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Big Labor and Big Government May Be the Only Winners in UPS - FedEx War

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:21 -0500

A heated battle is raging in Congress between major shipping companies United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) and FedEx Corporation and the rights of literally tens -- if not hundreds -- of thousands of employees hang in the balance.

AFL-CIO Launches Sneak Attack on Nation’s Non-Union Railway and Airline Workers

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:55:04 -0500

AFL-CIO Launches Sneak Attack on Nation’s Non-Union Railway and Airline Workers

National Right to Work opposes union officials’ quiet efforts to grease the skids to impose forced unionism at non-union workplaces

NRTW In the News: Forced Unionism Radical Craig Becker Dangerous to Workers' Rights

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:47:16 -0400

Today, President Barack Obama's nomination of pro-compulsory unionism radical Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is scheduled to be taken up in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

National Right to Work President Mark Mix warns in today's Washington Times of the grave dangers Becker's possible confirmation will pose to workers' rights:

Incoming AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's Ugly History of Violence and Corruption

Nick Cote — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:14:38 -0400

At this week’s AFL-CIO national convention, Richard Trumka is expected to be elected president of the nation’s largest union umbrella organization. The National Right to Work Foundation has prepared a Fact Sheet about Trumka’s record of militancy and disregard for the rule of law.

As president of the United Mine Workers (UMW) union, Trumka led multiple violent strikes. Trumka’s fiery rhetoric often appeared to condone militancy and violence, especially against workers who dared to continue to provide for their families by working during a strike. As a Virginia judge ruled in 1989, "violent activities are being organized, orchestrated and encouraged by the leadership of this union."

Union Boss Takeover of American Government Continues: AFL-CIO Official Named Head of NY Federal Reserve

Will Collins — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:07:18 -0400

Fresh on the heels of rumors that former union hatchet man Ron Bloom may become "czar" of US manufacturing policy, the AFL-CIO is crowing about the appointment of one of their own to run the most powerful regional Federal Reserve bank. Former electricians union boss Denis Hughes, top dog in a state where a forced unionism stranglehold has crushed the economy and employee freedom, has just been named chairman of New York's powerful financial oversight board:

Denis Hughes, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, was named chairman of the powerful Federal Reserve Bank of New York today.

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Professional Union Bully Hypocritically Accuses Activists of Mob Tactics Regularly Used by Big Labor

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:40:24 -0400

Last week, AFL-CIO bosses viciously accused the grassroots citizens who are increasingly alarmed about unfolding Big Government power grabs (and who are expressing their legitimate concerns at Congressional town hall meetings on government run health care) of orchestrating "extremist disruptions" in coordination with "a growing number of health care reform opponents, including Republican leaders trying to kill President Obama’s reform initiatives."

AFL-CIO operatives are convinced that these so-called "extremist disruptions" are meant "to kill health care reform, not debate it, not refine it, not find a middle ground, just kill it."

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer and heir apparent to AFL-CIO chieftain John Sweeney, had this to say:

Right to Work Video: Foundation Takes Action to Expose Big Labor Operatives' Role Within Obama Administration

Will Collins — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:43:19 -0400

In our latest Right to Work video report, Foundation President Mark Mix discusses how the Foundation is pressing the Obama Administration to disclose its entanglements with Big Labor's top political operatives using the Freedom of Information Act. Click on the video below to watch the whole thing:

Download the National Right to Work Foundation's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request here.

When the Forced Dues Payers Are Away, the Union Bosses Do Play

Will Collins — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:56:15 -0500

The posh Miami Fontainebleu Hotel will play host to Vice President Biden, Hilda Solis, and the AFL-CIO executive council this week, as union bosses work tirelessly to spend employees' hard-earned forced dues on $1000 per night rooms and critical projects like sampling each of the facility's eleven restaurants, thoroughly testing the resort's 40,000 square foot spa, and enjoying the sights and sounds of Miami Beach:

Proposed Change to Win - AFL-CIO Merger Promises More of the Same: Union Politicking with Workers' Forced Dues

Will Collins — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:03:07 -0500

The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reports that the SEIU-dominated "Change to Win" coalition and the AFL-CIO are considering a merger. The stated rationale for the proposed deal -- to improve "organizing" activities -- is all the more ironic in light of Change to Win's original decision to break-off from the AFL-CIO. Top bosses from the SEIU, Teamsters, and several other unions claimed left the AFL-CIO to form Change to Win because they wanted to focus on workplace organizing.

Quick Hits: 73 Years of Entrenched Federal Forced Unionism Privileges, and the Ugly Reality of Big Labor Racism

Will Collins — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:31:53 -0400

A few Right to Work-related updates from over the holiday weekend:

1.) July 5th marked the 73rd anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act. This legislation, originally enacted in 1935, imposes union officials as middlemen between management and workers. While reformers thought they were curtailing the worst excesses with the Taft-Hartley Amendments in 1947, the NLRA continued to give government backing to Big Labor's monopoly bargaining privileges while actually increasing the government force behind an immoral policy of forcing workers to pay dues for often unwanted union "representation."