Boston Radio Talk Show Host Chuck Morse Receives Recognition from National Employee Rights Advocacy Group

Springfield, Va. (October 14, 2003) – The National Right to Work Foundation has selected Boston radio talk show host Chuck Morse to receive this year’s Right to Work Communication Fellowship Award at an event honoring retired Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) and other leaders in the Right to Work movement. The award is given annually to […]

Department of Labor Waters Down Proposed Changes in Union Reporting Requirements

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix made the following statement on the Department of Labor’s announced changes in union financial disclosure requirements: “Employees have long been kept in the dark as to how union officials spend their compulsory union dues. However, the new regulations issued today by the […]

Department of Labor Waters Down Proposed Changes in Union Reporting Requirements

SPRINGFIELD, Va. – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix made the following statement on the Department of Labor’s announced changes in union financial disclosure requirements: “Employees have long been kept in the dark as to how union officials spend their compulsory union dues. However, the new regulations issued today by the […]

National Right to Work To Triple Pro Bono Assistance to Workers Facing Abusive Union Organizing Tactics

CINCINNATI, Oh. (September 1, 2003) – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix will today attend the AFL-CIO’s national Labor Day rally (cohosted by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees [UNITE], and the Teamsters in Cincinnati, Ohio) for the purpose of briefing the media regarding the systematic abuse of employees […]

National Right to Work To Triple Pro Bono Assistance to Workers Facing Abusive Union Organizing Tactics

CINCINNATI, Oh. (September 1, 2003) – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix will today attend the AFL-CIO’s national Labor Day rally (cohosted by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees [UNITE], and the Teamsters in Cincinnati, Ohio) for the purpose of briefing the media regarding the systematic abuse of employees […]

Worker Rights Advocate Comments on Teamsters Endorsement of Gephardt’s Presidential Bid

Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2003) – Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, an employee rights advocacy group, issued the following statement regarding today’s anticipated endorsement of Congressman Richard Gephardt’s (D-MO) presidential candidacy: “For most observers of politics, this announcement should come as no surprise. In fact, the only people […]

Worker Rights Advocate Comments on Teamsters Endorsement of Gephardt’s Presidential Bid

Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2003) – Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, an employee rights advocacy group, issued the following statement regarding today’s anticipated endorsement of Congressman Richard Gephardt’s (D-MO) presidential candidacy: “For most observers of politics, this announcement should come as no surprise. In fact, the only people […]

Full Foundation Action September/October 2020 Newsletter Now Online

All articles from the September/October issue of Foundation Action are now on the website. In this issue: Foundation Defends New Rules Protecting Right to Remove Unwanted Unions Chicago Transit Worker Joins Mark Janus at Supreme Court in Demanding Refunds Mix to US Attorney: Let Workers Refuse to Fund Scandal-Ridden UAW Bosses Push to Remove UFCW Union […]

The Obama Administration’s Ethics Blind Spot for Big Labor

The Obama Administration hasn’t been shy about paying back the union bosses, but it has been shy about answering basic questions about its collusion with Big Labor. So while Monday’s report in Politico shouldn’t shock anyone, it is telling: President Barack Obama’s political director failed to disclose that he was slated to receive a nearly $40,000 payout from a large labor union while he was working in the White House.

Foundation Submits Comments Opposing Rollback of Labor Department Union Disclosure Guidelines

The National Right to Work Foundation has submitted formal comments opposing proposed rule changes that would dramatically undermine union transparency at the Obama Department of Labor (DoL). The full comments can be found here, but the long and short of it is that the Obama DoL is proposing two major changes to union disclosure under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959: