Big Labor unprepared to battle new right-to-work laws
By Sean Higgins, The Washington Examiner
In less than three years, four historically union-friendly Midwestern states have adopted laws that threaten to speed the decline of union membership.
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Right-to-Work, Buckeye Style?
By Tyler Kovacs
With 2014 being an election year in Ohio, the leaders are more focused on re-election than the Right-to-Work movement that they supported in 2011. But making sure Ohioans gain the choice to determine how they spend their paychecks should be a priority over politicians’ re-election bids.
Right-to-work opponents speak out at Statehouse hearing
By Ian Kullgren, The Columbus Dispatch
Even though top Republicans have said a package of right-to-work bills doesn’t have support, opponents appeared in droves yesterday at the Statehouse, sporting local union-chapter T-shirts, pins and stickers.
Oregon’s Choice: Adopting Right-to-Work?
By Tyler Kovacs
Oregon is a famously liberal state, so it is no surprise that the state has initiatives and referendums concerning gay marriage and the legalization of marijuana among other liberal causes on the 2014 ballot. However there is one less predictable item gathering support across the Northwestern state: Right-to-Work legislation.
Card check needs to remain on the back burner
The Gazette
Big Labor gave Barack Obama a big boost. When Obama won re-election, labor chief Richard Trumka made a big boast: Obama will get done what he failed to do in the first term, which is to get card check to become the law of the land.
Count Update: 145 School Districts Have Deals That Dodge Right-to-Work
By Jack Spencer, Michigan Capitol Confidential
School unions and administrators in Michigan were very busy early this year. At least 145 Michigan school districts signed right-to-work-dodging contracts that lock union members into paying dues or fees as a condition of employment.
Attorney: Taylor District Violated Contract Law to Lock In 10-Year Union Agreement
By Jack Spencer, Michigan Capitol Confidential
Taylor Public Schools and its faculty union might have bypassed more than just the right-to-work law with their agreement earlier this year, according to a motion filed in the case.
Missouri legislation could weaken public labor unions
By Elizabeth Crisp, stltoday.com
The Missouri Legislature is sending a bill to Gov. Jay Nixon that would make public employee unions ask their members each year if they want to continue being members.
Ohio Deserves Right-To-Work
Right-to-work has been sweeping the country like a glorious fever (symptoms include swelling opportunity and dangerous spikes in
Some facts on right-to-work states
By Peter Kinder, Southeast Missourian
Barry Aycock asserts “anyone doing minimal due diligence” will oppose right-to-work legislation [Southeast Missourian, April 29]. Short on facts, though, Mr. Aycock’s piece is limited to logical fallacy and shrill, emotional appeals.