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In 2017, the Kentucky General Assembly passed House Bill 1 to protect workers in the private sector from being fired for not paying union dues.

In 2017, the Kentucky General Assembly passed House Bill 1 to protect workers in the private sector from being fired for not paying union dues.

Christians hold signs as they march on the streets of Abuja during prayer and penance for peace and security in Nigeria on March 1, 2020. St. Louis, Mo., Jun 13, 2022 / 20:45 pm (CNA). More than a week after a devastating massacre at a Catholic...

The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity says the contracts illegally require employees to pay union dues.

This entire issue centers on unions’ desire to avoid and subvert the force of the First Amendment.

Nurses at Worcester’s St. Vincent Hospital finished their 10-month stand in victory — but a decertification push backed by National Right to Work seeks to strip them of representation.

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Democrats and their allies claim that the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act will help workers, but a new study shows that the union bill will cost at least 2.7 million workers between $500 and $1,000 per year — and it will likely impose similar costs on up to 61 million workers in industries that could unionize under the bill. The bill will also threaten manufacturing jobs, which grow in states with right-to-work laws. “Right-to-work laws ensure that ...

Updated at 10:50 a.m. ET In a blow to organized labor, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining. The vote was a predictable 5-4. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion with the courts conservatives joining him. "Under Illinois law, public employees are forced to subsidize a union, even if they choose not to join and strongly object to the positions the union takes in collective ...

Springfield Democrats have opted for a 2022 ballot question that, by banning right-to-work laws and ordinances, could deal a crushing blow to Illinois’ competitiveness in the Midwest.

Supreme Court again will consider mandatory fees to public-employee unions Supreme Court again will consider mandatory fees to public-employee unionsby wpjljron Thursday, September 28th, 2017.Supreme Court again will consider mandatory fees to public-employee unionsWith a conservative majority back in place, the Supreme Court on Thursday announced it will once again hear a challenge to the required payment of fees to public-employee unions, an important but controversial tool for the American l...