Americans for Tax Reform, Center for Worker Freedom Urge New Hampshire Lawmakers to Pass Right-to-Work

Posted by Olivia Grady on Thursday, January 19th, 2017 at 1:33 pm - Permalink

In a letter to New Hampshire Senators dated January 19, 2017, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist and Center for Worker Freedom Executive Director Matt Patterson urge the lawmakers to vote for Right-to-Work legislation currently before the Senate.

Newly elected Republican Governor Chris Sununu is expected to sign Right-to-Work into law if the legislature sends a bill to his desk. If the bill passes, New Hampshire would be the first state in the northeast to pass Right-to-Work.

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National Nurses United: The Cure for Good Patient Care

Posted by Olivia Grady on Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 at 3:04 pm - Permalink

By Olivia Grady

The National Nurses United (NNU) was founded in 2009 by a conglomeration of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, the United American Nurses and the Massachusetts Nurses Association. It is the largest union of registered nurses in the country with close to 185,000 members.

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CWF Testifies in Missouri Right-to-Work Committee Hearing

Posted by Olivia Grady on Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 at 3:51 pm - Permalink

On January 11, 2017, Matt Patterson, Executive Director of the Center for Worker Freedom, spoke before the Missouri Senate General Laws and Pensions Committee on how political labor unions have become. He also voiced his support for the Right-to-Work bill before the Senate committee.

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Union Front Group Uses Sham Study to Smear Andrew Puzder

Posted by Olivia Grady on Monday, January 16th, 2017 at 3:43 pm - Permalink

By Olivia Grady

Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United released a report on January 10, 2017 titled Secretary of Labor Violations?: The Low Road Business Model of CKE Restaurant Inc’s Andrew Puzder.

The report gave the results of a survey that ROC United had conducted on workers at franchised restaurants owned by CKE Restaurant Inc. about alleged labor violations. 

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In Illinois, Small Town Fights for Right-to-Work

Posted by Olivia Grady on Monday, January 16th, 2017 at 12:49 pm - Permalink

By Olivia Grady

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CWF on Eagle 93.9, Missouri Radio

Posted by Olivia Grady on Monday, January 16th, 2017 at 10:14 am - Permalink

Matt Patterson, Executive Director of the Center for Worker Freedom, was quoted on Eagle 93.9, Missouri radio on January 16, 2017, about Missouri becoming Right-to-Work:

Matt Patterson with the Americans for Tax Reform Center for Worker Freedom supports the measure.  He accused unions of being too political.

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CWF in Forbes

Posted by Olivia Grady on Friday, January 13th, 2017 at 9:15 am - Permalink

Matt Patterson, Executive Director of the Center for Worker Freedom, had an article published in Forbes on January 13, 2017, about right-to-work’s value while Donald Trump is President:

On January 11, Donald Trump held his first press conference since the election.

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CWF in the Daily Signal

Posted by Olivia Grady on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 at 3:45 pm - Permalink

Matt Patterson, Executive Director of the Center for Worker Freedom, was quoted in The Daily Signal on January 9, 2017, about Missouri becoming a Right-to-Work state:

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, and Matt Patterson, executive director of the Center for Worker Freedom, have come out in support of a Missouri right-to-work law. The Center for Worker Freedom is a special project of Americans for Tax Reform, a nonprofit taxpayer advocacy group based in the District of Columbia.

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Kentucky: Lucky Number 27

Posted by Olivia Grady on Monday, January 9th, 2017 at 12:23 pm - Permalink

Bluegrass finally goes Right-to-Work

By Olivia Grady

Kentucky is the latest state to become Right-to-Work after Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (R), who was elected in 2015, and the state legislature passed Right-to-Work with a speed rarely found in government.

On January 7, 2017, Governor Bevin signed House Bill 1 into law after the Kentucky Senate approved the bill earlier that day with a 25-12 vote. The state House of Representatives had passed the bill 58-39 on January 5th.

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CWF in Labor Watch

Posted by Olivia Grady on Monday, January 9th, 2017 at 11:43 am - Permalink

Olivia Grady, Research Fellow at the Center for Worker Freedom, was published in Labor Watch on January 5, 2017, about the decertification effort in Minnesota:

It’s much easier to get a union certified than decertified. Under the rules, the homecare providers seeking decertification need to persuade at least 30 percent of the bargaining unit (over 9,000 PCAs in Minnesota) to sign authorization cards. The deadline is in early December. (The card can be obtained at the MNPCA.org website.)

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Americans for Tax Reform, Center for Worker Freedom Urge Missouri Lawmakers to Pass Right-to-Work

Posted on Friday, January 6th, 2017 at 4:08 pm - Permalink

In a letter to Missouri legislators dated January 6, 2017 (updated on January 9th), Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist and Center for Worker Freedom Executive Director Matt Patterson urge the lawmakers to vote for Right-to-Work legislation currently in Committee in both chambers.

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CWF in the Washington Examiner

Posted by Olivia Grady on Friday, December 23rd, 2016 at 9:01 am - Permalink

Matt Patterson, Executive Director of the Center for Worker Freedom, was quoted in The Washington Examiner on December 8, 2016, about the new labor secretary, Andrew Puzder:

In Puzder, Trump has picked a person who matches President Obama's current labor secretary, Tom Perez, in ideological zeal, just in the other direction. Matthew Patterson, executive director of conservative Center for Worker Freedom, an arm of Americans for Tax Reform, praised the pick.

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No Ticket to Ride: City Government vs Rideshare

Posted by Olivia Grady on Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 at 9:10 am - Permalink

By Olivia Grady

On December 23, 2015, the Seattle City Council passed Ordinance 124968, allowing the unionization of self-employed rideshare drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft. 

The ordinance amended Section 6.310.110 of the Seattle Municipal Code and added Section 6.310.735 to regulate transportation network companies and for-hire vehicle drivers.

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Missouri Union Boss to Voters: I Know Better

Posted by Olivia Grady on Monday, December 19th, 2016 at 4:19 pm - Permalink

By Olivia Grady

Missouri is finally likely to become a right-to-work state in 2017, thanks to the election of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens.

Missouri Republicans have worked hard over the years on right-to-work and have come close. For example, on June 4, 2015 current Democrat Governor Jay Nixon vetoed House Bill 116, the bill that would have made Missouri right-to-work. The Republican Legislature was unable to override the veto. 

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Backseat Drivers: Unions Hijack Rideshare

Posted by Olivia Grady on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 at 3:51 pm - Permalink

By Olivia Grady

James Sherk, Labor Economics Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, authored an issue brief released on December 12, 2016 entitled “Compulsory Union Representation Would Make Gig-Economy Jobs Less Flexible.”

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Columbia Lions Fall Prey to Union Hyenas

Posted by Olivia Grady on Monday, December 12th, 2016 at 3:58 pm - Permalink

By Olivia Grady

Columbia University in New York City is now the first Ivy League school with unionized graduate students. This comes after a long public argument between university administrators and union leaders over whether graduate students should be considered employees.

On August 23, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that graduate students who are teaching and research assistants are school employees at private universities. This ruling allowed these students to join or form a union.

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