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

## Contents

* 1 History and Mission
* 2 National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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]

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* 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]

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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

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Right to Work Committee, "About Us," accessed April 28, 2015
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
3. ↑ U.S. Congress, "H.R.612 - National Right-to-Work Act," accessed April 28, 2015
4. ↑ National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, "Foundation Supreme Court Cases," accessed May 7, 2015