{"id":334,"date":"2008-08-29T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:15:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:15:33","slug":"happy-labor-day-but-it-s-not-so-happy-for-the-millions-of-victims-of-compulsory-unionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/happy-labor-day-but-it-s-not-so-happy-for-the-millions-of-victims-of-compulsory-unionism\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Labor Day! (But It&#8217;s Not So Happy for the Millions of Victims of Compulsory Unionism)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nOn behalf of the Foundation, I&#8217;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&#8217;s <a href=\"\/press\/2008\/08\/national-worker-advocate-issues-labo\">statement<\/a> commemorating the occasion. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\t\u201cMeanwhile, many workers feel they have little choice but to pay for organized labor\u2019s billion-dollar 2008 election campaign, and many workers are unaware of their right to object. That\u2019s 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 \u2013 a case which defends the right of workers to refuse to pay for union activism using their mandatory union dues.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThis 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.\u201d\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nRead the rest of the statement (and download it as an Mp3) <a href=\"\/press\/2008\/08\/national-worker-advocate-issues-labo\">here<\/a> or simply play the YouTube below from the Foundation&#8217;s YouTube <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/righttowork\">channel<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<div class=\"videoContainer\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LAVk4Qx0uGQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><div class=\"videoContainer\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LAVk4Qx0uGQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/div><\/object><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nOn behalf of the Foundation, I&#8217;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&#8217;s <a href=\"\/press\/2008\/08\/national-worker-advocate-issues-labo\">statement<\/a> commemorating the occasion. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\t\u201cMeanwhile, many workers feel they have little choice but to pay for organized labor\u2019s billion-dollar 2008 election campaign, and many workers are unaware of their right to object. That\u2019s 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 \u2013 a case which defends the right of workers to refuse to pay for union activism using their mandatory union dues.\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Labor Day! 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