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Editorial: Coercion a Power Union Officials "Never Should Have Enjoyed in the First Place"
By Justin Hakes
Created 20 Feb 2008 - 11:25am

And speaking of which [1], a Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial [2] today highlights the National Right to Work Foundation's recent work at the U.S. Supreme Court. The paper notes of the Locke [3] case the High Court took up yesterday:

"The case is the latest instance of the justices addressing issues that could erode the power of labor unions," noted [4] The Associated Press.

Yet, if limiting the ability of organized labor to use coercion to fund its agenda erodes union power, it's power these groups never should have enjoyed in the first place.

Couldn't have put it better ourselves. The AP also notes that the Foundation's 14 U.S. Supreme Court cases have all been "targeting unions," but fails to mention that every single case was on behalf of employees that wanted nothing to do with them.

No one should be forced to join or pay dues to an unwanted union, and that principle is at the very heart of each case the Foundation takes up.

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Source URL: http://www.nrtw.org/blog/editorial-coercion-power-union-officials-never-should-have-enjoyed-first-place

Links:
[1] http://www.nrtw.org/blog/national-right-work-foundation-makes-14th-trip-u-s-supreme-court
[2] http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/15794747.html
[3] http://www.nrtw.org/press/2008/02/u-s-supreme-court-re-examine-scope-union-dues-compelled-non-union-workers
[4] http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iJYa-V8wkGBqZjrLYRQ6YzGJgtxAD8UTJJOO1