National Right to Work To Triple Pro Bono Assistance to Workers Facing Abusive Union Organizing Tactics

CINCINNATI, Oh. (September 1, 2003) – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix will today attend the AFL-CIO’s national Labor Day rally (cohosted by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees [UNITE], and the Teamsters in Cincinnati, Ohio) for the purpose of briefing the media regarding the systematic abuse of employees […]

Worker Rights Advocate Comments on Teamsters Endorsement of Gephardt’s Presidential Bid

Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2003) – Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, an employee rights advocacy group, issued the following statement regarding today’s anticipated endorsement of Congressman Richard Gephardt’s (D-MO) presidential candidacy: “For most observers of politics, this announcement should come as no surprise. In fact, the only people […]

Worker Rights Advocate Comments on Teamsters Endorsement of Gephardt’s Presidential Bid

Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2003) – Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, an employee rights advocacy group, issued the following statement regarding today’s anticipated endorsement of Congressman Richard Gephardt’s (D-MO) presidential candidacy: “For most observers of politics, this announcement should come as no surprise. In fact, the only people […]

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The Obama Administration’s Ethics Blind Spot for Big Labor

The Obama Administration hasn’t been shy about paying back the union bosses, but it has been shy about answering basic questions about its collusion with Big Labor. So while Monday’s report in Politico shouldn’t shock anyone, it is telling: President Barack Obama’s political director failed to disclose that he was slated to receive a nearly $40,000 payout from a large labor union while he was working in the White House.

Foundation Submits Comments Opposing Rollback of Labor Department Union Disclosure Guidelines

The National Right to Work Foundation has submitted formal comments opposing proposed rule changes that would dramatically undermine union transparency at the Obama Department of Labor (DoL). The full comments can be found here, but the long and short of it is that the Obama DoL is proposing two major changes to union disclosure under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959:

Obama’s Style of So-Called Leadership: «Mr. Contractor, Tear Down Those Employee Rights Notices»

President Barack Obama's efforts to transition the Department of Labor into a giant, taxpayer-funded extension of Big Labor's organizing and political fund-raising machine just hit another milestone. President Barack Obama's January 30, 2009 executive order, aimed to help union bosses seize more forced dues revenue to fund Big Labor’s political agenda, was just printed in the Federal Register -- making it official.  In a nutshell, the EO tears down posted notices to employees of federal contractors which explain they can actually refrain from paying forced union dues spent for union electioneering and the like.

Did Big Labor Break the Bank in the 2008 Elections?

To readers who followed Big Labor's record-breaking political contributions last election, it should come as no surprise that the AFL-CIO and the SEIU officials are hinting at big union debts. Of course, so long as the union bossses have a basically unrestricted right to to collect (and jack up) forced union dues, they will not have trouble raising revenue until most American jobs are destroyed. But don't be surprised to see the union bosses lining up at the federal bailout trough (again) to exploit the situation.  Here's the Wall Street Journal:

Greedy Detroit Union Boss Threatens Firings: Teachers, Your Money or Your Jobs!

The Detroit Free Press reports that the Detroit Federation of Teachers union is threatening to have up to 70 teachers fired for not paying forced union dues.  A school district error is mainly responsible for the mix up.  Yet, because of the clerical error, union official Mark O'Keefe stated that the "fair" thing to do would be to fire the teachers who fail to pay the full union dues. No, Mark.  The "fair" thing to do is to not require teachers to pay ANY union dues as a condition of teaching Detroit's schoolchildren.

Preguntas frecuentes para la Fundación

¿Qué es el principio del Derecho al Trabajo?El principio de derecho al trabajo, el concepto que guía a la Fundación Nacional de Defensa Legal para el Derecho al Trabajo, afirma el derecho de todo estadounidense a trabajar sin que se le obligue a unirse a un sindicato. El sindicalismo forzoso, en cualquier forma —"unión," "cerrado," o "agencia" taller— es una contradicción al principio del Derecho al Trabajo y al derecho humano fundamental que representa el principio. El Comité Nacional para el Derecho al Trabajo recomienda que cada persona debe tener el derecho de unirse a un sindicato, pero no debe ser obligado. La Fundación Nacional de Defensa Legal para el Derecho al Trabajo ayuda a los empleados que son perseguidos por su afirmación a ese principio.