eliminate workplace elections.

June 26, 2008 » Union-Funded Groups Gear Up

Flush with cash coerced from workers, the AFL-CIO and the SEIU have announced they have “raised” and will spend over $100 million to elect Democrats to Congress and the White House this Fall.

June 25, 2008 » Personnel is Policy

There is an old saying in politics that personnel translates into policy, and in the case of Barack Obama its clear Big Labor will dominate both ends of the equation:

June 24, 2008 » AFL-CIO Abandons Sen. Stevens

In 2006, pro-Big Labor Republicans were stabbed in the back by the AFL-CIO. We are now seeing that same mindset in the U.S. Senate.

June 23, 2008 » Unmuzzled

The United States Supreme Court has overturned a 9th Circuit Court ruling that tried to legitimize a massive Big Labor forced-unionism scheme.

June 20, 2008 » Colorado Labor Abuses

The Denver Post ran a column by Al Lewis that questioned the need to enact a Right to Work law in Colorado and the reaction has been visceral.

June 19, 2008 » Michigan Struggles While Alabama Grows

Why is Michigan’s car industry struggling but Alabama’s is thriving? How is the “Yellowhammer State” successfully courting companies like Honda, Toyota Motor Corp. and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz?

June 18, 2008 » Labor Power Grab in Maryland

You know things must be bad in Montgomery County, Maryland, when the Washington Post takes notice of the taxpayer giveaways to the county’s Big Labor bosses.

June 17, 2008 » Why the Card Check Scam?

Why do union bosses so desperately want to enact the card check scam? The enactment of a state version of the bill in Colorado shows the reason why:

June 16, 2008 » Committee Plans to Mobilize Millions This Fall

New 'Matching Grant Challenge' Issued to Pay For Vital Program

June 16, 2008 » Vulture Fund

What’s Big Labor up to now?

June 13, 2008 » Right to Work Statute 'Directly Affected Me'

Nevada Law Helped Video Journalist Valerie Bischoff Launch Career

June 13, 2008 » Top 10 Lies

Union Bosses and Other Compulsory-Unionism Apologists Aren’t ‘Entitled to Their Own Facts.’

June 12, 2008 » It's Not Only Rhode Island

The Providence Journal profiles the power of Rhode Island’s union bosses and finds:

June 11, 2008 » Barack Obama Sees No Taint in Teamster Brass

Have Ongoing Mob Ties, Sleaze Really Escaped Candidate's Notice?

June 11, 2008 » Big Labor Power Grab

Congress is poised to passed a “laundry list” of legislation written by Big Labor lobbyists that is “. . . nothing less than a radical rewrite of our nation’s unemployment laws,” says Randel Johnson, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s vice president for . . .

June 10, 2008 » Another Worker Intimidation Case

An appeal of an unfair labor case, filed by a nurse from the Pomona (California) Valley Hospital, has been granted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

June 9, 2008 » Teacher Union Bosses Derail $13.2 Million Grant

Washington State Loses Program to Encourage Advanced Coursework

June 9, 2008 » WSJ on Monopoly Unionization

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) usually knows bad legislation when they see it, and the police and firefighter monopoly unionization bill is no exception:

June 6, 2008 » Right to Work Issue Energizes State Elections

Citizens Ask Legislative, Executive Candidates to Go on Record

June 6, 2008 » In New York, Sucking Up to Union Bosses is a Bipartisan Affair

New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R) likes to fancy himself a representative of the taxpayers, but the New York Post knows a phony when they see one:

June 5, 2008 » From the SEIU Convention

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is holding its annual convention in Puerto Rico and the union’s boss Andy Stern has announced the formation of the “Accountability Project.” Don’t get your hopes up, this has nothing to do with . . .

June 4, 2008 » Labor Bosses Buy Oregon

Using the forced-union dues scheme allowed by Oregon state law, Big Labor bosses, led by the public workers union, spent thousands of dollars pushing candidates in the state’s primary elections.

June 4, 2008 » Committee Blocks Government Union Power Grab

Union Bigwigs Vow to Intensify Senate Arm-Twisting Campaign

June 3, 2008 » Did Rendell Order the Hit?

When a non-violent protestor was attacked by a union mob in Philadelphia a decade ago, it was the mayor of the city, Ed Rendell, who invited the union activists with a penchant for violence to the rally and then encouraged the Teamsters to pursue . . .

June 3, 2008 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: 'Colorado Union Bosses Make Case For State Right to Work Law'

Even as they prepare to spend, together with the national Big Labor political machine, tens of millions of dollars from forced dues-funded union treasuries to defeat a fall ballot initiative that would add a Right to Work amendment to the Colorado . . .

June 3, 2008 » June 2008 Right to Work Newsletter

June 2, 2008 » Small Business Group Joins Card Check Scam Fight

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) is warning state legislators across the nation that passing state-level versions of a labor union “card-check” bill would decimate job creation.

May 29, 2008 » Do All Employees Really Benefit?

Colorado union bosses try to justify forced-union dues, and their opposition to a state Right to Work law, by claiming that all employees “benefit” from forced-union representation.

May 28, 2008 » Future Congressman Abbate?

Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) is stepping down from Congress due to personal indiscretions and Big Labor is salivating at his possible replacement -- New York Assemblyman Peter Abbate.

May 27, 2008 » Winston-Salem Journal: Oppose Monopoly Bargaining Act

Despite bipartisan abandonment of taxpayers and workers by members of Congress from both parties who are trying to curry favor with police and fireman unions, the Winston-Salem Journal understands what the real issues are:

May 26, 2008 » Families Flee Compulsory-Unionism States

'Right to Work States Are Simply Better For Raising Children'

May 26, 2008 » Union Bosses Moving to Obama

Despite victories in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton is reeling from the defection of union bosses to the camp of Sen. Barack Obama.

May 23, 2008 » Iowans Again Defeat Forced-Union-Fee Scheme

But Big Labor Governor May Hand Union Dons a 'Consolation Prize'

May 23, 2008 » More Disclosures

The Department of Labor is demanding that union bosses make public more details of the internal finances to protect union workers’ dues money from abuse. The Department has proposed new changes to its disclosure forms.

May 22, 2008 » Congress Funds "Union Only" Green Jobs

In its infinite wisdom, Congress has decided to fund a $125 million pilot program to create “green jobs,” a training program to teach installation of solar panels, etc. But there is a catch -- the money is only given to programs affiliated with Big Labor

May 21, 2008 » 'Tell Tara You’re Going to Be a Little Late'

Union Thugs Allegedly Used DMV Data to Plan Attacks on Victims

May 21, 2008 » Proximity and Power

The American magazine asks an interesting question with an obvious answer:

May 20, 2008 » Sen. Pryor: Ending Elections Modernizes Labor Law

To justify his vote to eliminate workers’ input in the unionization process, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is claiming that his vote to enact the Card Check Scam Bill was the "first step toward modernizing American labor law."

May 19, 2008 » Charlton Heston: Right to Work’s 'Epic Hero'

Former Union Leader Defied Big Labor, Opposed Force Unionism

May 19, 2008 » Big Labor Interferes with Law Enforcement

When U.S. Immigration uncovered illegal aliens working in a meatpacking plant in Iowa, the United Food and Commercial Workers asked authorities not to raid the plant while it was trying to unionize the workforce -- including the illegal aliens.

May 16, 2008 » Who is Standing Up for Workers?

The Chicago Tribune has uncovered an interesting twist in union organizing . . .

May 15, 2008 » Public-Safety Union Monopolists Lose Ground

Right to Work Resistance to H.R.980/ S.2123 Continues to Mount

May 15, 2008 » Ritter's Pro-Big Labor Play "Inane"

The Denver Post has taken Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to task for firing the first shot in the battle between Big Labor and workers, calling his pro-union-bosses giveaway “inane.”

May 14, 2008 » Right to Work Scholarships Awarded

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research has announced the winners of its two annual essay contests on the Right to Work issue, the William B. Ruggles Journalism Scholarship and the Applegate/Jackson/Parks Future Teachers Scholarship.

May 13, 2008 » $35 Million -- Just the Beginning

Big Labor has, so far, promised to spend a remarkable $35 million of forced union dues against a Right to Work initiative in Colorado. Much of the money will pour in from out of state.

May 12, 2008 » Right to Work Committee Prepares Counterattack

New TV Ad Campaign Can Put Big Labor Politicians on the Defensive

May 12, 2008 » May 2008 Right to Work Newsletter

May 12, 2008 » The Stakes -- Forced Unionism Without a Vote

Big Labor will spend nearly half a billion dollars trying to elect Pro-Big Labor puppets who will pass the Card Check Scam Bill. Don’t just listen to us, listen to AFL-CIO bigwig Stewart Acuff.

May 8, 2008 » "Vegas Style" Union Organizing

The Las Vegas Sun has an interesting overview of the stakes and implications of enacting the Card Check Scam Bill.

May 8, 2008 » Kennedy Measure Targets Graduate Students

Forced Union Dues 'One of the Chief Perils to Academic Freedom'

May 7, 2008 » Whoa Nelly!

Writer, author, and attorney, David Limbaugh, recently brought up an issue that needs looking into.

May 7, 2008 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Big Labor Allies Trample Truth to Protect Forced Union Dues in Colorado

Union officials and their coterie of admirers in the Centennial State are apoplectic about the signs of growing support among Coloradans for enactment of a state Right to Work law that would prohibit the firing of employees for refusal to join or pay dues

May 6, 2008 » Union Violence

Union violence is a major problem that Congress must address.

May 5, 2008 » Star Bulletin: Protect Secret Ballot Elections

The Honolulu Star Bulletin is taking on Big Labor and their local congressman, Neil Abercrombie, by opposing efforts to enact the Card Check Scam Bill, both nationally and in Hawaii.

May 2, 2008 » Uncertain Fate

It has been nearly 30 days since the Iowa State House and Senate passed a sweeping union power grab of the state’s school boards.

May 1, 2008 » SEIU Spending Spigot

After spending millions in Pennsylvania trying to defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democrat primary, SEIU’s political spending spigot is once again targeting Sen. John McCain

April 30, 2008 » "Union Violence Meets the Sopranos"

Check out the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s (NRTWLDF) new video highlighting the indictment of 12 union officials for acts of violence against non-union employees and employers in Western New York.

April 29, 2008 » Stand Firm

“Maintaining the secret ballot is the best way to protect workers’ privacy and to ensure workers have the ability to vote their conscience without fear of repercussion or retaliation,” says Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle.

April 28, 2008 » Big Labor Delivers Pennsylvania for Hillary

Hillary Clinton’s defeat of Sen. Barack Obama in Pennsylvania keeps her hope of getting the Democrat nomination alive and she has Big Labor bosses to thank for it.

April 25, 2008 » Union-Only Taxpayer Projects

Politicians beholden to Big Labor will stop at nothing to prevent workers from exercising their free choice as to whether to join a union. You can add Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to that list.

April 24, 2008 » Another Month -- More Union Boss Corruption

Every month, the Department of Labor announces criminal enforcement actions against labor union bosses and officials who put personal gain above the interest of the membership. March was a busy month.

April 23, 2008 » Fight the Override

Hawaii’s Gov. Linda Lingle’s veto of Hawaii’s version of the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill has infuriated the state’s union bosses who seek to override her decision.

April 22, 2008 » Union Spending

The political free spending ways of the union bosses continue unabated.

April 22, 2008 » Letter to Denver Business Journal

In response to an April 18 anti-Right to Work hit piece in the Denver Business Journal, National Right to Work Committee Newsletter Editor, Stan Greer, penned the following Letters to the Editor:

April 21, 2008 » Unionism by Government Fiat

An executive order by Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter opened the door to unionization of state employees, and the Colorado Springs Gazette estimates that nearly two-thirds of the state’s 32,000 government employees could be unionized by next month.

April 19, 2008 » Union Bosses Double Dip Into Workers' Wallets

Rival Democratic Campaigns Both Bankrolled With Forced-Dues Money

April 18, 2008 » Hawaii Governor Stands up for Workers

Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle announced that she will veto a bill that would eliminate a worker’s right to a secret ballot election when deciding whether or not to have union representation in the workplace.

April 17, 2008 » Union Cash Flows

The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) has now spent over $1 million in workers' dues money in Pennsylvania for Sen. Barack Obama.

April 16, 2008 » Right to Work Works

The News Virginian knows that Virginia’s Right to Work Law has been a boon to the citizens of the Commonwealth, but that hasn’t stopped the state’s Big Labor bosses from trying to undermine the law:

April 15, 2008 » Union Czarina Sniffs at $125,000 Teacher Plan

Randi Weingarten's Highest Objective Is Monopoly-Bargaining Power

April 15, 2008 » Reads Like a Script for the "Sopranos"

A five-year investigation into the racketeering and extortion practices of Operating Engineers Local 17 has resulted in the indictment of 12 Big Labor Bosses.

April 14, 2008 » Texas' Strong Economy

Texas State Rep. Ken Paxton understands what it takes to create jobs and prosperity.

April 11, 2008 » 'RESPECT' Act or 'Chained and Bound' Act?

Measure Would Pave the Way For Forced Unionization of Millions

April 11, 2008 » Big Labor's Forced-Unionism Trifecta

Kimberley Strassel recently wrote an article laying out Big Labor’s 2008 agenda for readers of the Wall Street Journal’s “Potomac Watch” section.

April 10, 2008 » One Instance?

Jennifer Rubin at Contentions Blog is correct in chastising Democrats’ support for the Card Check Scam Bill.

April 9, 2008 » Spending in Secret

Pennsylvania does not afford its workers Right to Work protection, thus giving union bosses the ability to coerce union dues from employees and spend them almost any way they want.

April 8, 2008 » Right to Work Helps Virginia

Virginia’s Right to Work Law has been a cornerstone of economic growth and job creation for decades.

April 7, 2008 » Committee PAC Aids Pro-Right to Work Candidates

Union Bosses Have Already Begun Their Federal Electoral Assault

April 7, 2008 » April 2008 Right to Work Newsletter

April 7, 2008 » Support Union Bosses at Your Own Peril

Results from a series of surveys in the battleground states of Minnesota, Colorado and Maine conducted by McLaughlin & Associates showing that the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill is hurting its supporters at the ballot box.

April 7, 2008 » Charlton Heston, RIP

Actor and civil rights activist Charlton Heston passed away this weekend. He was a champion of constitutional rights, including the Right to Work:

April 5, 2008 » Supreme Court Weighs in on Political Payroll Deductions

The United States Supreme Court has stepped into a dispute between the state of Idaho and labor unions over payroll deductions for political activities, reports the Associated Press.

April 4, 2008 » Hotel Chain Fights Union Threats

In San Diego, California, Big Labor construction unions are demanding that Gaylord Entertainment, a hotel operator, sign a Project Labor Agreement.

April 4, 2008 » Victory

A federal judge has ordered California State Employees Association union officials to offer rebates to up to 28,000 state employees who are not union members.

April 3, 2008 » Union Thugs Bully Volvo Employees in Virginia

Even in Right to Work States, Federal Law Spurs Strike Violence

April 3, 2008 » Iowa's Quad-City Times and Others Push Back at Union Power Grab

The union power grab of Iowa local school boards is hitting a snag.

April 2, 2008 » Unions Provide Iowa GOP Gift

David Elbert of the Des Moines Register says all the pro-Big Labor lifting Iowa Democrats have done for the union bosses is a gift to the Republican Party.

April 2, 2008 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Big Labor Fiscal Time Bombs Now Exploding in California

One possible silver lining of the sharp declines in real estate prices that many communities are experiencing is that they may help alert the country, before it’s too late, to a deadly long-term threat to the fiscal health of state and local governments a

April 1, 2008 » Yepsen's Advice: Stand Up to Union Bosses

Iowa’s most influential political observer, David Yepsen, has some advice for Iowa’s Democrat Gov. Chet Culver -- veto the union power grab and get yourself reelected.

April 1, 2008 » Right to Work Economic Advantage Clear, Wide

Employment Growth More Than Double That of Forced-Dues States

March 31, 2008 » Teamsters Settle for Beating Protester

For nine years, Don Adams has sought justice. This week, he got some.

March 28, 2008 » Iowa Push-Back at Union Power Grab

Professional educators and leading opinion makers are calling for Iowa’s Governor Chet Culver to veto union power grab legislation . . .

March 28, 2008 » Opposing Forced Unionism

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed its opposition to a package of sweeping rule changes proposed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) bureaucracy . . .

March 27, 2008 » Bosses Embezzling

The Department of Labor (DOL) has confirmed that, over the last year, the number of cases of embezzled union dues has increased.

March 26, 2008 » Big Labor's Stanglehold on Local Government

Writing in the Weekly Standard, Stephen Moore details the massive financial obligations and costs imposed on taxpayers by the public employee unions.

March 25, 2008 » Obama's Special Interest Friends

The political arm of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and other . . . [special interest groups] . . . have spent more than $7.1 million directly supporting the Illinois Democrat’s bid for the presidential nomination . . .

March 24, 2008 » Iowa Forced-Dues Democrats Up to Old Tricks

Once again, the best interests of Iowa workers and the taxpayers who pay their salaries are taking a backseat to the demands of compulsion-minded Big Labor bosses who financed their campaigns.

March 23, 2008 » Maryland Voters Reject Big Labor Appeaser

Congressman Wayne Gilchrest Backed Police/Fire Forced Unionism

March 20, 2008 » Federally-Imposed Forced Unionism Expensive

Commerce Data Put Annual Cost at Half-Trillion Dollars

March 18, 2008 » Unionizing Grandma in California

The venerable Dan Walters, who covers California state politics for the Sacramento Bee, has discovered the obvious in a column entitled “Unions again using politics to bolster membership.”

March 17, 2008 » Laborers Union Bigwigs Are 'Shocked, Shocked'

Workers' Forced Dues Allegedly Paid For 'Meetings' at Strip Clubs

March 14, 2008 » Union Monopoly Especially Harmful to Schools

Teacher Union Bosses Often Dictate With Whom They Will Negotiate

March 14, 2008 » California Teacher Union Pushed to Ban Homeschooling

A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution

March 13, 2008 » Union Bosses' Billion Dollar Target -- John McCain

$200 million dollars. That is the latest amount pledged, out of general treasury funds, by AFL-CIO bosses to spend on the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.

March 12, 2008 » Alabama -- A O.K.

Fred Barnes, in The Weekly Standard, has an insightful take on the comparative economies of Right to Work state Alabama and forced-unionism state Ohio.

March 11, 2008 » Pro-Taxpayer Reform Stalled by NEA Union Agents

Teacher Union-Affiliated Insurance Administrator Bilks Michigan

March 11, 2008 » Teachers Union Spends, Spends and Spends Some More

The National Education Association (NEA) is joining the chorus of Big Labor unions promising to spend millions of dollars in workers’ dues money this election cycle.

March 10, 2008 » Missouri Right to Work Movement Gains Traction

Missouri State Rep. Steve Hunter (R-Joplin), a champion of workers’ rights, has introduced House Bill 1811, a bill that would allow Missouri to enjoy the benefits of a Right to Work law.

March 8, 2008 » Iowa Right to Work Law Still Under Fire

Committee Strategists Prepare For House Floor Showdown

March 7, 2008 » H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E

Sen. Barack Obama was critical of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) when they were working for Sen. John Edwards. But now that they are working and spending on his behalf, we have yet to hear a word.

March 6, 2008 » Ohio vs. Texas

The Wall Street Journal takes an insightful look into the economies of Texas and Ohio.

March 5, 2008 » Right to Work Issue Aids Three White House Bids

Failure to Back Forced-Dues Repeal Hurt Romney, Giuliani Efforts

March 5, 2008 » March 2008 Right to Work Newsletter

March 5, 2008 » Forced Dues for Obama

In exchange for Sen. Barack Obama’s lurch leftward on labor issues, Big Labor is returning the favor

March 4, 2008 » Tacoma News Tribune Blasts Forced Unionization Efforts

Washington state politicians are trying to help Big Labor and not day care workers, the Tacoma News Tribune notes.

March 4, 2008 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Montana Union Bosses Can’t Be Trusted With Taxpayer Dollars – Or Workers’ Forced Dues

Montana union kingpin Jim McGarvey, the head of the Treasure State’s AFL-CIO union conglomerate and a virulent opponent of Right to Work laws and legislation, likes to claim that he and his fellow union bosses are “partners in the community.”

March 4, 2008 » Obama Veers Left ? Copies Edwards

Despite a lead against Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency has taken a sharp turn to the left as he seeks to conclusively grab the Democratic Party nomination.

March 3, 2008 » Tacoma News Tribune Blasts Forced Unionization Efforts

Washington state politicians are trying to help Big Labor and not day care workers, the Tacoma News Tribune notes.

February 29, 2008 » Disclosure Rules Help Rank and File Workers

“Big labor and the liberal politicians who benefit from its largess are hopping mad about Department of Labor rules that would — gasp! — require that labor leaders be more accountable to those they represent,” the Iowa Messenger opines.

February 28, 2008 » Big Labor to Hillary: Get Lost

Despite carrying Big Labor’s water for decades, the union bosses are stabbing Hillary Clinton in the back, one by one.

February 28, 2008 » William F. Buckley Stood Firm Against Forced Unionism

It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of William F. Buckley Jr. He was a well renowned commentator and intellectual giant.

February 27, 2008 » Isn't Free Choice a Civil Right?

Dolores Huerta is the cofounder of the United Farm Workers of America. She is described, by many, as a “civil rights” activist. But she has a long history of opposing basic rights for workers . . .

February 26, 2008 » Union Dues and Don'ts

The Las Vegas Review Journal eloquently details the stakes of the upcoming Supreme Court’s case from Maine:

February 25, 2008 » Department of Labor Reports In

This is simply amazing. In one month, the Department of Labor Office of Labor Management Standards accounted for the following criminal activities by union bosses:

February 22, 2008 » We Love The Ones We Got!

California voters rejected Proposition 93, an effort that would have allowed members of the California State Legislature to remain in their current office up to 12 years -- longer than they are currently allowed under California’s existing term limits.

February 21, 2008 » Supreme Court Weighs In on Forced-Dues

The U. S. Supreme Court “has . . . granted a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by National Right to Work Foundation attorneys for a group of twenty Maine state employees objecting to the misuse of their compulsory union dues.”

February 20, 2008 » AFL-CIO Sues Over Rules

Disclosing information to their members is not something that the bosses at the AFL-CIO are going to do without a fight.

February 19, 2008 » Republicans Who Care vs. Voters Who Really Matter

The union front group “Republicans Who Care” (which is more appropriately named “Union Bosses Who Crave Forced Unionism Privilege”) got egg on their face as rank and file voters ousted incumbent Rep. Wayne Gilchrest in Maryland . . .

February 18, 2008 » New Rules Are Pro-Worker

Despite the AFL-CIO’s lawsuit trying to block new disclosure rules, the Wheeling News-Register sees through the union bosses’ obfuscation of the issue:

February 16, 2008 » $100 Million in Forced Union Dues at Work -- a Big Labor Stimulus Plan

The Service Employees International Union [SEIU] would like to deliver a filibuster-proof Senate to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in November, . . .

February 15, 2008 » Rival Democrats Both Back 'Card-Check' Scheme

Legislation Would Promote Union Monopoly Bargaining, Hurt Workers

February 15, 2008 » Patriotism -- Big Labor Style

Pro-forced unionism Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is a proponent of the so-called “Patriot Corporation Act,” a bill that says if you take away an individual’s right to vote . . .

February 14, 2008 » New York Times: Big Union Shill

The New York Times fancies itself has a defender of civil rights and civil liberties. But when it comes to free and democratic elections for workers, they clearly are on the other side.

February 13, 2008 » Who Was Looking Out For School Bus Drivers?

International Union Dons Fiddled as Big Apple Local Was 'Fleeced'

February 13, 2008 » Teamsters Pull Plug on FedEx Unionization Campaign

Teamsters bosses in Massachusetts have cancelled a scheduled election by FedEx drivers after realizing they had little chance of victory.

February 12, 2008 » Big Labor Dem Files Complaint at Big Labor

Maryland Congressman Al Wynn is a reliable pro-Big Labor Democrat, but to some union bosses, he not good enough.

February 11, 2008 » Petitions to NLRB Uncover Big Labor’s Big Lie

Union Bosses Inadvertently Blow Up Their Excuse For Forced Dues

February 11, 2008 » Iowa Governor Fights for Coercion

Gov. Chet Culver remains more committed than ever to gutting Iowa's Right to Work law, Iowapolitics.com reports.

February 8, 2008 » Union-Only Stadium PLA Beans D.C. Workers

Local Jobs That Were Promised in 2006 Have Failed to Materialize

February 8, 2008 » Hollywood Forced Unionism

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has released a new Right to Work Report video on Hollywood forced unionism abuse that you can view by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGmAhf5957w.

February 6, 2008 » Pledge-Breaking Senators Feel the Heat

Norm Coleman, Mel Martinez Cosponsor Monopoly-Bargaining Bill

February 5, 2008 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Utah Teacher Union Bosses Oppose Higher Pay For Math and Science Teachers

Right to Work Utah’s private sector is so vibrant that it is attracting new employees from across the country. But public schools are having more and more trouble hiring enough teachers to serve the children of the Beehive State’s new employees . . .

February 5, 2008 » February 2008 Right to Work Newsletter

February 3, 2008 » 'Don't Make Us Defend Compulsory Unionism'

Big Labor Virginia Politicians Wish to Advance Agenda by Stealth

January 29, 2008 » A Step in the Right Direction

In early January, Governor Jim Gibbons signed an executive order repealing former Governor Bob Miller‘s, 1994 executive order mandating project labor agreements on Nevada public works construction projects.

January 24, 2008 » The Mob is Alive and Well . . .

And appears to have been running the show at New York City’s Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 1181.

January 18, 2008 » Ban Compulsory Unionism, Attract Jobs

New Study: Right to Work States Have Most 'Desirable' Economies

January 17, 2008 » Representative Kaufmann Takes a Stand

When discussing his priorities, on the eve of the 2008 legislative session, Iowa State Representative Jeff Kaufmann made the following observation:

January 17, 2008 » School Enrollments Fall in Forced-Dues States

Big Labor-Dominated Economies in Early Stage of 'Eurosclerosis'

January 16, 2008 » Laying Down the Law

As Iowa’s legislature came into session, House Minority Leader Chris Rants put Speaker Pat Murphy on notice about efforts to gut Iowa’s job-producing Right to Work law.

January 16, 2008 » 'What Is Ron Gettelfinger Afraid of?'

Big Labor Bankrolls Anti-Right to Work TV Ad Campaign in Michigan

January 15, 2008 » Violence Still on Teamsters Checklist

After “. . . convincing only six of 100 Russell workers to picket with them and gaining 12 votes in favor of unionization,” over “. . . 30 members of Teamsters Local 25 padlocked the entrance of Russel[l] Disposal and parked a large tractor trailer in fr

January 14, 2008 » John Ridley Lays It On The Line: Quits Writers Guild

Screenwriter, novelist, blogger and commentator for National Public Radio, John Ridley, laid it on the line, last week, when he took “financial core,” status, as a means to remove himself from the Writers Guild of America.

January 14, 2008 » Congress Winks at Corrupt Union Bosses

Cuts Funding For Federal Agency Charged With Auditing Union Books

January 11, 2008 » Glimpse of the Future for Colorado Taxpayers

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s secret effort to give state workers union officials special monopoly bargaining privileges has been under attack and rightfully so.

January 10, 2008 » 'Wrong for Michigan' Misleads

“Wrong for Michigan” is in reality a front group for union officials.

January 10, 2008 » Committee Blocks Public-Safety Union Power Grab

But IAFF Union Czar Claims Big Labor Victory Remains 'Inevitable'

January 9, 2008 » Iowa Right to Work Law Again Under Fire

Committee and Hawkeye State Allies Are Steeled For New Showdown

January 9, 2008 » Big Labor Goes . . . Well . . . Bigger

Carl Horowitz’s recent column covers Big Labor’s recent summit meeting with union officials from a host of other countries.

January 8, 2008 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: Crooked New York Teamster Boss Embarrasses Big Labor Apologists

The Big Labor-funded, Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress (CAP) recently issued a tendentious report that tries with all its might to downplay the significance of rampant union embezzlement and other union corruption in America today.

January 7, 2008 » January 2008 Right to Work Newsletter

January 3, 2008 » Christmas Gift to Big Labor

. Congress has trouble cutting even the smallest government program, but Big Labor’s allies can cut the watch-dog agency that is designed to investigate union corruption.

January 2, 2008 » George Will on Card Check Scam Bill

Columnist George Will reminds readers about the arrogance displayed by union bosses and their congressional benefactors pushing the Card Check Scam bill: