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Congress admitted in 1947 that forced union dues violate worker rights

Christopher Cook — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:03 +0000

. . . but they didn’t do much of anything about it.

Today, we can:

Truck driver illegally forced to pay for union political activity

Press Release — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:35:56 +0000

When company officials gave West Virginia truck driver Jeff Richmond an ultimatum, he knew something wasn’t right. So he stood by his convictions.

“Management took me home because I told them I wouldn’t sign the voluntary check off authorization for the [union's Political Action Committees] for moral reasons,” explained Richmond.

“I didn’t feel that it was right for them to terminate someone because they wouldn’t sign a ‘voluntary’ check off.”

Not only was it not right, it was blatantly illegal.

So Richmond turned to ...

Tens of thousands of acts of union violence . . .

Christopher Cook — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:40:23 +0000

. . . but U.S. law protects union bosses from being held responsible.

This is not equal protection under the law. This is not how America is supposed to be.

The National Right to Work Committee even has a petition: REVOKE BIG LABOR’S LICENSE TO KILL