Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's budget crunch not expected to end like Wisconsin
FOX43.com
There are some "right to work" bills being introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, however those are not expected to gain much support. According to reports, Governor Corbett is telling unions, this will be a tough bargaining year but there ...
Indiana
Dems decry education, work bills
The Herald Bulletin
Reske spoke out against the state's proposed Right to Work law, which could affect wages and strip unions of some collective bargaining rights. Reske pointed out that in states that have passed Right to Work laws, on-the-job injuries have soared 50 ...
Indiana Union Workers Protest Right To Work Bill
WRTV Indianapolis
I'd like to see our legislators walk out like they did in Wisconsin and flood the Statehouse," said Paul Kramer, a union worker. Monday's hearing on right to work is scheduled to begin at 9 am The deadline to endorse the bill and keep it active also ...
Unions To Protest At Ind. Statehouse
Eagle 99.3 FM WSCH
(Indianapolis, Ind.) - Wisconsin and Ohio are not the only state's where public employees are unhappy with budget slashing moves. Thousands of Hoosiers are expected to protest at the Statehouse in Indianapolis Monday as a right-to-work bill is heard in ...
'Right-To-Work' Protesters Pack Indiana Statehouse
WRTV Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS -- About 200 Indiana union members gathered at the Indiana Statehouse early Monday morning for a hearing on so-called right-to-work legislation opposed by unions and Democrats. Union members carrying signs reading "Stop the war on labor" ...
Tensions Rise As Indiana Legislators Plan to Put Collective Bargaining to a Vote
Mother Jones
In Indiana, both houses are controlled by the GOP, and Hoosiers are afraid that anti-union bills could pass quickly. One of the bills at issue in Indiana is a "Right To Work" proposal that would undermine union funding by eliminating mandatory union ...
Indiana union bill vote expected today | POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Evansville Courier & Press
It has the support of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and other business groups, which argue a right-to-work law would jump-start job creation and lure more businesses to Indiana. But it is strongly opposed by labor organizations that call it a ...
Union members hope to make voices heard
Indianapolis Star
The bills' backers say they will allow Indiana to keep jobs here instead of watching them go to 22 other states that have right-to-work laws. "A right-to-work law to many employers is apparently a litmus test in whether or not you are a state they want ...
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS WEEK IN REVIEW: New medical center to create 76 jobs
nwitimes.com
Controversial right-to-work legislation is scheduled to get a hearing at the Indiana Statehouse Monday. The issue, which prohibits union membership as a condition of employment, is so contentious that Governor Mitch Daniels has said he doesn't think it ...
Daniels stretches truth a bit
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
But all that is out the door with the controversial right-to-work legislation, which was posted for a hearing late Thursday afternoon. The meeting will take place at 9 am Monday, just hours before a committee deadline in the House. Right-to-work ...
GOP panel sets hearing on Ind. right-to-work bill
Bloomberg
By AP INDIANANPOLIS (AP) — Republicans who control the Indiana House are keeping alive so-called right-to-work legislation that has already drawn protests from Democrats and labor unions. The bill has been scheduled for a hearing Monday morning before ...
Indiana House committee to hear right-to-work bill
Louisville Courier-Journal
Twenty-two other states — most to Indiana's south and west — have right-to-work laws. Daniels has urged Republicans, who control the House and Senate, not to pursue the legislation because he fears the debate would be so divisive that it could derail ...
Labor groups blast 'right-to-work' legislation
nwitimes.com
About 200 people attended a rally at McBride Hall in Gary to voice their discontent with legislation being debated at the Statehouse that seeks to make Indiana a "right-to-work" state and change the rights of teachers to collectively bargain for labor ...
'Right-to-work' bill wrong for Indiana
South Bend Tribune
Hoosiers should beware of the "right-to-work" hoax that politicians and CEOs are pushing. A right-to-work law won't help business and it won't help workers. It's nothing more than a tactic to weaken and destroy unions. Workers need unions to protect ...
Study Takes Another Look at Right-to-Work Laws
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
The Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper also says workers in right to work states are less likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance or pensions. The Indiana Chamber of Commerce released a study last month that found right to work laws ...
NW Indiana workers discuss "right to work" - Chicago Federation of ...
You have come to the right place to start the organizing process. The Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is the central labor council of the AFL-CIO.
Right-to-work law bill is wrong move for Indiana
The thought of Indiana becoming a right-to-work state is a step in the wrong direction for every working person in Indiana. Nobody is forced to join any ...
Wisconsin
Thousands expected at Statehouse right to work protest
WSBT-TV
... to the Wisconsin Statehouse in Madison to demonstrate against Governor Scott Walker's plans to cut bargaining rights of public employees. "There are employers outside the state who would move their businesses here if we were a right-to-work state,"
Dayton decries 'divisive strategy' in Wisconsin
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
And Minnesota is not going to become a Right to Work state if I'm governor. People have a right to bargain collectively. That's an earned right over the last century in this country and for somebody to just unilaterally take that away - just steal it ...
Koch Brothers Behind Wisconsin Effort To Kill Public Unions
Forbes (blog)
The Kochs also invited Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, an anti-union outfit, to a June 2010 confab in Aspen, Colorado; This afternoon, Marty Beil, executive director of the Wisconsin Public Workers Union
Thousands expected at Statehouse right to work protest - fox59.com
"The employers that don't want to come to a non-right-to-work state aren't worried ... This weekend, thousands of protestors laid siege to the Wisconsin ...
Tens of thousands liberate state Capitol in Madison
San Francisco Bay View
In Indiana, working people are fighting several anti-worker bills, including so-called “Right to Work” legislation that makes it easier for companies to lower wages and cut benefits. Central Indiana Jobs with Justice has been part of actions at the ...
State worker protest: dispatch from the front
Examiner.com
“Governor Walker has stated his intention to make Wisconsin a "right to work" state in the near future. This would be a huge blow to the unions, already in steep decline, as workers at unionized workplaces would no longer be forced to join the union
Rangel: Wis. proposal attempts to 'crush the union movement'
The Hill (blog)
Gutierrez called on all Americans to "share in the sacrifice." "You want union workers and public employees in Wisconsin to sacrifice, I say the richest of the rich should also sacrifice," he said. The people of WI want a right to work state
Jesse Jackson Tells 50000 in Wisconsin: "This is a Martin Luther King Moment ...
The Nation. (blog)
Jackson sees an attempt to bring some of the crudest structural characteristics of the south to northern states such as Wisconsin. “The right-to-work laws, the barriers to unions, these were put in place to prevent workers from coming together
Minnesota
Dayton decries strategies to "pit" middle class workers against ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
And Minnesota is not going to become a Right to Work state if I'm governor. ... (In the Minnesota Legislature, the move to pass Right to Work legislation is ...
| Minnesota won't follow Wisconsin's path |
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Ohio
Pols vs. unions — what about taxpayers?
Toledo Blade
There's even revived talk about making Ohio a right-to-work state, a change that would render union membership, in the public or private sector, virtually meaningless. Some of the Senate bill's provisions are valid, or at least worth discussing. ...
Details elusive for Kasich's JobsOhio
Cincinnati.com
Democratic House Minority Leader Armond Budish, meanwhile, challenged Kvamme's right to work for state government, since he is a resident of California. The Legislative Service Commission, in an analysis of the Ohio Constitution, agreed with Budish's ...
Ohioans unlikely to favor changes Kasich is making
Dayton Daily News
Kasich wants to be rid of collective bargaining for state employees — as a start — and then for all employees in Ohio. It's called “Right-to-Work” (for less, in my opinion). Union employers help all employees do better, since a non-union employer ...
Toledo council considers taking stand against SB 5
13abc.com
The governor didn't propose the bill, but he's made it clear he wants to restructure the business climate in Ohio to help kick-start the economy. Some argue one way to do that is to make Ohio a "right-to-work" state and weaken the role of unions. ...
An assault on teachers' rights
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Even in right-to-work states like Tennessee, the right of employees to work without joining a union does not negate the right of employees to organize or join a union. President George W. Bush, like his GOP predecessors, did much to cripple unions, ...
Maine
The 'right to work' – for lower pay
Bangor Daily News
Mainers deserve to know more about this issue, and its implications for Maine. Right-to-work laws are essentially unfair. If Maine passed a right-to-work ...
Press Releases and MECEP in the News
Right-to-work laws are essentially unfair. If Maine passed a right-to-work law, nonunion employees in a unionized workplace would have a “free ride. ...
Michigan
Gov. Rick Snyder isn't ending union rights, but he wants help
Detroit Free Press
Bills have been introduced in the Republican-controlled Legislature to make Michigan a right-to-work state. A Snyder proposal to give more powers to emergency financial managers, who are appointed by the governor to manage financially troubled cities ...
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