AFL-CIO Trainee Admits: Right to Work Makes Unions More Accountable to Workers

Patrick Semmens — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:17:51 -0400

In a paper union officials will undoubtedly ignore, Michael Oswalt, a graduate of the AFL-CIO’s “Law Student Union Summer” program, observed an obvious truth: unions in Right to Work states are more accountable to their members because they have to be.

Citing AFL-CIO founder Samuel Gomper’s own opposition of forced unionism, Oswalt writes that “simple logic” shows that when forced dues are eliminated union officials must be more accountable to the concerns of individual members:

Indeed, simple logic suggests that when dues are guaranteed, attentive member servicing may not be, cultivating a frustrated and apathetic rank and file. The right-to-work environment, alternatively, stands in sharp relief. Where dues are linked to member satisfaction, leadership’s responsiveness embodies a special urgency…

In other words, if Oswalt’s former bosses at the AFL-CIO were really concerned with what is best for rank-and-file workers, they would support a National Right to Work Act.

Murdock: America Needs a National Right to Work Law

Justin Hakes — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:24:37 -0400

Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock writes that the best way to celebrate the American worker this Labor Day is to pass the National Right to Work Act.

Meanwhile, this study from the National Institute for Labor Relations Research cites that Right to Work states continue blazing past forced unionism states in job growth at a 5-to-1 clip.