National Right to Work Committee®

December 19, 2001 » Letter to Shreveport Times

Dear Letters Editor, I concede it's highly unlikely former state AFL-CIO President Victor Bussie will ever give up his crusade to repeal Louisiana's Right to Work law, which is now a quarter-century old and extremely popular. But perhaps someday Mr. Bussie will address just a few of the inconvenient facts he invariably ignores in his diatribes against this law, which merely protects employees' freedom to refuse to pay "fees" to a union they have chosen not to join.

December 12, 2001 » AFL-CIO Convention Whitewashes Teamsters Racketeering Trial

At the just-completed AFL-CIO annual convention in Las Vegas, nearly 1000 union officials and activists set dozens of ambitious and often controversial goals for the giant federation of international unions. But rank and file workers may not be pleased with what was decided on their behalf.

December 7, 2001 » Letter to President George W. Bush

Dear President Bush: On behalf of the 2.2 million members of the National Right to Work Committee®, I urge you to withdraw your recent nomination of Dennis Walsh to a term on the National Labor Relations Board.

December 7, 2001 » Right To Work Leader Appalled Over AFL-CIO Bosses' Attempt To Whitewash Jim Hoffa In Advance Of Racketeering Trial

SPRINGFIELD, Va. - Yesterday, at its 2001 Convention in Las Vegas, Nev., the AFL-CIO called for termination of the federal government's 13-year oversight of the Teamsters union as authorized by the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). "This is a blatant attempt to whitewash Teamsters President Jim Hoffa's name when he faces a federal trial on civil racketeering charges," says Reed Larson, president of the 2.2 million member National Right to Work Committee®.

November 6, 2001 » Police - Fire Monopoly Bargaining Bill Defeated in U.S. Senate for Third Time

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Organized Labor's latest attempt to force all state and local public safety employees to accept union bosses as their monopoly bargaining agents was narrowly stopped in the face of stiff resistance by pro-Right to Work senators.

November 1, 2001 » November/December 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

November 1, 2001 » November 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

November 1, 2001 » November/December 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

November 1, 2001 » Mark Warner Still Refuses to State His Position On Virginia's Right to Work Law

SPRINGFIELD, Va. - On behalf of its nearly 50,000 Virginia members, the Springfield-based National Right to Work Committee® is calling on Mark Warner to come clean on whether or not he opposes forcing workers to pay dues to a union as a condition of employment.

November 1, 2001 » Police and Fire Monopoly-Bargaining Bill Pushed in U.S. Senate for Third Time

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Democrats are rapidly moving on legislative language that would force all state and local public safety employees to accept union bosses as their monopoly bargaining agents.

October 17, 2001 » Letter to President George W. Bush

On behalf of the 2.2 million members of the National Right to Work Committee®, I am writing you today to request your full-fledged opposition to the deceptively titled "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act” (S. 952/H.R. 1475).

October 11, 2001 » Strike Violence and Corruption Charges Tarnish Jim Hoffa's 'New, Improved' Teamster Hierarchy

When self-styled "reformer" Ron Carey took the reins of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union nearly a decade ago, starry-eyed labor pundits immediately declared that decades of rampant IBT official corruption and thuggery would soon come to an end.

October 5, 2001 » Big Labor's Shameless Power Grab

In the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC, the American people should not have to worry about certain members of Congress attempting to sneak through controversial legislation behind their backs.

October 3, 2001 » Police and Fire Monopoly-Bargaining Bill Pushed in U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 3, 2001) – The U.S. Senate is rapidly moving on a bill that could force all state and local public safety employees to accept union bosses as their monopoly bargaining agents.

October 1, 2001 » October 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

September 26, 2001 » Statement by Reed Larson, President of the National Right to Work Committee, on Passage of Oklahoma's Right to Work Law

SPRINGFIELD, Va. - The victory yesterday of State Question 695, Oklahoma's Right to Work Amendment is a tribute to the vision and perceptiveness of Oklahoma voters, as well as the stellar efforts of all those who have worked for years to pass a Right to Work law in Oklahoma.

September 24, 2001 » Right to Work Leaders to Hold Briefing on Oklahoma Referendum Outcome

WASHINGTON, D.C.(September 24, 2001) - Right to Work leaders from Oklahoma and Washington DC will hold two conference calls on Tuesday September 25 at 10:30 and 2:00 to discuss the outcome of State Question 695, Oklahoma's Right to Work law.

September 21, 2001 » Big Labor's Bogus Ad Exposed: Idaho Economy Growing Twice as Fast as Oklahoma

SPRINGFIELD, Va. - Organized Labor's latest television ad attacking State Question 695, Oklahoma's Right to Work Amendment, has been exposed as bogus by U.S. Department of Commerce statistics and confirmed by the current Idaho AFL-CIO president.

September 21, 2001 » Big Labor Releases Another Fraudulent Attack Ad

SPRINGFIELD, Va. - Organized Labor's new negative ad attacking the constitutionality of State Question 695, Oklahoma's Right to Work Amendment, was today revealed to be deliberately deceitful, as the claim is undeniably contrary to long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

September 21, 2001 » Kennedy and Union Bosses Attempt to Sneak Monopoly Bargaining Bill through Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C.(September 21, 2001)- Attempting to use our national crisis as cover, at 6:30pm on Wednesday night, in a mostly deserted Senate chamber, Big Labor ally Ted Kennedy brazenly tried to sneak through S. 952, the so-called "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act."

September 20, 2001 » Another Tennessee Congressman Backs Forced-dues Repeal

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, a third Tennessee congressman, Zach Wamp, has joined fellow Republicans Van Hilleary and Ed Bryant in backing a bill that would repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues to a union.

September 12, 2001 » Police and Fire Monopoly-Bargaining Bill: Bad News For Taxpayers & Public Employees

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 12, 2001)- The U.S. Senate is rapidly moving on a bill that would force all state and local public safety employees into labor unions and would greatly increase costs to the taxpayers.

September 1, 2001 » September 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

August 28, 2001 » Right to Work States Fuel U.S. Economy

If more freedom, more jobs and more after-tax income weren't reason enough for Oklahomans to support State Question 695, the Right to Work Law, the U.S. Commerce Department just gave them 34 additional ones.

August 28, 2001 » SQ 695: The Issue Is Freedom

Imagine being told by a long-distance provider that even though you didn't want their service, they were going to charge you for it anyway. Or being told by a local lawn service company that even though you wanted to tend your own yard, they were still going to charge you. Sounds like tyranny, you say, and would never happen in America? Think again.

August 28, 2001 » Big Labor's Empire Strikes Back

Are Floridians too prosperous? Do Florida's workers earn too much money, enjoy too high a standard of living or hold too many high-paying manufacturing jobs?

August 20, 2001 » Virginia House Candidates Attempt to Keep Voters in the Dark on Forced Unionism

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – John Tate, vice president of the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, criticized Virginia House of Delegates candidates Dell Ennis and Buck Waters (both R-31st) for attempting to keep Virginia voters in the dark when it comes to protecting independent employees' Right to Work.

August 20, 2001 » Virginia House Candidate Surrenders to Big Labor Bosses over Worker Freedom

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – John Tate, vice president of the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, criticized Virginia House of Delegates candidate Gary Reese (R-67th) for engaging in "Clinton-esque campaign double-talk" by endorsing Big Labor's attempt to corral public employees into forced union representation.

August 20, 2001 » Virginia House Candidate Attempts to Keep Voters in the Dark on Forced Unionism

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – John Tate, vice president of the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, criticized Virginia House of Delegates candidate Thomas Rust (R-86th) for attempting to keep Virginia voters in the dark when it comes to protecting independent employees' Right to Work.

August 14, 2001 » Two More Florida Congressmen Back Forced-dues Repeal

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, two more Florida congressmen, Ric Keller and Mark Foley, have joined fellow Florida Republicans Michael Bilirakis, Adam Putnam and Dan Miller in backing a bill that would repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues to a union.

August 1, 2001 » August 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

July 1, 2001 » July 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

June 14, 2001 » Forbes Endorses National Right to Work Act

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – Responding to the overwhelming outcry from pro-Right to Work voters in Virginia's 4th congressional district, state Sen. Randy Forbes (R) endorsed legislation repealing federally-sanctioned compulsory unionism.

June 1, 2001 » June 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

June 1, 2001 » June 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

May 15, 2001 » National Right to Work Bill Reintroduced in Congress

Joined by 29 original cosponsors, Virginia Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R) reintroduced the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 1109) in the U.S. House of Representatives March 20. A companion Right to Work Bill sponsored by North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms (R), with three cosponsors, was introduced in the Senate May 14th.

May 1, 2001 » May 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

April 1, 2001 » April 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

March 21, 2001 » Congress Can Restore Employees' Right to Work

With the departure of the pro-forced unionism Clinton Administration in January, Congress now has a unique opportunity to eliminate the labor-law provisions that trample the individual worker's freedom to refrain from financially supporting a union.

March 21, 2001 » Forced-Dues Repeal Reintroduced in Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Operating in a congressional climate that is growing much friendlier for Right to Work supporters, U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) has reintroduced legislation that would repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues to a union.

March 2, 2001 » Union Officials' 'Power Grab' Goes On

After playing a central, but largely unrecognized role in creating the ongoing California energy crisis, building-trades union officials are now on the verge of exploiting it to seize even more power over the Golden State's economy.

March 1, 2001 » March 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

March 1, 2001 » Letter to Narragansett Times

Dear Letters Editor, So eager is Scott Molloy to find fault with Right to Work supporters (Viewpoint, February 7), he even excoriates us for following the common practice of capitalizing "Big Labor"!

March 1, 2001 » Forced-Unionism Bills Menace Economy, Mutilate Nebraska Constitution

For several years now, Nebraska employees and businesses have worked hard to offset the damage done to the state economy by the sharp decline in farm commodity prices since 1997.

March 1, 2001 » Statement by National Right To Work Committee President Reed Larson Regarding Campaign-Finance 'Reform'

The McCain-Feingold Bill (S. 27) launches a two-pronged attack on ordinary citizens' right to voluntary participation in the political process. In fact, the key McCain-Feingold provisions trample on employees' First Amendment freedom to choose which candidates they support, financially or otherwise.

February 22, 2001 » Letter to Roll Call

Dear Letters Editor: Norman J. Ornstein clearly sought to be fair in his February 15 column concerning Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold's (D-Wis.) so-called campaign-finance "reform". But he was misinformed in claiming that this bill would codify the Supreme Court's 1988 Beck decision. McCain-Feingold would actually gut Beck. Its phony Beck-"codification" provision actually expands Organized Labor's legal power to spend compulsory union dues and fees on electioneering and lobbying activities.

February 1, 2001 » February 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

February 1, 2001 » February 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

January 7, 2001 » Statistics on Unions

According to the most recent LM-2 and LM-3 financial disclosure forms which they are required to file with the U.S. Department of Labor, private sector unions have roughly $15 billion in total annual receipts.

January 1, 2001 » January 2001 Right to Work Newsletter

January 1, 2001 » January 2001 Right to Work Newsletter