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Newsroom: 2004
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December 1, 2004 » November/December 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
December 1, 2004 » Big Labor Machine Shreds Free Speech Rights
Millions of Workers Voted Against John Kerry, But Had to Bankroll Him
December 1, 2004 » Right to Work Laws Boost Real Incomes
New Study Shows How Households Benefit From Lower Living Costs
December 1, 2004 » Momentous Right to Work Showdown Recalled
New Biography Retells Film Director's Battle Over 'One Dollar'
December 1, 2004 » Right to Work Movement Grows in State Capitols
Grass-Roots Leaders Find Inspiration in 2001 Oklahoma Victory
December 1, 2004 » 'Right to Work Bloc' Swings Presidential Race
Bush-Cheney Won All 211 Right to Work State Electoral Votes
December 1, 2004 » Federal Candidate Survey Mobilizes Millions
Experience, Energy Build Effectiveness of Right to Work Program
December 1, 2004 » Big Labor Embrace Deadly in 2004 Elections
Union Bosses Browbeat 'Friends' Into Taking Unpopular Positions
December 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: December 2004
December 1, 2004 » November/December 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
November 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: November 2004
October 1, 2004 » October 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
October 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: October 2004
October 1, 2004 » Big Labor Targets Tennessee Police, Firemen
Harold Schaitberger Wants More Conscripts For His Political Army
October 1, 2004 » Right to Work: Magnet For College Graduates
Research Shows Forced-Unionism States Suffer From 'Brain Drain'
October 1, 2004 » Teacher Union Bosses Prepare For Illegal Strike
Independent Kentucky Teachers Oppose 'Holding Children Hostage'
October 1, 2004 » Forced-Dues Money Dumped Into Federal Elections
Estimated Cost of Union Politicking in 2003-4: Nearly a Billion
October 1, 2004 » House Speaker Hinders Pro-Freedom Candidates
Inaction on H.R.391 Makes Closer Contests Tougher to Win
October 1, 2004 » Right to Work Candidate Survey Results Mailed Out
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October 1, 2004 » Right to Work Poised to Make Senate Gains
Pro-Forced Unionism Record Dogging Embattled Minority Leader
October 1, 2004 » October 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
September 1, 2004 » September 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
September 1, 2004 » Federal Diary
By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post
September 1, 2004 » Right to Work Is 'Vitally Important'
Top Wachovia Economist, Other Business-Climate Experts Speak Out
September 1, 2004 » On 'Card Checks,' John Kerry Speaks in Code
Advisors Plainly Aware Big Labor Schemes Are Extremely Unpopular
September 1, 2004 » 'Tony Muscles' and 'Johnny Sausage' Indicted
Roofers Union Bosses and Mafiosi Worked Hand in Hand, DA Charges
September 1, 2004 » State Candidates Receive Right to Work Surveys
Program Is Critical For Efforts to Defeat Forced–Unionism Schemes
September 1, 2004 » Right to Work Ads Target Speaker's Home Turf
Media Blitz Increases Pressure For Recorded Floor Vote on H.R.391
September 1, 2004 » September 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
August 10, 2004 » Monopoly Unionism Kills North Carolina Jobs
Will Union-Label Tarheel Politicians Now Help Intensify the Harm?
August 10, 2004 » 'I'm Angry About This. This Is Crazy'
Teacher Union Bosses Bash 'Conversion Charter,' Enrage Parents
August 10, 2004 » Hotel Union Bosses 5, California Taxpayers 0
Big Labor-'Friendly' Tribal Gambling Pacts Dismay 'Governator' Fans
August 10, 2004 » New Analysis Demystifies 'Top-Down' Organizing
Most Apt Label For Big Labor Tactic Is 'Cram-Down Unionism'
August 10, 2004 » 'Purple Army' Conscripts Descend on Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Field Hearing Plugs Card-Check Forced Unionism Bill
August 10, 2004 » Right to Work in 'Walter ReutherLand'?
Poll Shows 3-2 Majority of Michigan Voters Back Forced-Dues Ban
August 10, 2004 » Right to Work, Big Labor Battle Over Congress
Federal Survey Program Gearing Up to Document Candidate Positions
August 10, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: August 2004
The facts Big Labor bosses would rather you didn't hear about.
August 10, 2004 » Right to Work: Job Creation Engine
August 1, 2004 » August 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
August 1, 2004 » August 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
July 27, 2004 » Give Workers Choice to Say No.
by Mark Mix
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 25, 2004 » 'Teachers Should Be Treated as Professionals'
Champions of Educators' Right to Work Gather in U.S. Capital
July 25, 2004 » Rising Political Stars Call For H.R.391 Votes
Grass-Roots Campaign May Yet Change Workforce Chairman's Mind
July 22, 2004 » Big Labor 'Card Check' Schemes Rife With Abuses
To most Americans, the term "card check" means nothing. But to union bosses, this term potentially means billions of extra dollars collected in forced union dues, above and beyond the $7 billion in forced dues and "fees" that unions already report collecting each year on forms filed with the U.S. Labor Department.
July 21, 2004 » Oklahoma Manufacturing Exports on the Rise
Newest Right to Work State Sells More Machinery, Equipment Abroad
July 20, 2004 » Is Your Congressman For Big Labor 'Salting'?
Abusive Tactic Is Used to Corral Workers Into Construction Unions
July 20, 2004 » Committee Plans to Mobilize Millions This Fall
New 'Matching Grant Challenge' Issued to Pay For Vital Program
July 8, 2004 » Monopoly Bargaining Breeds Union Corruption: Big Labor Crooks Prey on Employees Who Are Corralled Into Unions
July 1, 2004 » July 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
July 1, 2004 » July 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
July 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: July 2004
June 16, 2004 » Big Labor Officials Attack ‘Illegitimate’ Volunteer Work
This summer a legislative roadblock in Sacramento, Calif., could create a multiple charity pile-up, halting creek restoration projects across the state, as well as park construction, library renovations, and Habitat for Humanity, a program that builds homes for the poor.
June 1, 2004 » June 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
June 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: June 2004
June 1, 2004 » June 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
May 12, 2004 » Victims of Union Abuse Gather in Washington, D.C. to Help Announce Legislation to End Coercive "Card Check" Organizing Schemes
Rank-and-file workers from across the country appeared at a press conference in Washington, DC today in support of new legislation that would help stem the tide of workers’ rights violations perpetrated by union organizers under so-called “neutrality and card-check agreements.”
May 1, 2004 » May 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
May 1, 2004 » May 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
May 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: May 2004
April 1, 2004 » April 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
April 1, 2004 » April 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
April 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: April 2004
March 30, 2004 » Right to Work Is #1 Economic Advantage
New Book Sees Laws Barring Forced Union Dues as Key For Growth
March 12, 2004 » U.S. Representative David Vitter Signs On to Forced-dues Repeal Bill
In another sign of the growing support for the National Right to Work Act in the U.S. Congress, on March 9, 2004, Louisiana Representative David Vitter (R, Dist. 1) signed on as cosponsor of a bill to repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues to a union.
March 9, 2004 » Public Safety Monopoly Bargaining Quick Facts
March 9, 2004 » U.S. Representative Stevan Pearce Signs On to Forced-dues Repeal Bill
In another sign of the growing support for the National Right to Work Act in the U.S. Congress, on March 4, 2004, New Mexico Representative Stevan Pearce (R, Dist. 2) signed on as cosponsor of a bill to repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues to a union.
March 3, 2004 » Freedom from Union Violence Act Introduced in Senate
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has introduced legislation to close the loophole in the Hobbs Anti-Extortion Act that prevents prosecution of union officials who use unlawful union violence to keep their stranglehold on American workers.
March 2, 2004 » Virginia Senators Cosponsor National Right to Work Act
Senators George Allen and John Warner (R-VA) this week signed on as cosponsors for legislation to repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay union dues.
March 1, 2004 » March 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
March 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: March 2004
March 1, 2004 » March 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
March 1, 2004 » Firefighters Face ‘Serious Consequences’ For Volunteering
For years, officials of International Association of Firefighters (IAFF/AFL-CIO) union affiliates have used threats, fines and expulsions to deter the union rank and file from serving their own communities as volunteer firefighters when they aren’t on the job.
February 26, 2004 » Testimony of Mark Mix in support of H.R. 1793 the Truth in Employment Act of 2003 before the House Business Committee's Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs
The National Right to Work Committee® supports H.R. 1793, the Truth in Employment Act, and commends Congressman Jim DeMint and this committee for shedding light on this important issue.
February 1, 2004 » February 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
February 1, 2004 » February 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
February 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: February 2004
January 30, 2004 » Penalty for defying pickets: death
The AFL-CIO hierarchy's recent decision to charge its secretary-treasurer, former United Mine Workers (UMW) President Richard Trumka, with "turning around" the three-and-a- half-month-old California supermarket strike is an ominous development.
January 30, 2004 » Penalty for defying pickets: death
The AFL-CIO hierarchy's recent decision to charge its secretary-treasurer, former United Mine Workers (UMW) President Richard Trumka, with "turning around" the three-and-a- half-month-old California supermarket strike is an ominous development.
January 30, 2004 » U.S. Representative Tom Osborne Signs On to Forced-dues Repeal Bill
In another sign of the growing support for the National Right to Work Act in the U.S. Congress, on January 28, 2004, Nebraska Representative Tom Osborne (R, Dist. 3) signed on as cosponsor of a bill to repeal the federal labor-law provisions that authorize the firing of employees for refusal to pay dues to a union.
January 30, 2004 » Forced-Dues Repeal Bill Introduced in Senate
State Senators Colin Bonini (R-Dover) and Robert Venables (D-Laurel), along with several of their colleagues, yesterday introduced the bipartisan Delaware Right to Work Act, Senate Bill 213. S.B. 213 is the Senate version of House Bill 177, introduced last year by Representative Tim Boulden (R-Newark).
January 9, 2004 » To Fix City's Schools, Change State Labor Law
Since 1967, New York's Taylor Law has granted union officials monopoly power to bargain the contracts of teachers and other public school employees. Long experience shows that union monopoly bargaining in public education leads to lower student achievement, skyrocketing costs for taxpayers, and inequitable treatment for teachers who are especially talented and conscientious or have skills that are in short supply.
January 9, 2004 » 'Save Democracy' by Eliminating Secret Ballots?
Is it necessary to destroy employee secret-ballot elections over unionization in order to "save democracy" in the workplace?
January 9, 2004 » Catch 22 For Union Rank-and-File
It’s been roughly three years since more than 140 autoworkers joined a $550 million civil class-action suit against Detroit-area United Autoworkers union bosses and General Motors.
January 1, 2004 » January 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
January 1, 2004 » January 2004 Right to Work Newsletter
January 1, 2004 » Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: January 2004