Highlights in this edition: Arizona lawmakers look to push legislation that would essentially BAN picketing by union members; Kasich says “strike and you will be punished”; Gov. Nixon opposes R2W; Rep Proos in Michigan introduces R2W Zone legislation.

Indiana

Chamber's stance keeps business interests in mind
Princeton Daily Clarion
... clauses he labels "right to work." Keep in mind Kevin is president of a union of Indiana corporations and businesses, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. ...

The state is being ruined
The Herald Argus
My great state of Indiana is being ruined by Mitch Daniels and his court jester from ... Unions broken, pension funds drained, right to work state with no

New Hampshire

Right to Work bill aims to weaken worker rights
Seacoastonline.com
The subject was House Bill 474-FN, the so-called Right to Work bill. The main impact of this legislation, if enacted, would be to weaken unions and ...

Missouri

Governor Nixon opposes 'right-to-work' legislation | ksdk.com
Governor Nixon opposes 'right-to-work' legislation. Gov. Jay Nixon says proposed legislation that is ... Illini respond to benchings, down Minnesota ...

Mo. governor opposes 'right-to-work' legislation
Belleville News Democrat
Jay Nixon says proposed legislation that is designed to make Missouri a "right-to-work" state is a step backward. A Senate committee earlier this week ...

Mo. Gov. Nixon opposes 'right-to-work' legislation, says step ...
Jay Nixon says proposed legislation that is designed to make Missouri a "right- to-work" state is a step backward. A Senate committee earlier this week ...

Minnesota

HF 192, another conservative policy that fails Minnesota
Twin Cities Planet
It strips many worker protection measures and turns Minnesota into a "Right to Work" state. "Right to work" doesn't actually mean the right to work. ...

Michigan

Proos bill aims to limit union shops
Herald Palladium
... Wednesday that would allow municipalities to create "right to work" zones, ... workers in northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan, Compton said. ...

Michigan bill would allow 'right to work' zones
A state senator says he has introduced legislation that would allow counties and other local governments to create so-called right to work zones within ...

Michigan Links: State senator opens right-to-work debate by ...
John Proos , R-St. Joseph, has put the right-to-work debate back in the spotlight in Michigan by introducing legislation Wednesday that would allow for the ...

Southwest Michigan Links: Firekeepers Casino not concerned about competition ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Ron Jelinek in January, has introduced legislation that would allow municipalities to create their own "right to work" zones. [Herald-Palladium] • In Burr ...

Becoming a Right-to-Work State Will Help Save Michigan's Economy ...
... like Cleveland, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Gary, Indiana, ... However, the benefits of right-to-work policies cannot be denied, and adopting ...

Wisconsin

Walker will propose stripping collective bargaining rights from state workers

Gov. Scott Walker will seek to eliminate almost all collective bargaining rights of state and local public workers as part of his plan for fixing Wisconsin's budget deficit, a move one Democratic leader called an "assault on workers in the state."

Emily's Post: Walker's impending assault on state workers won't ...
Isthmus Daily Page
There are now so-called "right to work" laws in 22 states, and Walker would like to add Wisconsin (or, at least for now, its public employees) to the list. ...

Walker will propose stripping collective bargaining rights from ...
The MacIver Institute has long argued that Wisconsin should become a right-to- work state. Currently there are 22 right-to-work states, in which it is ...

Ohio

Kasich -- You strike, you get punished

A day after hundreds of public employees jammed the Statehouse to protest a bill they believe will kill their unions, Gov. John Kasich said he is working on an even-tougher version, one that would punish workers who go on strike.

Kasich's meetings with corporate leaders a bid to keep jobs, lure new ones to Ohio

Gov. John Kasich likes to fashion himself as Jim Rhodes re-incarnated.

Ohio Senate Republicans move to wipe out collective bargaining for all state workers

By Jim Siegel, The Columbus Dispatch

Arguing that state and local governments need the ability to adjust to the new economic paradigm, Senate Republicans today unveiled details of the most sweeping attempt in 27 years to limit the power of public unions to negotiate terms of employment.

Maine

Readers debate role of unions
Bangor Daily News
According to the Department of Labor, right to work states had the ... This “race to the bottom” that Gov. LePage is taking Maine on only serves the rich. ...

Contract talks to begin for Maine state workers

AUGUSTA, Maine — Negotiations are set to begin soon on labor contracts for thousands of Maine state workers after the current agreements end June 30

Virginia

Right To Work Works
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
It's no secret, as economist Richard Vedder recently observed in a report for the Cato Journal, that states with right-to-work laws are faring considerably ...

Arizona

Lawmaker -- Regulating unions' picketing methods would aid Arizona business

A state lawmaker wants to limit how unions can protest during labor disputes, offering a bill to ban picketing intended to coerce a company or its employees and to help employers bring defamation suits when workers spread untrue information.

General Right to Work articles

#CHAMBERLEAKS: US Chamber of Commerce Employing Hackers to Infiltrate Opponents According to e-mails obtained by ThinkProgress, the Chamber hired the lobbying firm Hunton and Williams. Attorneys for the firm solicited a set of private security firms — HB Gary Federal, Palantir, and Berico Technologies (collectively called Team Themis) — to develop a sabotage campaign against progressive groups and labor unions, including

States of Denial: So-Called "Right to Work"
States of Denial: So-Called "Right to Work" ... Proponents give these laws the misleading title "right to work." "Right to work for less" is closer to the ...

Big Union to Step Up Recruiting
Wall Street Journal
In some of the targeted states, lawmakers are considering "right to work" legislation that would eliminate laws making union membership mandatory whenever a ...

California unions stand in the way of a Texas-sized success
Washington Examiner
Texas has right-to-work laws, meaning the state forbids compulsory union dues ... Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and New Jersey, are being reapportioned to right ...

Goodyear's Union City, Tenn., plant to close, eliminating 1,900 jobs

Goodyear's plant manager placed its bad-news call to City Hall at 7:58 a.m. Thursday: The Union City plant where 1,900 employees make radial tires will close by year's end.