Accuracy in Media

A judge in Dane County sided with the unions and Wisconsin’s attorney general said he will appeal the decision, considering it hasn’t been ruled unconstitutional in twenty-five other right-to-work states. Photo by Gage Skidmore

The state legislature overrode the veto of the governor, so ta-da, the state is the 26th one to become a right-to-work state. Photo by United Steelworkers – Metallos

There will be a veto by the governor, but the veto could be overturned, which would make it a right-to-work state. Photo by Marc Tomik

Yes! No more unions for these workers in Alabama: “Alabama factory workers voted for the fifth time in two years to break ties with the UAW on Tuesday.” “Workers at NTN-Bower voted 74-52 to boot the union off the premises of the manufacturer, making it the third time anti-union employees have beaten UAW Local 1990 […]

All thanks to Republican governor Scott Walker, who ended coercive union rules and survived political challenges from the labor unions. Now AFSCME is trying to survive after Wisconsinites can choose whether to join a union or not.

The Washington Free Beacon reported on this messy issue with right-to-work laws facing off against labor unions: “A Michigan electrical worker filed formal labor charges against a major union because of onerous withdrawal procedures implemented in response to the passage of right to work laws.” “Ryan Greene, a worker at Croswell-based Paramount Industries, said in […]

Another victory for right-to-work advocates in Wisconsin! As the Washington Free Beacon noted: “A judge in Wisconsin voided a teachers union contract that would have forced educators in the Kenosha Unified School District to pay dues as a condition of employment.”

This lawsuit was filed on the heels of Illinois GOP Governor Bruce Rauner’s lawsuit to end mandatory union dues for civil servants i.e. public employees, in order to bolster Rauner’s case and possibly deter Rauner from settling out of court.

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is set to sign the right-to-work law in his state, but like most states, it puts unions in charge of the execution of the law. What?!

On Tuesday, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews interviewed both the head of the United Auto Workers (UAW) in Michigan and the state director of Americans for Prosperity (AFP) about the state legislature’s passage of a right-to-work law earlier that day. Matthews started by quizzing UAW Michigan president Bob King about the union’s reaction, and commended him […]