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National Right to Work Committee® spokesman Dennis Fusaro paid a visit to Baton Rouge today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will air in media markets throughout Louisiana this week.
National Right to Work Committee® spokesman Dennis Fusaro paid a visit to Alexandria today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will air in media markets throughout Louisiana this week.
This new 60-second ad reveals a distinct contrast on the Right to Work issue between the two contenders in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate run-off this fall, Incumbent Mary Landrieu and Suzanne Haik Terrell.
It’s simple –- no American should be forced to pay a union boss just to get or keep a job. But the Big Labor bosses don’t agree. And they love the thought of sending back to Washington another Senator who will vote for more forced unionism.
On Tuesday, December 3, Dennis Fusaro, spokesman for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in New Orleans to announce a TV ad campaign highlighting the issue of compulsory unionism in Louisiana’s run-off election for U.S. Senate.
On Monday, December 2, Dennis Fusaro, spokesman for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Baton Rouge to announce a TV ad campaign highlighting the issue of compulsory unionism in Louisiana’s run-off election for U.S. Senate.
On Monday, December 2, Dennis Fusaro, spokesman for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Alexandria to announce a TV ad campaign highlighting the issue of compulsory unionism in Louisiana’s run-off election for U.S. Senate.
This new 60-second ad reveals a distinct contrast on the Right to Work issue between the two contenders in Iowa's U.S. Senate race this fall, Incumbent Tom Harkin and Congressman Greg Ganske.
This new 60-second ad reveals a distinct contrast on the Right to Work issue between the two contenders in Georgia's U.S. Senate race this fall, Incumbent Max Cleland and Congressman Saxby Chambliss.
Savannah, GA -- National Right to Work Committee® Director of Telecommunications Sean Gerety paid a visit to Savannah today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Georgia next week.
National Right to Work Committee® Director of Telecommunications Sean Gerety paid a visit to Columbus today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Georgia next week.
National Right to Work Committee® Director of Telecommunications Sean Gerety paid a visit to Atlanta today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Georgia next week.
National Right to Work Committee® Director of Communications Kirsten Andersen paid a visit to the Quad Cities today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Iowa next week.
Cedar Rapids, IA -- National Right to Work Committee® Director of Communications Kirsten Andersen paid a visit to Cedar Rapids today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Iowa next week.
National Right to Work Committee® Director of Communications Kirsten Andersen paid a visit to Des Moines today to unveil a television ad campaign produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Iowa next week.
On Tuesday, October 8, Kirsten Andersen, Director of Communications for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Davenport to announce a TV ad campaign highlighting the issue of compulsory unionism in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race.
On Tuesday, October 8, Kirsten Andersen, Director of Communications for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Cedar Rapids to announce a TV ad campaign highlighting the issue of compulsory unionism in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race.
On Monday, October 7, Kirsten Andersen, Director of Communications for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Des Moines to announce a TV ad campaign highlighting the issue of compulsory unionism in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race.
On Monday, October 7, Kirsten Andersen, Director of Communications for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Des Moines to announce a TV ad campaign highlighting the issue of compulsory unionism in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race.
Today, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) will introduce the Freedom Union Violence Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hearings were held this morning in the Employer-Employee Subcommittee on the topic of union violence as well.
On behalf of its 2.2 million members, the National Right to Work Committee® today urged each member of the United States Senate to back President Bush in opposing the current version of the Homeland Security Bill (S. 2452) since it places the demands of union officials ahead of national security.
Dayton, OH -- National Right to Work Committee® Membership Director Doug Stafford paid a visit to Dayton today to unveil a new television ad produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Ohio’s 8th Congressional District this week.
Thank you for coming today. I have a brief statement, after which I’ll unveil the National Right to Work Committee®’s new TV ad for the 8th District, and then I’ll take your questions.
Billings, MT -- National Right to Work Committee® spokesman Dennis Fusaro paid a visit to Billings today to unveil a new television ad produced by the 2.2 million-member grassroots group that will begin airing throughout Montana next week.
On Monday and Tuesday, August 12 and 13, Doug Stafford, Director of Membership for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold press conferences in Cincinnati and Dayton to unveil the grassroots group’s upcoming ad campaign calling on 8th District Congressman John Boehner to keep his campaign promise to cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on legislation to end forced unionism.
Lewiston, ID -- National Right to Work Committee® spokesman Dennis Fusaro paid a visit to Lewiston today to unveil a new television ad produced by the 2.2 million-member grassroots group that will begin airing throughout the 1st Congressional District next week.
On Thursday and Friday, August 8 and 9, Dennis Fusaro, spokesman for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold two press conferences in Helena and Billings to unveil the grassroots group’s upcoming ad campaign calling on Congressman Dennis Rehberg to keep his campaign promise to cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on legislation to end forced unionism.
Boise, ID -- National Right to Work Committee® spokesman Dennis Fusaro paid a visit to Boise today to unveil a new television ad produced by the 2.2 million-member grassroots group that will begin airing throughout the 2nd Congressional District next week.
Thank you for coming today. I have a brief statement, after which I’ll unveil the National Right to Work Committee®’s new TV ad for Montana, and then I’ll take your questions.
Thank you for coming today. I have a brief statement, after which I’ll unveil the National Right to Work Committee®’s new TV ad for the 1st District, and then I’ll take your questions.
On Wednesday, August 7, Dennis Fusaro, spokesman for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Lewiston to unveil the grassroots group’s upcoming ad campaign calling on 1st District Congressman Butch Otter to keep his campaign promise to cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on legislation to end forced unionism.
It’s simple. Compulsory unionism is wrong. No worker should be forced to pay a union boss just to get or keep a job.
It’s simple. Compulsory unionism is wrong. No worker should be forced to pay a union boss just to get or keep a job.
It’s simple. Compulsory unionism is wrong. No worker should be forced to pay a union boss just to get or keep a job.
It’s simple. Compulsory unionism is wrong. No worker should be forced to pay a union boss just to get or keep a job.
It’s simple. Compulsory unionism is wrong. No worker should be forced to pay a union boss just to get or keep a job.
It’s simple. Compulsory unionism is wrong. No worker should be forced to pay a union boss just to get or keep a job.
Omaha, NE -- National Right to Work Committee® Membership Director Doug Stafford paid a visit to Omaha today to unveil a new television ad produced by the 2.2 million-member grassroots group that will begin airing throughout the 2nd Congressional District next week.
On Monday, August 5, Dennis Fusaro, spokesman for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Boise to unveil the grassroots group’s upcoming ad campaign calling on 2nd District Congressman Mike Simpson to keep his campaign promise to cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on legislation to end forced unionism.
Alexandria, LA -- National Right to Work Committee® Vice President John Tate paid a visit to Louisiana today to unveil a new television ad produced by the 2.2 million-member national grassroots organization that will begin airing in media markets throughout Louisiana this week.
Thank you for coming today. I have a brief statement, after which I’ll unveil the National Right to Work Committee®’s new TV ad for the 2nd District, and then I’ll take your questions.
Thank you for coming today. I have a brief statement, after which I’ll unveil the National Right to Work Committee®’s new TV ad for the 2nd District, and then I’ll take your questions.
On Thursday, August 1, Doug Stafford, Director of Membership for the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a press conference in Omaha to unveil the grassroots group’s upcoming ad campaign calling on 2nd District Congressman Lee Terry to keep his campaign promise to cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on legislation to end forced unionism.
KANSAS CITY, MO – 6th District Congressman Sam Graves honored his campaign promise to cosponsor the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 1109) today, becoming the 126th Congressman nationwide to officially join the fight against forced unionism during the 107th Congress.
Starting Wednesday, July 31, John Tate, Vice President of the 2.2 million-member National Right to Work Committee®, will hold a 2-week series of press conferences statewide to unveil the grassroots group’s upcoming ad campaign targeting Louisiana Congressman John Cooksey’s failure to keep his campaign promise to cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on legislation to end forced unionism.
Two Ohio teachers at the center of a national religious discrimination case involving the National Education Association (NEA) teacher union testified before the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee regarding the need to end forced unionism.
Today a spokesman for the National Right to Work Committee® pointed out that the U.S. Labor Department's data on job creation in the 50 states are already demonstrating the economic benefits of the Right to Work law approved by Oklahoma voters last September 25.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, New Mexico Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R) has joined 119 of her fellow legislators 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.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another Kansas congressman, Jerry Moran (R), has joined fellow Kansas legislators, Jim Ryun and Todd Tiahrt (both R) 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.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another Florida congressman, Ander Crenshaw, has joined 9 of his fellow Florida Republican legislators 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.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another California congressman, Darrell Issa, has joined 13 of his fellow California Republican legislators 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.
The facts Big Labor bosses would rather you didn't hear about 
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another Tennessee congressman, John Duncan, has joined fellow Tennessee Republicans Bill Jenkins, Zack Wamp, 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.
Starting this week, the 2.2 million member National Right to Work Committee® will mobilize its national grassroots to call upon Congressman John Boehner, Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, to schedule a vote on the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 1109).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, two more Georgia congressmen, Jack Kingston and Mac Collins, have joined fellow Georgia Republicans Johnny Isakson, Bob Barr, Saxby Chambliss, Nathan Deal, Charles Norwood, and John Linder 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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another Louisiana congressman, Jim McCrery, has joined fellow Louisiana Republican David Vitter 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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another California congressman, Wally Herger, has joined 12 of his fellow California Republican legislators 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.
Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2002) – The positions of 3rd District congressional candidates on the Right to Work issue became clearer last week as Paul Helmke (R) garnered the endorsement of the National Education Association (NEA) teachers union.
The facts Big Labor bosses would rather you didn't hear about 
Since you invited me to speak here on April 15, the day each of you may well have Big Government on your mind -- or stuck in your craw -- I think it's fitting for me to talk to you today about how the cause to which I've devoted my working life -- protecting the Right Work -- is a key part of the effort to rein in Big Government.
Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2002) – The National Right to Work Committee® has joined a lawsuit filed by U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell against the Federal Election Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2002) – Union bosses and their allies in the nation's capital have recently been aggressively pushing S. 952/ H.R. 1475, a bill which would force every police force and fire company in the nation to submit to union-boss monopoly control.
Power-mad "Big Labor" bosses and their henchmen in Washington just won't give up. For months now, union bosses — with help from Senators Ted Kennedy and Tom Daschle — have been relentless in their attempts to force every police officer, firefighter, and EMT in the country under Big Labor's monopoly control.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, Arkansas congressman, John Boozman (R) has added his name to the list of U.S. House cosponsors of legislation that would repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues to a union.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another Utah congressman, Chris Cannon, has joined fellow Utah Republican James Hansen 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.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another member of the Texas congressional delegation, Mac Thornberry, has joined fellow Republicans Dick Armey, Joe Barton, Kevin Brady, John Culberson, Tom DeLay, Kay Granger, Ron Paul, Pete Sessions, and Lamar Smith, and Texas Democrats, Ralph Hall and Charles Stenholm 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.
In a new sign of the growing support for Right to Work in the U.S. Congress, another North Carolina congressman, Howard Coble, has joined fellow North Carolina Republicans Richard Burr, Robin Hayes, Cass Ballenger, and Charles Taylor 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.
On behalf of its 2.2 million members, the National Right to Work Committee® is urging Congress to kill the Shays-Meehan campaign finance bill. While posing as reform, this bill fails to address the real campaign finance scandal, the use of compulsory union dues to finance Big Labor’s political machine.
For more than 50 years, Iowa has had a Right to Work law that protects the individual employee's freedom to join and pay dues to a union, or refuse to do so, without being fired as a consequence.
"It's discouraging that a man whose unabashed embrace of compulsory unionism and who now faces a RICO anti-racketeering suit for overseeing one of the most violent strikes in recent history has a place of honor at tonight's State of the Union address," said Mark Mix, Senior Vice President of the 2.2 million member National Right to Work Committee®.
Former U.S. Sen. Paul Fannin (R-Ariz.), a staunch Right to Work ally who passed away last month at the age of 94, retired after serving just two terms in office and never became a committee chairman or a senior member of his party caucus.
On behalf of the 2.2 million members of the National Right to Work Committee®, I am writing to reiterate our request that you withdraw the nomination of Dennis Walsh to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Springfield, Va. – Statement of Mark Mix, Senior Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee® regarding the recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).