National Right to Work Committee

No one should be forced to pay union dues or fees just to get or keep a job.

[National Right to Work Committee @Right2Work]

Imagine finding out your own paycheck helped bankroll a politician you never wanted to support.

That's exactly what one New Jersey teacher says happened after discovering the NJEA allegedly funneled tens of millions of dollars in teachers' union dues into a super PAC backing union boss Sean Spiller's run for governor.

Spiller, who is one of four candidates currently vying to lead the nation's largest teachers union, claims he wants to "elevate” the voices NEA of members. Funny way of doing it when you're using teachers' money to drown out the voices of teachers who disagree with you.

The solution to corrupt political spending with union dues is simple: stop paying union dues.

If NEA members are tired of having their hard-earned money siphoned off for union bosses' pet political projects and causes -- or even their own personal political campaigns -- they should exercise their Janus rights, secured by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation's SCOTUS victory, and leave their union.

Only when enough teachers' union members separate from these archaic and corrupt organizations will union bosses like Spiller start taking their concerns seriously.
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Wait... you mean public schools are supposed to educate children instead of helping teachers unions recruit members?

Crazy idea, I know.

Yet Idaho is leading the way to stop taxpayer-funded school resources from aiding and abetting Big Labor, with Florida and Arizona following close behind.

Public schools exist to educate kids -- not to serve as taxpayer-funded recruiting offices for Big Labor. Every dollar and every minute spent helping union bosses grow their ranks is a dollar and a minute not focused on students.

Maybe it's time the rest of the country put kids ahead of union politics.
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Looks like a Maine AFL-CIO boss let his inner Bolshevik slip.

Maine AFL-CIO Communications Director Andy O'Brien declared on social media that Democrats who refuse to support Nazi-tatted, scandal-ridden U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner deserve to be executed after "the revolution."

Of course, the original Bolsheviks didn't just fantasize about executing political opponents -- they did it, using firing squads, torture, political terror, and mass executions to eliminate anyone who stood in their way.

Now a union boss is talking about lining up fellow Democrats before a firing squad because they dared to disagree with him . . . over a closeted Nazi.

But, hey, visions of the Red Terror aside, he insists it was only a joke. That’s humor only Vladimir Lenin could love.
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When your convention honors Jimmy Hoffa, racks up Putin-style election numbers, sidelines the rank and file, and pushes to end the federal oversight created because of the union's Mafia past, don't call it reform. Call it a reunion.

In case you missed it, Teamster boss Sean O'Brien was "reelected" with 96% of the vote. The catch? Nobody else was allowed on the ballot.

Even liberal Congressman Ro Khanna couldn't resist joking from the podium: "Those are Putin numbers!"

A rival slate couldn't even clear the 5% delegate threshold to run. The delegates casting the votes were overwhelmingly union officers and staffers, with rank-and-file members few and far between.

Other convention lowlights included union boss suck-up Josh Hawley delivering the keynote address and disgraced former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer now comfortably installed in O'Brien's entourage.

But nothing topped this: Delegates voted to make February 14 "James R. Hoffa Day," a new paid union holiday honoring the man most responsible for handing the Mafia the keys to the Teamsters.

The ghosts of the old Teamsters aren't just haunting the union. They're back in charge and getting a standing ovation.
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Nothing says "who’s the boss" quite like teachers union bosses warning blue-state governors to obey their marching orders . . . or else.

Randi Weingarten (AFT) and Becky Pringle (NEA) are demanding that Democrat governors reject federal scholarship tax credits that would give families more educational options.

In an open letter to "our Democratic Governors," these union bosses declare that supporting school choice would "shrink public school enrollment."

Did you catch that … "our Democratic Governors"?

At least they’re honest about who they think owns whom in that relationship.

Meanwhile, public schools have been showered with millions in taxpayer money while student achievement keeps falling. Schools hire more staff to pad union ranks and keep their dues coffers full, yet too many graduates can't read proficiently or do middle-school math.
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Over the last couple of decades, California has transformed from the crown jewel of the United States-- which proudly elected Ronald Reagan as governor --into a failed testing ground for Marxist and socialist policies.

Just take a look at how much power Big Labor wields in the Golden State, especially in the classroom, where schools have effectively been turned into far-left indoctrination centers.

Yet Big Labor seeks to seize even more power in California and, even more alarmingly, export its failed policies to the rest of the country.

National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix sat down with Amber May on The Amber May Show to discuss what's happening in more detail.
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As the old saying goes, a house divided cannot stand. And the divide between Big Labor's Marxist-socialist-minded leadership and its rank-and-file members keeps growing wider.

Yet instead of changing course and returning to the voluntary, job-focused unionism of the Samuel Gompers era, union bosses continue to pour millions of dollars in workers' dues into far-left political causes and campaigns that have nothing to do with better jobs or workplaces.

Instead of strapping alienated workers to unions that no longer speak for them, labor law should restore what Big Labor fears most: freedom.

End the "blocking charges" unions use to sabotage decertification votes. Ban "no-raid" agreements that protect union monopolies from competition. End exclusive representation and allow workers to choose their own representation—or no representation at all. And, most importantly, pass the National Right to Work Act.

If union bosses truly speak for workers, they shouldn't fear giving workers a realistic way out. But they do. That's because union leaders know their political agenda is increasingly out of step with the people paying their salaries.
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New York taxpayers are told the MTA has an “overtime problem.” That’s like saying the Titanic had a “water problem.”

A new report on Long Island Rail Road overtime shows costs keep ballooning while union work rules stay locked in place. LIRR President Rob Free doesn’t sugarcoat it:

“The unions have refused to change work rules that have exacerbated overtime and they went on strike to prevent common sense reform.”

Translation: When union rules make it impossible to manage staffing efficiently, overtime isn’t an accident; it’s the system working exactly as designed . . . for everyone except the taxpayers footing the bill.
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The COVID "emergency" ended years ago . . . except in the fevered minds of union bosses at the SEIU.

Government union officials in California are threatening a "mass exodus" because Gov. Newsom wants state employees to return to the office four days a week. Oh, my. The humanity.

Now, SEIU bosses in California are pressuring politicians to pass a law requiring agencies to justify why employees should have to work in the office.

Imagine if private-sector workers demanded a state law forcing their employers to justify why they had to come to work.

That's the problem with government unions. They don't just bargain with government officials; they lobby and elect the very politicians they bargain with. Now they're blackmailing the state, threatening a "mass exodus" because state employees might have to show up to the office four days a week.

This isn't collective bargaining. It's political blackmail . . . and the perfect example of why unions have no place in government.

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Only in New York could politicians try to make it illegal to tell government employees about their constitutional rights.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won the landmark Janus v. AFSCME decision, which affirmed that public employees cannot be forced to join or financially support a union as a condition of employment.

Now, a new Albany-backed scheme would empower the state to go after organizations that inform public workers of their right to refuse union membership and dues.

That's right -- union bosses are so afraid workers might exercise free choice that they're pushing laws to silence anyone who tells them they have it.

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What could possibly go wrong . . . ?

After just 37 years of federal oversight, the Trump DOJ is moving to end its monitoring of the Teamsters union. You know, the oversight that only existed because federal prosecutors confirmed the union had been infiltrated by organized crime and operated as a racketeering enterprise for decades. The oversight was imposed after a 1988 RICO lawsuit that exposed mob influence, corruption, extortion, election rigging, and a culture of intimidation inside the union. Nearly 400 corrupt officials and associates were eventually barred from the Teamsters as a result.

But apparently Washington now believes the Teamsters can be trusted to police themselves (no, they can’t -- see links in the comments below).

What a coincidence that this gift arrives from the Trump DOJ just as Teamsters boss Sean O'Brien was elected to his second term after “helping” Trump in 2024 with his famous "non-endorsement." Funny how political favors seem to work.

Of course, O’Brien -- with his own questionable past -- is a man who lauds the criminal former head of the Teamsters, Jimmy Hoffa, as a “great man and legendary labor leader” who brought “dignity” and “respect” to workers. Hardly.

The Teamsters spent generations earning their well-deserved reputation for corruption. Hopefully, workers won't be the ones paying the price again should history repeat itself . . . as it most certainly will.
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Uber and Lyft drivers are about to become Big Labor’s next victim.

As Reason reports, only 25% of workers in a job sector can now open the door for union bosses to impose wages, work rules, benefits mandates, and other restrictions on EVERY worker in that industry.

And who's cheering it on? The faux-conservative crowd at American Compass keeps pushing the same European-style labor schemes that would destroy the flexibility and independence millions of Americans rely on.

The appeal of driving for Uber or Lyft (not to mention every other “side hustle” in the gig economy) is simple: the freedom to work when you want, where you want, and as much or as little as you want. Sectoral bargaining turns that model upside down by letting union officials and government bureaucrats dictate the terms for everyone.

If this spreads, say goodbye to flexible gig work. Fewer opportunities. Higher costs. Less freedom. And more power concentrated in the hands of corrupt union bosses who don't even need majority support to take control.

In what kind of country does 25% of a workforce get to decide how the other 75% must work? That's not freedom. That's the tyranny of the minority for the benefit of Big Labor.
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🚨National Right to Work Foundation @Right2Work President Mark Mix shared how we must stop this new bill that give Democrats a big victory for their allies in Big Labor with the help of a handful of populist Republicans. Mix says this isn't populism on the part of those like @GOP Sen @HawleyMO. Democrats won't need Republican senators once they return to power.

Brian Darling writes for @realclearpolicy , "The Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) is bad policy and terrible politics. In the name of speeding up the approval of a first labor contract between a union and employer, government is empowered to order the terms of a collective bargaining contract."

Just 5.9% of private sectors employees are unionized. there is no need to assist Democrats in their quest to force unionization.

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Two antisemitic birds of a feather . . .

NEA President Becky Pringle's meeting with far-left NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani tells you everything you need to know about today's teachers union bosses.

For years, the NEA has pushed radical politics while antisemitism has exploded on college campuses and in K-12 schools. Instead of confronting the problem, union bosses keep cozying up to the same activists and politicians fueling it.

The NEA doesn't just tolerate this toxic climate -- it has helped create it. Union bosses have spent years injecting divisive political activism into classrooms, and now they're reaping the results as antisemitism spreads while they look the other way.
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