Victory
Hardworking New Jersians struggling to get by and provide for their families have long done so under the burden of New Jersey’s onerous occupational licensing laws. These government permission slips to work in certain professions are costly, creating additional expenses for those who are trying to support themselves and get ahead in life. According to […]
AFP-NM Celebrates Right-to-Work Win Passage of ordinance a true win for New Mexico workers SANTA FE, N.M. – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) applauded the Sandoval County Commission for passing the local right-to-work ordinance sponsored by Commissioners Dave Heil and Jay Block. AFP-NM has consistently supported right-to-work laws that expand workplace freedom and free employees […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity praised the Trump administration today for working diligently to eliminate overly burdensome federal regulations that stifle economic growth, waste taxpayer dollars and limit individual freedom. Thursday afternoon the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) released the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which details President Trump’s deregulation […]
No vote on gas tax hike in House after strong opposition from Louisianans, real work just beginning. BATON ROUGE – Americans for Prosperity – Louisiana (AFP-LA), the leading grassroots advocate working against raising the gas tax, is claiming victory for halting a proposed gas tax hike. AFP-LA volunteers made their opposition clear to lawmakers by […]
It’s official: Kentucky just joined the right-to-work revolution. With the support of Americans for Prosperity, and despite union bosses’ desperate last-minute actions, right-to-work legislation was just passed by the Kentucky legislature and signed into law by Gov. Matt Bevin. This new law frees every employee from being forced to join a union and pay part […]
Our staff and volunteers have been hard at work making phone calls and knocking on doors to spread the ideas of economic freedom, and it’s paying off! Here’s a list of all the victories we’ve had in the states so far this year: Alaska Initiated and successfully passed a ballot initiative that restored the Anchorage […]
It’s official – there are now more right-to-work states in the U.S. than union shop states. West Virginia officially became the 26th right-to-work state Friday when state lawmakers overrode the Governor’s veto of the legislation passed earlier in the week. Now that the law is on the books, mandatory union dues or fees as a condition of […]
