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New Hampshire Republicans Are Using Covid to Ram Through Right-to-Work Legislation

Leave a Comment / Right to Work, unions / By max cyril

As fellow Democrats reveled in Donald Trump’s presidential defeat, New Hampshire State Rep. Doug Ley (also president of the American Federation of Teachers-New Hampshire) watched the election results with unease. Republicans captured both chambers of the General Court of New Hampshire, and Republican Gov. Chris Sununu handily won a third term. In New Hampshire, a unified right-wing …

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The Union Bond

Leave a Comment / Right to Work, unions / By max cyril

Dave Dell Isola, the son and grandson of union members, grew up grateful for the family-sustaining wages and benefits that organized labor won for working people. But he never fully grasped the might of solidarity until he and his wife, Barbara, and their two sons lost everything in an apartment fire. Dell Isola’s brothers and …

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After Janus, Cities and Towns Are Poised to Become the New Battleground Over “Right to Work”

Leave a Comment / Right to Work / By max cyril

In December 2015, Lincolnshire, Illinois, a Chicago suburb with a population of a little over 7,000, passed a right-to-work (RTW) ordinance. While a slim majority of states have enacted RTW laws over the past several decades, RTW measures at the county or municipal level are rare in comparison. A group of unions quickly sued to strike …

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In Crosshairs of Right-to-Work, Kentucky Bourbon Makers Go On Strike

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More than 50 workers in Kentucky are on strike due to a contract dispute with Four Roses, a bourbon maker with a distillery in Lawrenceburg and a bottling plant in Cox’s Creek. Workers say Four Roses is attempting to adopt a two-tier system that would reduce the benefits for new employees of the company. Members of …

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New Hampshire Republicans Are Using Covid to Ram Through Right-to-Work Legislation

The Union Bond

After Janus, Cities and Towns Are Poised to Become the New Battleground Over “Right to Work”

In Crosshairs of Right-to-Work, Kentucky Bourbon Makers Go On Strike

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