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MEA President Steve Cook announced earlier this month that 99 percent of his union's members had not taken advantage of the Wolverine State's newly passed right-to-work law, but the union only allows members to opt out of membership during the month of August. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Big Labor’s massive resistance to right-to-work laws harms employees

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Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)
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NLRB nominee accused in union corruption case

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Teachers were only permitted to opt out of the Michigan Education Association between Aug. 1 and Aug. 31. (Thinkstock)
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Michigan teachers claim union is obstructing right-to-work law

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Detroit public employee unions are dead-set on reversing the Detroit bankruptcy and they have evidently decided the best way to do so is arguing that -- despite its $128.5 billion of debt -- the city isn't actually broke. (AP/Carlos Osorio)
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Detroit’s government worker unions argue city isn’t really broke

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A protester, wearing a Michigan Education Association helmet, walks past Michigan State Police at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., in 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Michigan teachers fight unions over forced dues

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Alan Leafman explains specific health plans to Raquel Bernal, left, and her husband John Bernal, middle, both of Apache Junction, Ariz., as they navigate the nation's new health care insurance system online Oct. 1 in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Obamacare website fixer is former consultant at Romney’s Bain

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Las Vegas union suspends protests after insult-laden video emerges
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Las Vegas union suspends protests after insult-laden video emerges

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Republican Gov. Scott Walker declined to answer questions Monday about a probe into electoral law violations during Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election last year. (AP/Scott Bauer)
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Special prosecutor probing Wisconsin 2012 recall election

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There seems to be a common thread among striking food-service workers: The need for shoes. (Thinkstock)

Fast-food strikers reading from their talking points too well

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka threatened Monday to use his union's resources to unseat any Democrat who supports cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Big Labor threatens to end careers of Democrats who support entitlement reform

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