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Happy Labor Day! (But It's Not So Happy for the Millions of Victims of Compulsory Unionism)

On behalf of the Foundation, I'd like to wish everyone a safe and happy Labor Day weekend. While I hope everyone enjoys their day off, now seems like an appropriate time to flag Foundation President Mark Mix's statement commemorating the occasion. Here's an excerpt:

“Meanwhile, many workers feel they have little choice but to pay for organized labor’s billion-dollar 2008 election campaign, and many workers are unaware of their right to object. That’s why the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is providing free legal aid to thousands of employees nationwide seeking to get their money back. In fact, in October Foundation attorneys will argue their fourteenth case accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court – a case which defends the right of workers to refuse to pay for union activism using their mandatory union dues.

“This Labor Day, we commend those courageous American workers who are standing up to union intimidation, harassment, and even violence as they defend their cherished freedoms of conscience, speech, and association. And we work toward the day when no American is forced to pay tribute to an unwanted union.”

Read the rest of the statement (and download it as an Mp3) here or simply play the YouTube below from the Foundation's YouTube channel:


Catch Mix on Cavuto

Right to Work President Mark Mix is scheduled to make a national TV appearance on "Your World W/Neil Cavuto" on the Fox News Channel shortly after 4:00 Eastern today. He will be discussing union political involvement and the abuses many workers aided by National Right to Work face at the hands of union officials. UPDATE: Watch Mark's appearance below, note that no union official came forward to defend denying America's workers a true choice.

Labor Day 2007 Opinion Smorgasbord

Here are just some of the op-eds from National Right to Work out there today on Labor Day 2007.

Mark Mix has a piece in the Washington Times about the Police and Fire Fighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill. Mark also writes today in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram about the Foundation's latest efforts to protect workers from compulsory unionism in the Lone Star State. He also has pieces in the Great Falls Tribune about a Montana Right to Work law, in the Detroit Free Press about a Michigan Right to Work law (scroll down), and the Rochester Post Bulletin on the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.

Meanwhile, Stefan Gleason writes on National Review Online about the National Labor Relations Board failing America's workers.

Also worthy of mention today are columns from the Pittsburgh Tribune Review and Detroit News on the Right to Work issue.


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