Labor Day

Worker Advocates Issue Labor Day Statement: "Big Labor and the Obama NLRB Work in Concert to Undermine Workers' Rights"

Will Collins — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:37:13 -0400

Right to Work President Mark Mix issued a statement commemorating Labor Day and warning of looming Big Labor power grabs. You can listen to the statement using the embedded player below, download an .mp3 recording here, or read the statement here.

Labor Day Recap: National Right to Work Exposes Big Labor's Radical Agenda

Nick Cote — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:27:26 -0400

Over the Labor Day weekend, columns by National Right to Work president Mark Mix appeared in newspapers across the country and online exposing Big Labor's power grabs and coercive practices over American workers.

In Investor's Business Daily Mix highlighted the extremism and ethics problems of Craig Becker, the Service Employee International Union's (SEIU) inside man at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):

In the face of bipartisan opposition, Obama bypassed Congress and installed Becker at the NLRB through a recess appointment. Now that he's established at the head of an agency responsible for overseeing American labor law, Becker is poised to expand Big Labor's privileges even further.

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New Foundation Podcast: Right to Work and Labor Day

Will Collins — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:29:20 -0400

National Right to Work Committee Vice President Doug Stafford discussed the importance of employee freedom on The Frank Beckman Show this Labor Day. Click here to listen or use the embedded player below.

Right to Work Experts in the News: Labor Day Highlights Injustices of Compulsory Unionism

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:40:54 -0400

Experts from the National Right to Work Foundation and Right to Work Committee took to the airwaves and opinion pages across America to remind us what Labor Day is really about — the individual worker.

Mark Mix, president of National Right to Work, reminded Americans that "It's 'Labor' Day, Not 'Union' Day" in his nationally published op-ed which appeared in over 20 newspapers across the country. In his article, Mix offers a stouthearted rebuke to the usual union boss propaganda which has become commonplace on Labor Day:

This Labor Day, big labor bosses will dish out their usual Labor Day propaganda about how awful our lives would supposedly be without them. The reality is that millions of workers and indeed our economy are continuing to suffer greatly under the scourge of compulsory unionism.

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Mark Mix: It's Labor Day, Not Union Day

Nick Cote — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:03:33 -0400

National Right to Work President Mark Mix has a column appearing in newspapers across the country in which he explains that this Labor Day, as union bosses attempt to amass more and more power over American workers, it's important to remember what the holiday is really about.

Happy Labor Day! (But It's Not So Happy for the Millions of Victims of Compulsory Unionism)

Will Collins — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:06:09 -0400

On behalf of the Foundation, I'd like to wish everyone a safe and happy Labor Day weekend. While I hope everyone enjoys their day off, now seems like an appropriate time to flag Foundation President Mark Mix's statement commemorating the occasion. Here's an excerpt:

“Meanwhile, many workers feel they have little choice but to pay for organized labor’s billion-dollar 2008 election campaign, and many workers are unaware of their right to object. That’s why the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is providing free legal aid to thousands of employees nationwide seeking to get their money back. In fact, in October Foundation attorneys will argue their fourteenth case accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court – a case which defends the right of workers to refuse to pay for union activism using their mandatory union dues.

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Catch Mix on Cavuto

Justin Hakes — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:57:19 -0400

Right to Work President Mark Mix is scheduled to make a national TV appearance on "Your World W/Neil Cavuto" on the Fox News Channel shortly after 4:00 Eastern today. He will be discussing union political involvement and the abuses many workers aided by National Right to Work face at the hands of union officials. UPDATE: Watch Mark's appearance below, note that no union official came forward to defend denying America's workers a true choice.

Labor Day 2007 Opinion Smorgasbord

Justin Hakes — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:59:29 -0400

Here are just some of the op-eds from National Right to Work out there today on Labor Day 2007.

Mark Mix has a piece in the Washington Times about the Police and Fire Fighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill. Mark also writes today in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram about the Foundation's latest efforts to protect workers from compulsory unionism in the Lone Star State. He also has pieces in the Great Falls Tribune about a Montana Right to Work law, in the Detroit Free Press about a Michigan Right to Work law (scroll down), and the Rochester Post Bulletin on the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.

Meanwhile, Stefan Gleason writes on National Review Online about the National Labor Relations Board failing America's workers.

Also worthy of mention today are columns from the Pittsburgh Tribune Review and Detroit News on the Right to Work issue.