Right to work

• By TOM LoBIANCO Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana became the Rust Belts first right-to-work state Wednesday in a move that is sure to embolden advocates seeking to curtail union rights across the country.
(msnbc.com)
• For the first time, supporters of right-to-work laws can claim victory in the industrialized Midwest. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels yesterday signed legislation making it illegal to require nonunion workers to pay union dues.
(Bloomberg)
• Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Indiana's House of Representatives approved a bill that would exempt nonunion employees from paying dues when working alongside union workers, a critical step toward final passage.
(Businessweek)
• INDIANAPOLIS – Weeks of bitter debate culminated Wednesday with the Indiana Senate giving final approval to right-to-work legislation.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana is officially a right-to-work state. At 1:45 p.m. region time Wednesday, Gov.
(NWI.com)
• Union protestors march through the Super Bowl Village after the Senate voted to pass the right-to-work bill in Indianapolis.
(Charleston Daily Mail)
• The Indiana Statehouse today passed House Bill 1001, which affirms that no employee in the state can be forced to pay dues to a union as a condition of a company's employment. The passage of the "right to work" bill was a big win for Republican Gov.
(Investors Business Daily)
• Indiana does not need or want this anti-worker legislation, Hoffa said. I know that working Hoosiers will not stand by and watch as their wages and benefits are driven down as a result of this new law.
(Big Hollywood)
• Indiana Republicans passed their anti-union "right-to-work" bill this morning, and Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed the bill this afternoon, officially making his state the 23rd to adopt such a law this afternoon.
(Think Progress)
• The chief of staff for Rep. Jim Jordan is taking a leave of absence to manage Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel's campaign for U.S. Senate. Its unusual for a public body to be found in violation of Ohios open-meetings laws.
(Columbus Dispatch)