Absurd Ohio Education Association (OEA) talking points show the union’s desperation to obscure the truth about workplace freedom, which would allow Ohio teachers to opt out of paying the dues that make OEA bosses wealthy and powerful. The image shown at left, posted by OEA to the union’s Facebook page on January 5, 2013, is one… Continue reading Teachers Union Desperate, Delusional Due to Workplace Freedom Campaign
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Union Billboard: “Workplace Freedom Act Poisons Workers”
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 18, a Cleveland-based labor union, has purchased at least one billboard on State Route 315 in Columbus reading “Workplace Freedom Act poisons workers.” With its text flanked on both sides by skull-and-crossbones “POISON” symbols, the billboard stands as testament to one of the reasons Governor John Kasich… Continue reading Union Billboard: “Workplace Freedom Act Poisons Workers”
Union Front We Are Ohio Smears Workplace Freedom as Racist
Union campaign committee We Are Ohio embraced the narrative that workplace freedom is racist following the sudden passage of a right to work law in Michigan. In a series of posts through late December, We Are Ohio directed its 110,000 Facebook fans to stories variously depicting workplace freedom supporters as Ku Klux Klan members and describing workplace… Continue reading Union Front We Are Ohio Smears Workplace Freedom as Racist
Ohio Education Association Propaganda Shows Union’s Low Opinion of Teachers
The Ohio Education Association (OEA) recently added a “Why No Rights at Work is Wrong” page of retooled We Are Ohio propaganda to the union’s website, which is paid for with mandatory union dues. Based on the cartoonish talking points against workplace freedom, OEA bosses don’t think teachers are terribly bright. A Media Trackers analysis of each union… Continue reading Ohio Education Association Propaganda Shows Union’s Low Opinion of Teachers
Workplace Freedom in Michigan Ups the Ante for Ohio
Michigan became the second workplace freedom state neighboring Ohio on December 11, less than a year after Indiana implemented right to work. The abrupt, lame-duck passage of “freedom to work” legislation by Michigan’s Republican-controlled state legislature and Governor Rick Snyder prompted renewed speculation that Ohio needs to follow suit to stay competitive. Already union front We Are Ohio… Continue reading Workplace Freedom in Michigan Ups the Ante for Ohio
Reality vs. We Are Ohio’s “Right to Work is WRONG” Infographic
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. We Are Ohio recently published an infographic of AFL-CIO talking points from 2002, presenting decade-old union spin against workplace freedom as current facts. The infographic, which contains four claims and lists no source, is easily debunked with public records and an understanding of what “right to work”… Continue reading Reality vs. We Are Ohio’s “Right to Work is WRONG” Infographic
We Are Ohio Compares Michigan Republicans to Japanese Who Bombed Pearl Harbor
We Are Ohio reacted furiously to the Michigan state legislature’s passage of a workplace freedom law, comparing the move to Japan’s December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. We Are Ohio posted a branded graphic and a series of Facebook updates bearing this theme, the latest in the union front’s already vicious campaign to protect… Continue reading We Are Ohio Compares Michigan Republicans to Japanese Who Bombed Pearl Harbor
Compared to Ohio, Wage Trends Favor Workplace Freedom States
Average wages in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky were each leapfrogged by multiple workplace freedom states from 2001 to 2011 based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. Comparing Ohio and its 5 neighboring states to the 22 workplace freedom states – whose ranks Indiana joined in February 2012 – Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana were 3… Continue reading Compared to Ohio, Wage Trends Favor Workplace Freedom States
Ohio’s Abysmal Job Growth Compared to Workplace Freedom States
Job creation in Ohio lagged far behind all 22 workplace freedom states from 1991 to 2011, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) records. Without cherry-picking data as union bosses must in order to defend forced unionism, total seasonally adjusted non-farm employment growth shows a huge advantage for residents of right to work states. With the… Continue reading Ohio’s Abysmal Job Growth Compared to Workplace Freedom States
We Are Ohio’s Case Against Right to Work
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Union campaign committee We Are Ohio prepared a slogan and talking points against a right to work initiative in Ohio using some of its $700,000 cash on hand at the end of 2011. Nearly a year later, these materials still represent the best arguments union bosses have offered for maintaining… Continue reading We Are Ohio’s Case Against Right to Work