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The Latest Attack on Labor

Posted On: Aug 21, 2014

Aug. 21, 2014 | WAR ON WORKERS | On the heels of its recent Supreme Court victory in Harris v. Quinn, the National Right to Work Committee and Legal Defense Foundation (NRTW) has initiated a bold new attack on unions. In a recent fundraising appeal sent on August 10, the president of both organizations wrote that Harris "was just the beginning," and that fair share provisions (or, as he called them, "forced dues") were only "part of the problem." Now, having succeeded in imposing a right-to-work model for home healthcare workers across the country, NRTW is gunning after a much greater and unexpected target: exclusive representation. Continue reading here.