A Lack of Accountability Engenders Only Mismanagement by Management

When workers are forced to join a union as a condition of employment, union bosses have no incentive to do their job: improve business conditions for their workers.

No accountability can lead to out-of-touch leaders, for example, Eldon J. Renaud, former President of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2164 at the GM Corvette factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Unions’ Anti-Right-to-Work Argument Runs Out of Steam

Abraham Lincoln is often attributed as once defining a hypocrite as, “the man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.”

A 2014 Gallup poll found 71 percent of Americans support right-to-work, which allows workers the freedom to opt-out of union membership and dues.

In fact, right-to-work is becoming so popular that late last year, brave county officials in Kentucky began using the state’s home rule statute to go around state legislators – who block state-wide right-to-work – and pass it as county ordinances.

Things are looking up for the workers at Fresno-based Gerawan Farming, years-long victims of California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB).

On Thursday May 14th, a panel of Fifth District Court of Appeals judges in California ruled the ALRB’s Mandatory Mediation and Conciliation Statute (MMC) – which gives the board the power to unilaterally force union contracts on workers and businesses – unconstitutional, saying:

Monday, May 18^th, the Center for Worker Freedom hosted a town hall at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The town hall featured a panel of labor experts and lawmakers who educated attendees on the benefits of right-to-work, which allows workers the freedom to opt out of union membership and dues. The panel included:

Jim Waters, President, Bluegrass Institute

Matt Patterson, Executive Director, Center for Worker Freedom

Kentucky Town Hall May 18, 2015

At a panel discussion in Bowling Green’s Corvette Museum, the Center for Worker Freedom’s Matt Patterson gave a presentation on why workers may choose to opt out of union membership and dues.

To view Matt’s PowerPoint, click here.

For Immediate Release:

Monday, May 18th

Local right-to-work ordinances passed by 12 Kentucky counties this year have stirred debate among candidates for Governor on both sides of the aisle.

On Tuesday, May 19th, Republicans will choose their gubernatorial candidate in a primary election. Republican candidates Matt Bevin, James Comer, Jr., and Hal Heiner have voiced their support for right-to-work.

On Tuesday, May 12^th, a lunch panel was held at the Heritage Foundation in the Van Andel Center, where the topic of the day was local right-to-work ordinances. The host was James Sherk, a Research Fellow of Labor Economics at the Heritage Foundation.

Sherk gave an introduction of home-rule based right-to-work ordinances, a new phenomenon that has passed in twelve counties in Kentucky already. Four other counties are now considering passing right-to-work ordinances.

For Immediate Release:

May 15, 2015

Jason Nemes, who is defending local-right-to-work against union challenges in Hardin County, Kentucky, will be joining the panel at the Center for Worker Freedom’s town hall in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The town hall will be held at the Corvette Museum on Monday, May 18th at 6:00 PM CST and feature presentations from labor experts and lawmakers, in addition to Jason Nemes, promoting the advantages of right-to-work:

For Immediate Release:

May 13, 2015

The Center for Worker Freedom will be hosting a town hall meeting at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Monday, May 18th to promote local-right-to-work.

It will feature a panel of experts and lawmakers including:

State Representative Jim DeCesare, 17th District, Warren, Butler counties

Jim Waters, President, Bluegrass Institute

Matt Patterson, Executive Director, Center for Worker Freedom