Posts tagged Forced unionization

    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Unionization

    Say No to Julie Su as Labor Secretary

    July 25, 2023 // She also established a Criminal Investigation Unit, consisting of a specialized labor police force that would be deputized against businesses.

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    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Labor

    ‘Right to Organize’ Amendment Violates Constitution

    May 19, 2023 //

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    Know your Janus rights: Government employees still can’t be forced to pay unions in Michigan

    March 31, 2023 // “Passing bills that are currently unconstitutional can mislead employees into believing that the law has changed and that they must now pay a union,” said Steve Delie, director of labor policy at Mackinac Center for Public Policy. “Public sector employees across the country have a First Amendment right to not pay a union thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision. Repealing right-to-work does nothing for public sector employees except cause confusion.”

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    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Labor Unionization Unions

    The weak support for mandatory payments to unions

    March 24, 2023 // As political organizations, unions tend to support Democrats, regardless of the proportion of their members who vote otherwise. Unions’ political spending, which is only a subset of their total political support, almost exclusively benefits Democrats. By requiring workers to pay unions, Democrats voted to mandate payments to political organizations that support Democrats. People might be more inclined to believe that this was not about such crass self-interest if the law’s supporters tried to justify and explain the bill’s mechanics. Instead, its political supporters projected their fantasies onto the bill.

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    How a Liberal State Defies the First Amendment

    July 12, 2022 // Frank Ricci — a retired firefighter and former president of the New Haven Firefighters Local 825, and now the Yankee Institute’s Fellow of Labor & Special Initiatives — says that opt-out windows “equate to a dues grab where the union picks the pockets of their workers who are trying to leave.” Besides the money, it’s about power: The “small print of membership cards,” Ricci says, “are designed to trap the worker into membership.” The tactics result in “defying the Janus decision and increasing the union’s political power.” Michael Costanza, Constitution State Educators, Christina Corvello,

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