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- . dence amassed by the National Right to Work Committee, Alabama NEA offi- CHRONOLOGY cials have admitted publicly that union kingpins illegally subsidized Walter * March 4-12: National Right to Work Mondale's presidential campaign by Committee investigator mans partisan providing free "in-kind" political ser- phone bank at Alabama Education Asso- vices. ciation offices in Montgomery. The admission comes from top offi- * Sept. 4: National Right to Work Com- cials of the NEA affiliate in Alabama mittee rfes complaint with Federal Elec- and from Mondale workers who alleg- tion Commission alleging illegal union edly coordinated campaign activities subsidies of Mondale campaign by AEA with the militant teachers' union. officials. These services, financed victims of Sept. 5: AEA's executive secretary denies by Committee's allegations. forced NEA representation, were exposed * Sept. 13: Confronted with Committee by the Committee's nationwide investi- evidence, AEA's executive secretary and gation into forced-dues politicking by Mondale campaign officials publicly ad- corrupt union bosses. mit to federal election law violations. After insisting for more than a week that there was no substance to Commit- Mondale win the Alabama primary. tee charges filed with the Federal Election Commission union bosses banks, precinct organization and parti- investigators hired by the Committee were backed into a corner when con- san get-out-the-vote drives that union have traveled throughout the United fronted with Committee evidence, and officials buy the allegiance ofpoliticians States during the past seven months, Jjr rorcer to admIff thieyr' LwhA.wi[ ,,.r tqroversial infiltrating Big Labor's Mondale cam- gal in-kind political services to Mondale. social, political and economic agenda. paign and logging irrefutable evidence The Alabama charges, filed in early Widely opposed by millions of rank- of forced-dues politicking: the use of September, join a set of previously filed and-file workers these often-radical compulsory union dues to advance pol- complaints charging union officials with causes are nevertheless financed by Big itical causes and candidates trumpeted illegally subsidizing the Mondale cam- Labor's forced-dues politicaljuggernaut. by the union brass. paign. The new round of charges brings To help right this wrong, private See Investigation page 2 the total number of complaints filed by the Committee to eight. The complaints document more than 25 instances in which power-hungry union officials have violated federal election laws in an Apologists Stall Hobbs Measure 'Put Up or Shut Up' effort to plop Big Labor marionette Metzenbaum threatens to filibuster in Larson challenges claims of Kirkland, Mondale into the Oval Office. committee ..... 2 Trumka ...... 4 The Committee launched the investi- gation last February to expose and end the misuse ofcompulsory dues for polit- Labor Council Gets New Blood Presser Shoots Himself in Foot ics. It is through the spending of Union bosses lose control of GOPpol- Demand to oust NLRB chairman hundreds ofmillions ofdollars annually icy board ..... 3 backfires ...... 6 for "in-kind" services like phone Investigation services at below-market rates to prop- Dunn, coordinator for Mondale's cam- continuedfrom page I agandize anyone other than members of paign in Alabama's 2nd Congressional the union whose money is involved. District. "AEA people didn't use the UNION OFFICIALS Despite these clear restrictions, cam- phones. They were all Mondale volun- CAUGHT RED-HANDED paign reports filed with the FEC through teers." Three of the latest complaints focus July reveal that the Mondale campaign on technical violations of federal elec- has neither paid for nor been billed for COMMI | E CHALLENGES tion laws, while the fourth documents campaign services financed by AEA's LETHARGIC COMMISSION substantive charges that Alabama Edu- general treasury. With the previously filed complaints cation Association officials blatantly According to the investigator's affi- still pending before the FEC, the Com- violated the law by providing union- davit;jtwo people-who played key roles mittee has gone to court to force the Big owned offices and phone banks to the in the partisan phone bank have received Labor-dominated Commission to act Mondale campaign at no charge. The expense money from the Mpndale cam- on a Feb. 17 complaint, and a court Committee charges that these illegal paign "'and, therefore, the Mondale hearing on that case is expected to be AEA "in-kind" services to the Mondale campaign knew or must have known of held within the next few weeks. campaign - financed by dues ofcoerced tlhe phone bank operation,' Committee The Committee's fight against forced- union members - are part of a massive, vice president William-A. Wilson said. dues politicking continues on other coordinated effort to mobilize general fronts as well. Earlier this year, freedom- public support for the former vice pres- COMPLAINTS SEEK of-choice advocates, assisted by National ident in the Alabama Super Tuesday MAXIMUM PENALTY Right to Work Legal Defense Founda- primary. The complaints, filed jointly by the tion attorneys, won.a.aandmark nling Mondale, deeply in hock to Big Labor Committee and former from the U.S. Supreme Court in the bosses, won the Alabama primary last legislator Bud Hettinga Jr., call for the case of Ellis/Fails v. Brotherhood of March with 34 percent of the popular FEC to remedy the violations and to Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks. vote. Coming after a string of defeats in assess the respondents "the maximum The justices ruled unanimously against New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, civil penalty for knowing and willful the expenditure of compulsory union the Alabama victory played a crucial violations." dues for nonbargaining activities such role in resurrecting Mondale's faltering AEA executive Paul Hubbert, before as politics. campaign and carrying him to the seeing the irrefutable evidence, flatly In Congress, the Committee is sup- Democrat Party nomination. denied the Committee's charges, saying porting legislation sponsored by U.S. The evidence proving that union offi- the telephones were not used by Mon- Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) that would cials broke the law came directly from a dale campaign personnel. One week implement the Ellis/Fails decision by private investigator who for more than later, however, Hubbert did an about- outlawing the use of compulsory union a week helped staff a Mondale phone face. Mondale campaign officials also dues for all political and ideological bank at AEA headquarters in Mont- admitted the phone banks were used spending. Similarly, the Committee gomery last March. prior to the presidential primary. backs a bill introduced by Rep. Ed Federal election laws prohibit union "We had lots ofphone banks, notjust Bethune (R-Ark.) that would require officials from spending dues money in AEA's, but we did use seven of their full public disclosure of all "in-kind" support of their chosen political candi- (phones), and we did have calls going on political expenditures by organized dates, and from providing campaign every single night," admitted Elizabeth labor. - Metzenbaum Bottles Up Hobbs Measure Despite the dogged efforts of U.S. for a committee vote in mid- ages union officials' widespread use Sens. Jeremiah Denton and Charles September. His threat proved suc- of violence and intimidation. Union Grassley - both staunch Right to cessful. Corrupt union bosses - see- bosses received a unique license to Work advocates - Big Labor lack- ing the amendment as pure poison to beat, bomb and burn without fear of eys on the Senate Judiciary Commit- their reign of terror - still have federal prosecution in 1973's contro- tee kept the Hobbs Act Amendment enough Judiciary members in their versial Enmons decision by the U.S. bottled up in committee during the pockets to prevent the bill's suppor- Supreme Court. In that case, five of panel's first two meetings in Sep- ters from voting to end a filibuster. ninejustices declared that union offi- tember. Despite the continued willingness cials were immune from federal Denton (R-Ala.) and Grassley (R- of some members to duck a vote on prosecution for acts of violence Iowa) worked tirelessly in the halls of the measure, there is solid evidence committed in pursuit of "legitimate Congress this month to see that the that - thanks to effective lobbying union objectives." Judiciary Committee forwarded the by Right to Work supporters in recent The Hobbs Act Amendment would anti-violence measure to the Senate weeks - the amendment's passage is restore equity to federal law by mak- floor. virtually assured if a committee vote ing union officials subject to the same Nonetheless, Sen. Howard Met- is taken. penalties as all other Americans. The zenbaum (D-) led the apologists' The Hobbs Act Amendment, intro- measure stands a good chance of pas- delaying tactics by threatening to fil- duced by Grassley, would close the sage on the Senate floor.s ibuster S.462 when it was called up loophole in federal law that encour- 2 Free Choice Advocates Win Voice on Labor Advisory Council

GOP Policy Forum Wrested from Union Bosses Right to Work supporters moved enemies of freedom." swiftly and decisively in Dallas last Fannin's pre-convention efforts set month to restructure the GOP's union the stage for sweeping reform of the boss-dominated Labor Advisory Coun- council membership and, once in Dal- cil, winning equitable representation for las, Idaho Rep. John Brooks (R- champions of employee freedom. Gooding) carried the Right to Work The Labor Advisory Council, em- banner to the convention Rules Com- powered with establishing Republican mittee. Brooks protested the anti-worker policy on labor-related issues, has been hue of the powerful advisory board, a one-sided forum for Big Labor profes- demanding that the Labor Advisory sionals since its formation in 1980. Not Council membership be reconstituted coincidentally - in this election year to reflect accurately the ratio of union - nearly all 24 Council members were members to independent employees in strident proponents offorced unionism, the nation's workforce. putting them at odds with 72 percent of With the support of convention dele- all Americans. And 19 of the 24 were Former U. S. Sen. Paul Fannin, a gations from Idaho and Virginia, Brooks current or former union bosses, includ- member ofthe National Right to Work was successful in offering resolutions to ing such notable compulsory unionism Committee's Board ofDirectors, paved shift the membership formula, reducing apologists as Teddy Gleason, top boss the way for sweeping changes in the Big Labor's grip by 14 seats and opening of the Longshoremen; Teamsters' west- makeup ofthe Labor Advisory Council. the council to equitable representation ern conference chief Jesse Carr; J. J. cil "nothing more than dim reflections from free-choice advocates. O'Donnell of the discredited Airline of the failed past that comprise a stra- In addition, owing to the efforts of Pilots union; former AFL-CIO political Right to Work forces at the convention, tegy for defeat - not a plan for the director Charles McMahon; and Jesse future." appointments to the GOP's Labor Calhoon, chief of the Marine Engineers Advisory Council henceforth must be union. LARSON WARNS OF approved by the full Republican But prior to the Dallas extravaganza BIG LABOR MISCHIEF National Committee. Prior to the con- last month, former U.S. Sen. Paul Fan- National Right to Work Committee vention rules amendments, RNC chief nin, a member ofthe Board of Directors president Reed Larson recently has Frank Farenkopf was empowered to of the National Right to Work Commit- warned against such "pandering" to the make appointments without committee tee, alerted key Republican leaders that union hierarchy, noting that GOP approval. the Labor Advisory Council would be strategists have maneuvered the Labor Larson had high praise for the alert "proposing positions completely oppo- Advisory Council to court Big Labor's movement of Right to Work forces in site those of most working people." top brass in exchange for dubious polit- Dallas, claiming "a clear victory for Fannin warned that American workers ical payoffs. workers' rights despite election-year "will not play the Democratic game of When Republicans first revealed the posturing by top officials of Big Labor pandering to a few highly paid union council membership Larson termed the and the GOP." professionals who are advancing their advisory panel "a veritable who's who in Equitable reconstruction ofthe Labor own personal interests." And in a letter the union hierarchy and a mischievous Advisory Council is scheduled to begin to GOP general chairman Paul Laxalt, device to thwart employee rights by at the next meeting of the Republican -Fminiw-teRmed the-controversial cotn- -handing the spoils of victory to the National Committee in December. - John Chamberlain On to the uFriay Ifin -D.alls ;;...cause for controversy at Dallas is the probable for this is to provide for a continuing "dialogue" with the Republican response to demands from the National Right; AFL-CIO even though its big boss is a to Work Committee that there will be no temporizing on M:oale tsupporter through and through. the issue of compulsory unionism. The Virginia Republican State Central Committee, sus- ...the National Right to Work Committee's Reed Larson pecting that Reed Larson's fears about "mischief"rm t is not inclined to take any monkey business from the distort a Republican labor platform plank at Dallas, is Republicans at Dallas. He warns against "mischief" on the askiingthat a new labor avisory council be set uft part of the Republican National Labor Advisory Council. duration of the fall election campaign. The coucl sho According to labor columnist Victor Riesel, the. Republi- consist of "Republican working men and Owoe uti can National Committee Chairman Frank J. Fahrenkopf and nonunion in approximate proporion,txr Jr., has loaded the Labor Advisory Council with.a number the non-farm workforce, who shall then bet dl of prominent Democratic labor union chiefs. The excuse a representative to the Executive Coucil.." .- Reprinted from RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, August 18, 1984 i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*. 3 Senate Holds Historic Hearings

Larson Calls BluffofKirkland, Trumka Topping off an historic congressional even finance union officials' retaliatory review of federal labor policy, National actions against them. Right to Work Committee president "Right now, I feel I'm paying for Reed Larson this month challenged top actions against myself," said Havas, a international union bosses Lane Kirk- 50-year-old switching technician for New land and Richard Trumka "to put up or York Telephone Co., as he detailed the shut up" in their recent claims that they union hierarchy's repeated attempts to favor the repeal of the National Labor If~~ have him fired on trumped-up charges. Relations Act. A resident of Glenfield, N.Y., Havas Right to Work supporters would not and his wife, Sue, also a phone company oppose a move to repeal the 50-year-old employee, together must pay more than labor law if Kirkland (AFL-CIO) and $56 per month to union officials to keep Trumka (United Mine Workers) sin- their jobs. For the past 12 years, they cerely desire such action, Larson said. I.~~~~. nn Al { of their..WVo1AXJIon-wnr-i-re J1hnuiv14VV bUtWl~~bemohtUUlL lve "Even though it is likely that National Right to Work Committee presi to ea an "p ontract Mr. that by o ntrac Trumka and Mr. Kirkland are simply dent Reed Larson tell a Senatepanel iose thenhyghoc to Work are to Wre of posturing for political effect, we should Right supporters prepared Cmmunicatios Ame in a serious move to the Labor not dismiss the possibility that they are join repeal serious," Larson told the Senate Sub- Relations Act. union.The experience, trying as it is, has cat) that the promote harmful, committee on Labor. cate, that the NLRA promotes harmful, failed to weaken Havas' belief in the "We would be willing to join with adversarial relations between labor and same principles that guided the United them in an appeal to Congress to wipe management. States' Founding Fathers. the slate clean by a complete repeal of "Though it is a fact not generally rec- "Unions claim the agency fee is a rep- the National Labor Relations Act. This ognized, the NLRA is designed specifi- resentation fee. This assertion rings hol- would pave the way for reexamination cally to pressure employers into becom- low. There can be no representation if of the role of government in assisting ing the instruments of union pressure one is denied the freedom of speech, union organizers, and an examination against employees. The NLRA is heav- association and expression by those of the premises on which our labor pol- ily loaded with provisions which often claiming to be representative," Havas icy is based," he said. make it profitable for employers to said. Testifying alongside two veteran tel- compromise employees' freedom of "For twelve years, I have been com- ephone company employees who are choice while, at the same time, making it pelled financially to support political battling compulsory unionism in the extremely costly for them to defend candidates not of my choice and causes courts, Larson alerted the Senate panel employee freedom," Larson said. not in my best interest. This is a presi- to the NLRA's inherent bias - a bias Barring the wholesale repeal of the dential election year; my heart is with that has left workers powerless to exer- NLRA, Larson urged Congress to adopt one candidate, yet I am compelled cise their rights under the thumb of dic- legislation that would prohibit compul- financially to support the other under tatorial union bosses. sory unionism by establishing a national fear of loss of employment. This is a "America's national labor law rests Right to Work law. S.1200 and S.2533, flagrant violation of my political free- on a faulty foundation," Larson said. introduced respectively by Sens. Paul dom as guaranteed by the Constitution." "The NLRA, as stated in its preamble, is Trible (R-Va.) and Jeremiah Denton Hurley, a 53-year-old resident of based on the premise that the public (R-Ala.), would repeal those portions of Deale, Md., is similarly shackled by an interest is best served by collectivizing federal law that grant union officials the "agency shop" contract forced upon people by organizing them into unique and abusive power to force Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. unions. To achieve this result, the fra- workers into unwanted unions. employees in his home state. A one-time mers of our federal labor law placed the These complementary bills will merit voluntary union member who formerly power of government on the side of the "the highest priority" when Congress served as a shop steward and acting union organizer and against the inde- reconvenes in January, Larson said. chief steward, Hurley resigned from the pendent citizen. WORKERS DENOUNCE CWA after the union hierarchy tried to "Too often, under the NLRA, 'AGENCY SHOP RIP-OFF strip him of his freedom to choose how employees are made mere spectators in While Larson underscored the need he would earn a living. As a result, he the crucial decision of whether or not testified, union thugs have threatened they will belong to unions which hold for legislative reform, communications workers Stephen R. Havas and John J. him and his family because of his out- dictatorial powers over working condi- ~ ~.P. ~ spoken stance against compulsory tions and wages." riuriiy LuLicu Lt intI auses iosLerea by the faulty federal labor policy. They unionism. NLRA DISCOURAGES recounted their "What we're talking about here is lengthy and ongoing to in LABOR HARMONY attempts to escape "agency shop" con- freedom of people make choices Larson reminded the subcommittee, ditions that strip them oftheir earnings, this country," he said. "You can choose chaired by U.S. Sen. Don Nickles (R- force them to support political candi- which church you want to go to, where Okla.), a strong Right to Work advo- dates and causes they disagree with, and See Right to Work Hearings page 5 4 -.t..2m

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Right to Work Hearings rence G. Russell, a police officer for the rights - will not allow us to exercise continuedftom page 4 Santa Fe Railway Co. and a plaintiff in our statutory right to freedom of a three-year-old lawsuit filed against the choice," Russell said. you want to live, what work you want to National Mediation Board. Russell, of The dedication shown by Havas, do, who you want to vote for, which Amarillo, Texas, was disqualified by Hurley and Russell to the Right to party you want to be a member of if the Board in 1981 as a prospective Work cause drew a strong statement of any. And what choices we make we employee representative because it was thanks from Larson. pay the consequences ifwe're wrong and his intention, once elected, to abandon "The willingness of these fine men to we have the enjoyment of being right coercive forced union membership. go to bat union when we're right but the choices against power-hungry "For whatever reason, this federal bosses should be a source of inspiration belong to the citizens, not to any private agency believes that once railroad or to group." to all Right Work supporters," Lar- airline employees vote to be represented son said. TEXAN SCORES by a labor union they must remain "Their appearance before Congress RAILWAY LABOR ACT represented. What we have not been today was ofimmeasurable value in this Joining the chorus ofcriticism leveled able to understand is why the federal vital first step to restore equity to fed- at the one-sided labor laws was Lau- agency created to protect employee eral labor law."- NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK NEWSLETTER is published by the National Right to Work Committee, 8001 Braddock Road, Springfield, VA 22160. Phone (703) 321-9820. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the National Right to Work Committee, 8001 Braddock Road, Springfield, VA 22160. 5 Committee Blocks Big Labor Power Grab at NLRB Teamsters' Political Blackmail Fails Attempts at political blackmail ofthe Reagan Administration backfired last R rinte4 month when Teamsters union chief Jackie Presser threatened to withhold endorsement of the President unless White House officials complied with union boss demands to oust National Labor Relations Board chairman Donald Dotson, a champion ofemployee rights. At least one Administration insider revealed to The Washington Post that plans had been concocted to pressure Dotson from his NLRB post as a booty paid to Presser for cozy political ties. A But when Presser stated publicly that his endorsement hinged on Dotson's ouster, this Administration source said, "We're not getting into the deal of sel- ling jobs for endorsements. We've tried Teamsters'top boss Jackie Presser likes to knuckle under to Presser's public to make it happen, but because Presser to throw his weight around, but his demand that Reagan oust NLRB chair- is out there stating the price of endor- latest attempt atpoliticalblackmail blew man Donald Dotson in return for the sement, hell, we can't do it." up in hisface. President Reagan refused union officials 'endorsement. Presser, top boss of the nation's most Teamster-led assault on Don Dotson." united voice from Right to Work sup- scandal-tainted union, repeatedly has With Right to Work forces express- porters blocked the appointment of called for the firing of Dotson, who has ing their distaste for hostile union boss Presser's handpicked candidate, leaving angered Big Labor apologists by direct- attacks on Dotson, President Reagan Dotson as the target of hostile aggres- ing the board even-handedly. Casting, responded publicly to questions about sion from union officials intent on tak- for the first time in history, a pro- Dotson, declaring on August 22, "I'm ing the reins at the NLRB. worker hue on NLRB decisions, Dot- not going to fire anybody." son has been the target ofvicious attacks Under Dotson's stewardship, the from union officials and their allies in And, contacting Vice President George Board has issued 11 major decisions Bush just one day before an unpublic- reversing pro-compulsory unionism Washington - including many within the NLRB bureaucracy. ized meeting with Presser, Larson policies advanced during the Carter warned Bush that "returning the domi- Administration. Union officials are sca- And, with some Republican campaign mad that the Board has returned officials clamoring to accommodate a nation of the NLRB to top union offi- thing cials like Jackie Presser would be a set- to middle ground, revoking many of Big union boss who faces possible indict- Labor's and ment on of little back for working people across the special privileges legal charges corruption, nation." immunities granted in past years. had been said - until recently - in defense of Dotson's consistent support Two days later, The Washington Post LARSON SEEKS SUPPORT of employee freedom. acknowledged that the National Right FOR to Work Committee was "Dotson's chief PRO-WORKEfrSOARD LARSON MOVES TO BLOCK defender," adding that U.S. Sen. Jesse Although Presser handed the Team- UNION BOSSCONTROL OF NLRB Helms (R-N.C.), White House Counse- sters' Executive Board endorsement to Even before Presser made public his lor III "and other conser- the President's re-election effort on failed ultimatum, National Right to vatives" had spoken out against return- August 30, Larson warned against con- Work Committee president Reed Lar- ing to union-boss control ofthe enforce- tinued attempts by Teamsters chiefs to son had moved to block Big Labor auc- ment agency. gain control of NLRB operations. tioneers from exacting such a price from Saying "we're not out of the woods Reagan strategists for a campaign bless- NLRB DECISIONS WEIGH HEAV- yet," Larson called on all Right to Work ing ostensibly aimed at gaining rank ILYON COMPULSORY UNIONISM supporters to contact President Reagan and file votes - votes which many With the NLRB empowered to enforce and Vice President Bush and express observers believe the President will federal labor law and act on unfair labor their support for Dotson's dedicated garner handily without caving in to practices complaints, recent attacks on service as Board chairman. Presser's unconscionable demands. Dotson are not the first time top union "All of us who support employee In letters to key Right to Work sup- officials have sought to regain their tra- freedom must speak out now on Don porters in recent months, Larson has ditional control of the Board. Dotson's behalf," Larson said. "We exposed Presser's maneuvers to "call the Early this year, Teamsters officials must not let the enemies offreedom dic- shots at the NLRB,"' and has activated plotted the appointment of compulsory tate the direction ofAdministration pol- Committee loyalists to contact Presi- unionism apologist Ruth Washington icy to comply with their forced union- dent Reagan and ask that he "avert the to fill a vacancy on the board. But a ism demands."U 6 State News NewNewsBriefBriefs Editor's note: The united voice of Right to Work supporters was heard Union Bosses Botch the Job from coast to coast on Labor Day. Here Top union bosses of the Commun- is a sampling of public statements from ications Workers of America recently key Right to Work leaders. spent millions in compulsory union James McCabe, co- dues to finance a self-described "anti- chairman of the Ten- Reagan" video film under the guise of nessee Right to Work so-called "voter education." After Committee distributing individual video cassettes "I am for unions but I am against the to 3,400 local affiliates, CWA bosses closed shop. Our nation was started on were inundated with complaints from the basis of freedom of religion and the workers they claim to represent. individual rights. I believe in the right to The reason? All 3,400 cassettes were choose. produced on Japanese-made Fuji film. "I do not choose to be a common Vocal "buy American" union offi- George Gardner III, man. It is my right to be uncommon if I cials in Washington were forced to president ofOregonians recall the anti-Reagan diatribe. So for Right to Work can. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state goes "responsive" union-boss repre- "I hope`thAfOregib workefs - and look after me. I want to take the calcu- sentation.- workers all over the country - will red- lated risk to dream and to build, to fall edicate themselves this Labor Day to and to succeed. I refuse to barter incen- NEA Bosses Advocate the spirit ofvoluntarism upon which the tive for a dole. I prefer the challenge of Homosexual Role Models holiday was founded. life to the guaranteed calm of Utopia. I Diverging still farther from issues "As Samuel Gompers, the father of will not trade freedom for beneficence, affecting quality education, militant the labor movement said, 'The man who nor my dignity for a handout. kingpins of the National Education arrogate to himself in the labor would "All this is what it means to be an Association-union now call for the movement absolute and autocratic American." public school teaching of"an alterna- power would be a tyrant under other tive to heterosexuality." circumstances and has no place in the Forcing individual teachers to labor movement.' finance radical social and political "Let's make a tribute this Labor Day causes as a condition of employment, to individual rights and freedom - the officials of the sprawling teachers' Right to Work - and the freedom to union have long advocated "gay choose whether or not to support a rights." But a resolution passed by labor organization." the NEA convention this year goes beyond traditional pandering to homo- Frank Smith, program new in sex director of the New sexuals, calling for a twist England Right to Work education in the classroom. Committee According to publications distrib- "Labor Day is a time when we honor uted by NEA bosses, "... homosexu- men and women across the country who als could very well serve as models of through their hard work make- this social comportment and psychologi- country what it is today ... a leader among cal maturity." Robert Morris, member nations. Among other so-called "education ofthe Arizona Right to "From the paper the issues"endorsed by NEA convention- - Work Committee's with In- Board of Directors Constitution was written on over 200 eers and promoted compulsory that union dues against the will of mil- to years ago to the steel girders give "I'm happy celebrate this Labor life to tall buildings, the hand of the lions of teachers are measures which: Day and to join in counting the bless- American worker is ever present and * support gun control. ings of this holiday with other Arizona appreciated. * support a nuclear freeze. workers. "America, the land of opportunity is * seek repeal of all state Right to "Not the least of these blessings is the also the land of the patriotic worker. Work laws. right of all Arizona workers to get and Whether it was Rosey the riveter of keep a without being forced to pay Nationwide, officials of the giant job World War II or Sammy the cabby of teachers' union have forced the firing tribute to union bosses for the privilege. a in "The importance of Right to Work today, each has played part making of teachers in several states for refus- this country great. ing to support the radical NEA pro- can't be overlooked - and I hope that enslave- to "But America still permits gram and NEA bosses are stepping every Arizona citizen will pledge ment of workers compul- defend and uphold the Right to Work by allowing up their drive to make forced support sory unionism. In a land that is 'free,' of their alien agenda a condition of this Labor Day - just as we would forced has no u defend and uphold the rest of our fun- membership place." employment for every teacher in the damental freedoms." nation.- 7 Responses Pour Into Headquarters Committee Supporters Propel Membership Drive

From Bangor, Maine, to Norman, "To say that I am elated by the of union boss coercion. Okla., from Spokane, Wash., to Spi- response thus far would be an under- With many crucial Right to Work vey's Corner, N.C., Right to Work sup- statement," Larson said. "Big Labor has reforms moving steadily toward enact- porters again have acted on their dedi- pulled out all stops to enslave American ment, the added strength ofnew members cation to the principles of freedom by workers, and still Right to Work sup- could tip the legislative scales favorably responding in large numbers to the porters refuse to buckle in the face of as early as this year, Larson said. National Right to Work Committee's adversity." "There is no question but that more 1984 membership drive. Established in 1955 and dedicated to active members will increase the effec- Within weeks of the August 6th the concept that no individual should be tiveness of our postcard and letter- announcement ofthe membership cam- compelled to support a labor union in writing campaigns on important legisla- paign by Committee president Reed order to earn a living, the National tive issues," Larson said. Larson, referral lists of prospective Right to Work Committee now has "I extend my sincerest thanks to those members flowed steadily into commit- more than 1.7 million members nation- supporters who already have responded tee headquarters. And as quickly as wide. to this year's membership drive, and I Committee staffers processed the lists, Much to the dismay of dues-hungry urge those who have not yet responded Larson in turn began contacting these union bosses, the Committee is working to do so. The Right to Work is a cher- nominees by letter to acquaint them on all fronts in Congress, in the ished right that none of us can afford to with the Committee's comprehensive courts and in 50 states to end com- take for granted."E battle against compulsory unionism and pulsory unionism and restore to all to ask them to join in the effort. Americans the right to earn a living free

Labor's Contribution Ever since the AFL-CIO endorsed tration, precinct workers, phone banks, mailings, for the nation's highest office last year, many.people, partisan get-out-the-vote campaigns, Election-Day including his fellow Democrats, have expres'sed con- carpools and baby sitters. Indeed, The New York cern that Big Labor was out to buy a president. When Times already has reported that the AFL-CIO has news stories revealed that the former vice president been training "almost its entire field staff' of union had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from professionals to act as political organizers for Mr. union, PACs-earlier this year in apparent violation Mondale's campaign. In the words of former AFL- of federal election laws and in contradiction of his CIO Committee on Political Education director own past statements - it just reinforced the opinion Alexander Berkin: "Money is just a minor feature of that Big Labor had targeted the right man. the support we can give a candidate." Eventually, Mr. Mondale gave back the.money In 1976 labor columnist Victor Riesel said that under pressure, and the matter was considered closed. in-kind support was worth $10 nfi-11fto nurwrsu= But PAC money is just the tip of the proverbial ice- pect, and most observers agree, that it adds up to berg when it.comes to Big Labor's influence. Now an much more now. What makes it worse is that this Arkansas congressman wants to show the American support comes out of the forced-dues payments of people just how much of it remains hidden. union members who may prefer a different candidate. Rep. Ed Bethune, a Republican, introduced a bill Congress ought to outlaw the use of compulsory last month that would require union officials to dis- union dues for political purposes, or at the least, close all "in.-kind"political spending. Current election require the disclosure of how much money unions laws ensure only that unions report direct cash con- spend on in-kind campaign services. If Labor decides tributions to candidates. Ignored are the in-kind ser- to bankroll a candidate, voters ought to know the vices that Labor can provide selective voter regis- extent of it. Reprinted from RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, September 17, 1984