Biden White House Earned Big Labor’s Accolades
While Americans overwhelmingly support the Right to Work principle, Joe Biden was committed to wiping out all state Right to Work laws. As he put it, “I’m a union President. Make no bones about it.”
According to the Wisconsin Reporter’s Adam Tobias:
Unions gave $575K to Wisconsin Democratic senators voting against right-to-work bill
Labor unions have contributed about $575,000 to the 14 Democratic senators who voted Wednesday against right-to-work legislation being fast-tracked through the state Legislature, according to a Wisconsin Reporter review of campaign finance records.
Although the bill passed on a party-line vote of 17-15, liberal lawmakers did not go down without a drawn-out fight, spending nearly eight hours on the Senate floor criticizing right-to-work laws, which prohibit private-sector unions from charging union dues as a condition of employment.
Taking a page out of their union donors’ playbook, the Democratic senators spouted the usual, disputed rhetoric… [read more at the Wisconsin Reporter]
While Americans overwhelmingly support the Right to Work principle, Joe Biden was committed to wiping out all state Right to Work laws. As he put it, “I’m a union President. Make no bones about it.”
National Right to Work President applauds legislation that would prevent union officials from extracting union dues from workers as a condition…
One often overlooked, but critical, provision in this package of reforms, known as Act 10, revoked Big Labor’s legal power to prevent K-12 school districts and many other public employers from rewarding civil servants according to their individual talents, efforts and achievements.