Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Right to work

  • For the first time in more than 60 years, politicians are arguing with great fervor about "right to work" laws — state laws that bar unions and employers from requiring that workers join unions or pay union dues without joining.
  • (New York Times)
  • INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana House came to a standstill again Tuesday over proposed right-to-work legislation after most Democrats boycotted the floor as questions surrounded the constitutionality of a statewide referendum.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Michigan's potential Right to Work fight is not all about economics and jobs. Unions spend a lot of money on elections and Right to Work laws could hit them in their campaign pocket books.
  • (MLive.com)
  • INDIANAPOLIS (Indianapolis Star) -- Opponents of the states controversial right to work legislation likely dont have the votes to stop the bill, but they are hoping to pursue an alternative tactic: Give voters the final say.
  • (WLTX.com)
  • The  Indiana State Legislature is currently embroiled in a battle over  whether to pass or not pass right-to-work legislation. Both sides have  squared off making a number of claims about what such a bill would mean  to jobs in the Hoosier State.
  • (CNN)
  • COMMENTARY | According to the Indianapolis Star, a controversy has erupted in the Indiana State Legislature over a right to work bill that will give nonunion workers the option to opt out of paying union dues at companies that have union contracts.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Another group has come out with a television campaign against the proposed Right To Work bill. Governor Mitch Daniels has repeatedly stated that Hoosiers overwhelmingly support Right to Work legislation.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels defended divisive right-to-work legislation that he only recently put his name behind, while asking House Democrats to end their boycott of the measure.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • EVANSVILLE — The much talked about right-to work legislation making its way through the Indiana General Assembly also dominated a Meet Your Legislator session Saturday morning at Evansvilles Central Library.
  • (Evansville Courier-Press)

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