National Right To Work

National Right to Work Committee
Basic facts
Location:	Springfield, Virginia
Type:	501(c)(4)
Affiliation:	Nonpartisan
Top official:	Mark Mix
Founder(s):	Fred A. Hartley
Year founded:	1955
Website:	Official website
Promoted policies
Labor and unions
Budget
2013:	$11,071,587
2012:	$16,236,323
2011:	$12,267,849
2010:	$14,971,791
Board members Charles R. Serio, Cornell W. Gethmann, Mark Mix, Anne M. Coulter, Matthew M. Leen, Stephen O. Goodrick, Greg W. Mourad, Mary J. King

The National Right to Work Committee is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that works for legislation against what it calls "compulsory unionism," when employment is contingent upon joining a labor union.^[1]

History and Mission[edit]

According to the NRTWC website, the organization has three specific objectives:^[1]

“

Working to secure roll-call votes on and, at the soonest possible time, enact legislation to repeal the federal labor law provisions that authorize the firing of workers who refuse to pay union-boss tribute and prevent the forced unionization of additional public employees and farm workers. Safeguarding Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act (that section of the national labor law which reaffirms the right of states to have Right to Work laws). Helping state organizations to promote, enact and protect state Right to Work laws.[2]

”

NRTWC lobbying is largely responsible for a number of proposed pieces of legislation in the House and Senate. The most recent instance was the Jan. 28, 2015, introduction of HR 612, the National Right-to-Work Act. The proposed legislation reads: "Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment)."^[3]

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation[edit]

NRTWC is related to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a nonprofit group that "provides free legal aid to employees suffering from compulsory unionism abuse."^[1] The Legal Defense Foundation does not engage in legislative activities. Rather, it attempts to sway public labor policy through the legal system. The Legal Defense Foundation's website lists a number of United States Supreme Court cases that the organization has worked on, including the following:

• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977)
• Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson (1986)
• Davenport v. Washington Education Association (2007)
• Mulhall v. UNITE HERE Local 355 (2012)
• Harris v. Quinn (2014)^[4]

See also[edit]

• 501(c)(4)
• Nonprofit organization
• Doug Stafford
• John Tate

External links[edit]

• National Right to Work Committee
  
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

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