Right to Work
29 November 2013
Aloysius Hogan, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses recent effort to repeal laws that require workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment, why union membership offers little value, and a Supreme Court challenge to union practices.
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