Posts tagged first amendement

    Press Release ● Labor Unionization Unions

    National Right to Work Foundation Files Brief Defending Law to Protect Teachers’ First Amendment Rights

    July 25, 2023 //

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    Research ● Labor Unionization Unions

    CELEBRATING THE HISTORIC JANUS DECISION FIVE YEARS LATER

    June 27, 2023 //

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    DEMOCRATS AIM TO REPEAL MICHIGAN’S “RIGHT-TO-WORK” LAW

    February 7, 2023 // Rep. Andrew Fink, R-Hillsdale, pointed to a 2022 study from the Mackinac Center, a right-leaning Michigan think tank. The study found that counties in “right-to-work” states had higher employment levels compared to bordering counties in non-“right-to-work” states. “Because of our unusual peninsular geography, relatively few communities in Michigan border another right-to-work state, leaving us to bear the brunt of such a policy change,” Fink said.

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    News Article ● Unions

    Union Pays $40K Settlement in Religious Discrimination Case

    March 30, 2022 // Laborers' International Union of North America has spent millions backing Democrats

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    Op-ed ● Corruption Labor

    Stephen Bloom: Reforms would reduce corruption and restore workers’ rights

    February 14, 2022 // It is illegal for any other organization or individual to use taxpayer resources for campaign politics, but government unions have an exemption from rules designed to prevent corruption. Thanks in large part to this special privilege, these unions are one of the largest, most powerful special interest groups in Pennsylvania.

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