{"id":214,"date":"2008-02-27T15:16:12","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T15:16:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:20:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:20:23","slug":"r-i-p-william-f-buckley-jr-foe-of-forced-unionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/r-i-p-william-f-buckley-jr-foe-of-forced-unionism\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P.: William F. Buckley Jr. &#8211; Foe of Forced Unionism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nToday&#8217;s regretful <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5htj3BNDPQZfgo1Sjus7DBavzhHjQD8V2RAA00\">passing<\/a> of commentator William F. Buckley Jr. reminds us of how Mr. Buckley stood up to compulsory unionism with help from the National Right to Work Foundation several decades back.  George Leef details the fight in pages 160-162 of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Free-Choice-Workers-History-Movement\/dp\/0915463970\">Free Choice for Workers: A History of the Right to Work Movement<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union officials told Mr. Buckley to join the union and pay up if he wanted to voice his opinions over the airwaves, he fought back in the form of a Foundation-aided lawsuit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThough the case was batted between the courts and National Labor Relations Board, it ultimately led the AFTRA union to stop requiring formal membership from employees.  (However, it could still compel dues from employees.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDespite this, Mr. Buckley voiced satisfaction at his case&#8217;s achievement.  Mr. Leef cites:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\tSumming up his case, William F. Buckley Jr. wrote in his sydicated column, &#8216;Thanks to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which funded this case&#8230;employees are precisely not bound to obey the union&#8217;s rules any long, and the First Amendment has won a significant victory.&#8217; <!--break-->\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nToday&#8217;s regretful <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5htj3BNDPQZfgo1Sjus7DBavzhHjQD8V2RAA00\">passing<\/a> of commentator William F. Buckley Jr. reminds us of how Mr. Buckley stood up to compulsory unionism with help from the National Right to Work Foundation several decades back.  George Leef details the fight in pages 160-162 of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Free-Choice-Workers-History-Movement\/dp\/0915463970\">Free Choice for Workers: A History of the Right to Work Movement<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union officials told Mr. Buckley to join the union and pay up if he wanted to voice his opinions over the airwaves, he fought back in the form of a Foundation-aided lawsuit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThough the case was batted between the courts and National Labor Relations Board, it ultimately led the AFTRA union to stop requiring formal membership from employees.  (However, it could still compel dues from employees.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDespite this, Mr. Buckley voiced satisfaction at his case&#8217;s achievement.  Mr. Leef cites:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\tSumming up his case, William F. 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