Mar
2012 1
2012 1
WrongForEveryone.com
American Rights at Work has created a new website to help inform people about “Right-to-Work” as it continues to gain momentum as a centerpiece of the 2012 GOP platform. The website, WrongForEveryone.com, will both provide detailed information about the history of “Right-to-Work” and provide running coverage of how such...
Feb
2012 28
2012 28
MN Wal-Mart Protest Grows Louder as Union Members Come to the Aid of Non-Union Ironworkers
Last week we broke news of a protests outside a Wal-Mart construction site in Lakeville, Minnesota, and this weekend that protest grew larger as Ironworkers Local 512 members have sounded the solidarity alarm and other unions have followed in support of the non-union workers on the job site. Exploitation of workers by AME Construction of ...
Feb
2012 28
2012 28
“There are currently a number of courageous New Hampshire House Republicans taking a principled conservative stand against this assault upon the middle class.”
An op-ed in Sunday’s Concord Monitor took issue with the suggestion that all New Hampshire Republicans support toxic “Right-to-Work” legislation: Grant Bosse’s claim that there’s “no defense” for Republican conservatives to oppose HB 1562, the “right to work” legislation, is ludicrous. Bill and...
Feb
2012 24
2012 24
Despite a Huge SB5 Loss in 2011, the Ohio GOP is Joining the 2012 “Right-to-Work” Crusade
Since Indiana became the Rust Belt’s first casualty of the 2012 “Right-to-Work” crusade, the forces that be in Ohio have ramped up efforts to make the matter an issue of public referendum in the Buckeye State as well. The organization Ohioans for Workplace Freedom is trying to gain the necessary 386,000 signatures to put on ...
Feb
2012 21
2012 21
VIDEO: “It doesn’t seem fair that you can reap the benefits of something…and not have to pay for that.”
MN2020 has a new video up called “Right to Freeload.” It addresses concerns about the pursuit by Minnesota Republicans of a constitutional amendment that would fashion Minnesota as a “Right-to-Work” state. From the video’s description: When we look deeper into the proposed constitutional amendment to make Minnesota a...
Feb
2012 16
2012 16
Colorado “Right-to-Work” Is Dead on Arrival
Sources from the Colorado AFL-CIO have confirmed that Colorado Senate Bill 100 (Right to Work) has died in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee. SB 100 was sponsored by Tea Party State Senator Tim Neville. Colorado voters previously defeated “Right-to-Work” in its 2008 form, Amendment 47. This round of...
Feb
2012 16
2012 16
CoC Demands Members Pay Dues While Fighting for “Right-to-Work” Law That Enables the Opposite
The push for a “Right-to-Work” (RTW) law in Kentucky is undying. It is always “on the table” in this traditionally red state. A Democratic Governor, Steve Beshear whom the state recently re-elected, has been the only barrier between workers and the depressing reality of a RTW law in recent years. Union organizers continue...
Feb
2012 14
2012 14
Eight Indiana Republicans Targeted for May Primary by Republican Construction Workers’ Alliance
Quoting Ronald Regan in saying that, “Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost,” pro-labor Republicans have announced that they are taking on those who backed Indiana’s “Right-to-Work” bill in the upcoming May primary. The group, known as the Lunch Pail Republicans, believes that...
Feb
2012 13
2012 13
VIDEO: New Hampshire GOPer Asleep at “Right-to-Work” Hearing
Not figuratively asleep, as in he’s “in the clouds.” Literally asleep. From a reader with International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 35: Rep. Shawn Jasper (R), a member of New Hampshire House Speaker William O’Brien’s leadership team, had to be woken up by a fellow Representative during...
Feb
2012 3
2012 3
“Right-to-Work” In Illinois!?!? HAHAHAHAHAHA.
This has to be taken with a grain of salt. It is unlikely that “Right-to-Work” could take hold in historically union-strong Illinois, but the fact that someone is trying honestly to implement it shows just how ridiculous this fashionably anti-worker trend is. What excuse will midwest GOP governors use to replace the, “we need RTW...
Jan
2012 31
2012 31
Rhode Island Tea Party State Senator Who Introduced “Right-to-Work” is a 21-Year-Old College Student Whose Last Job Was Cracker Barrel Dishwasher
State Senator Nicholas Kettle has introduced legislation in Rhode Island that would place “Right-to-Work” restrictions on teachers unions: “Teachers in Rhode Island deserve a choice,” Kettle said. “The National Education Association uses questionable tactics when dealing with our legislature…harming the...
Jan
2012 30
2012 30
“Right-to-Work” Look-Aike Almost Certain to Wind Up on Minnesota’s November Ballot
Minnesota State Senator Dave Thompson (R-District 36) of Lakeville has announced via social media that he intends to introduce a bill called the “Employee Freedom Act” which will amend the state’s constitution. Despite its misleadingly positive name, there is nothing positive about the “Employee Freedom Act” which...
