Right-to-Work | Portside

labor

February 27, 2014

The Economy Hub - Are Unions Necessary?

Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times

One simply can't explain the decline of union representation without acknowledging the role of employer opposition and its empowerment by government policy, as outlined in a 2009 report from the Economic Policy Institute. The government role includes the expansion of "right to work" laws, and the enfeeblement of the National Labor Relations Board and its intimidation by members of Congress.

labor

October 17, 2013

UAW Takes On Nissan in Right-to-Work Mississippi

Rick Haglund Michigan Live

UAW leadership views latest effort to organize auto plants in the right-to-work South as key to the union's future. This story focuses on the current campaign to organize a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi.

March 18, 2013

Ending the Dues Check-Off: Forcing Union Renewal?

Sam Gindin Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 785

The spread of "Right-to-work" legislation is damaging to union membership and especially dues collection, and therefore has long been a strategy of the bosses. However, some left union activists have argued that automatic dues collection and membership is anti-democratic and the unions would be stronger if dues were "hand collected." But is this the best way to communicate with workers? Or are there other ways to strengthen unions and union democracy?

February 17, 2013

ALEC's Plan to Kill Union Jobs Everywhere -- Even Outside the U.S.

Dave Saldana Alternet

In Ontario, 465 union workers used to make locomotive engines. Then Indiana passed ALEC's anti-union legislation, and Caterpillar moved the works to Muncie. And that's bad for everybody.

labor

February 5, 2013

Propelled By ALEC, ‘Right-to-Work’ Assault on Unions Reaches Pennsylvania

Bruce Vail Talking Union

The Center for Media and Democracy says the Pennsylvania effort is part of a nationwide campaign against unions by right-wing business groups, such as the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity and the Tea Party organization FreedomWorks.

labor

December 14, 2012

`Can We have a Liberal America Without Unions? History Says No.' - The Right-to-Work Coup in Michigan

Nelson Lichtenstein The Washington Post and Reuters

Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein looks at the role of labor unions in our country's history - there has not been any progress when unions have been weakend.

Subscribe to Right-to-Work