This is a very important story and the word needs to be spread (H/T LaborUnionReport): With around 25 employees, John King owns one of the largest non-union electrical contracting businesses in the Toledo, Ohio area. As a non-union contractor, his business happens to be doing well at a time when unions in the construction industry are suffering. This, it seems, has [...]

By Frank McCaffrey – The NEA is a powerful teachers union that just announced that it would be backing Obama in the 2012 election, which comes as no surprise. The Democrats and the NEA have gone hand in hand for years. ALG’s Nathan Mehrens says this might not be good for education.

Today, Michigan Freedom to Work will be launching across the state. Here are the details of the events and times: Announcing the formation of Michigan Freedom to Work, a statewide coalition to promote passage of a state civil rights law guaranteeing that all employees are free to choose whether to join or financially support a labor union, without facing the [...]

By Adam Bitely – A new website has popped up in the last week that seeks to organize the workers of Walmart. In a covert effort launched by the United Food and Commercial Works (UFCW), the union has launched a website called OurWalmart.org which seeks to sign up Walmart employees to be part of an effort to organize inside of [...]

Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) has introduced the Empower Employees Act, a bill that would stop labor unions from automatically deducting union dues from federal government employees’ paychecks. As Rep. Scott noted in his “Dear Colleague” letter, the legislation will lead to a decrease in dues paying members of public sector unions. Rep. Scott wrote, “Time and again, when the automatic [...]

By Rebekah Rast – “There is no evidence that this legislation will offer any benefits to New Hampshire’s economy or workers,” New Hampshire Governor John Lynch said in a statement after vetoing the state’s right-to-work legislation. Taking a closer look at the 22 states that have a right-to-work law proves Gov. Lynch’s error. There are many benefits to working in [...]

By Howard Rich – For the organized labor movement in America, desperate times apparently call for desperate measures. With private sector unions continuing to lose favor in the marketplace and public sector unions facing fresh scrutiny from cash-strapped state governments, organized labor finds itself at a crossroads. Even though its coffers have been replenished thanks to a steady infusion of [...]

By Rebekah Rast – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has started a revolt — a pro-democracy revolt in favor of taxpayers and workers. Acclaimed economist Lawrence Kudlow writes in the Washington Examiner, “Nationwide, state and local government unions have a 45 percent total-compensation advantage over their private-sector counterparts. With high-pay compensation and virtually no benefits co-pay, the politically arrogant unions are [...]

The New Hampshire Senate passed a right-to-work bill by a veto proof majority. This means that the legislation that has already passed the House will move to the governor’s desk. Unfortunately, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch (D) has said he will veto the bill when it reaches his desk. While the Senate has a veto proof majority in favor of [...]

By Adam Bitely – Fire fighters. Policemen. Teachers. Medics. Those are the professions that Democrats and Big Labor are falsely claiming to be under assault from the well-reasoned folks that support limiting the collective bargaining power of public sector employee unions. Simply put, those professions are not under attack from anyone. A troubling report in the Washington Post covered a [...]