From The Washington Times: “Ending the Obama labor board majority”

Foundation President Mark Mix's exclusive op-ed on Ending the Obama Labor Board Majority was published in the Friday print and e-print edition of The Washington Times Below is an exert from the piece. Please click here to read the full op-ed.

Federal Labor Policy vs. Worker Free Choice

Newsmax published Foundation President Mark Mix's op-ed on the Obama National Labor Relations Board's assault on independent-minded workers over the past eight years and its effects today.

Missouri Judge Strikes Down Ballot Language of 10 Union Boss Anti-Right to Work Amendments

“This ruling is an important step in defending Missouri’s recently-passed Right to Work protections for workers. Show Me State citizens overwhelmingly oppose giving union officials the power to have a worker fired solely for refusing to pay union dues or fees, which is why Big Labor is trying to be intentionally deceptive about their efforts to overturn the state’s new Right to Work law," said Mark Mix.

U.S. District Court Strikes Down Union Boss Challenge to Idaho Right to Work Law

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix released the following statement regarding the United States District Court for the District of Idaho’s decision to dismiss Big Labor’s lawsuit in IUOE v. Wasden, which sought to overturn Idaho’s longstanding popular Right to Work law.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Strikes Down Union Boss Challenge to Right to Work Law

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix released the following statement regarding the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin’s decision to dismiss Big Labor’s lawsuit in IUOE v. Schimel which seeks to overturn Wisconsin’s Right to Work law.

National Right to Work Reacts to Obama Labor Board’s Latest Scheme to Undermine Right to Work Laws

In response to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) taking a step on April 15, 2015, towards allowing union officials to force nonmember workers in Right to Work states to pay fees for union contract grievance-processing, Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, issued the following statement:As Right to Work expands across the country, it is unfortunately not surprising that the Obama NLRB is now actively working to undermine the 25 state Right to Work laws. Its "call for briefs" signals this NLRB's intention to reverse 60 years of Board precedent to give union bosses an unprecedented tool to eviscerate employees' Right to Work protections.The fact is that union officials choose monopoly bargaining control over all workers in a workplace even though they are free to instead negotiate a members-only contract. And union officials continue to do so because they enjoy and often depend on the power derived from that monopoly.

National Workplace Advocacy Group to Charter School Employees: “You Have Rights”

National Workplace Advocacy Group to Charter School Employees: "You Have Rights" Union bosses fail to block charter school education, now seek to make charter schools part of forced unionism empire Washington, DC (January 29, 2015) – Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, has issued the following statement in recognition of National School Choice Week 2015:

National Workplace Advocacy Group to Charter School Employees: “You Have Rights”

Washington, DC (January 29, 2015) – Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, has issued the following statement in recognition of National School Choice Week 2015:

Worker Advocate Urges Labor Secretary: Apply Federal Disclosure Law to German Union and VW Works Council

Washington, DC (November 17, 2014) – Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, is urging U.S. Labor Department Secretary Thomas Perez to apply federal labor disclosure law to German union and Volkswagen (VW) officials involved in an international push to unionize workers at VW's Chattanooga, Tennessee facility.The Foundation – the nation's premier advocate on behalf of workers who suffer from the abuses of compulsory unionism – assisted several workers who were subjected to coercive card check unionization tactics and pressure from VW management during the United Auto Workers (UAW) union's multi-year campaign to unionize the workers. The Foundation also assisted some of those workers in filing a federal suit that challenged the company's assistance to UAW union officials during the unionization campaign as an illegal exchange of "thing[s] of value" under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA).

Right to Work Foundation Announces Offer of Free Legal Aid to Alabama Mercedes-Benz Employees

Right to Work Foundation Announces Offer of Free Legal Aid to Alabama Mercedes-Benz Employees Unions collude to force workers into union ranks Springfield, VA (October 3, 2014) – Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Foundation, has issued the following statement in response to recent media reports regarding United Auto Workers (UAW) union bosses' latest push to unionize Mercedes-Benz workers at the Vance, Alabama plant: