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On November 5, 2024, the citizens of Amarillo, Texas will vote on a local ordinance that would further protect the unborn. While Texans have a strong reputation of standing for life, some wonder if this election might be different. If a majority of Amarillo voters mark their ballots FOR Proposition A, Amarillo will become the 53rd city in Texas and the 70th city in the nation to pass a Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance. Amarillo would also become the sixth pro-life ballot victory in Texas since the initiative began, following victories in Lubbock in May of 2021 and Abilene,...

Missouri voters delivered a resounding victory to unions Tuesday, rejecting a right-to-work law against compulsory union fees that had been passed by Republican state officials but placed on hold for more than a year after organized labor petitioned for a referendum. National and local labor unions spent millions of dollars to defeat Proposition A, hoping to reverse the momentum against them from a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and the adoption of similar laws limiting labor powers in other historically strong union states. Officials at the AFL-CIO called the Missouri vote "a truly historic moment."

Because the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) empowers union bosses to represent workers who don’t want a union, Big Labor apologists contend, it must also empower union bosses to force unwilling workers to pay union dues or fees. Otherwise, the workers who wish to remain union-free will get a so-called “free ride.” Ever since the Right to Work challenge to compulsory union membership, dues and fees emerged during the early 1940’s, this thin broth has been the mainstay argument of union officials and other opponents of voluntary unionism. One simple and obvious response to Big Labor complaints about the purported...