Union Special Privileges vs. Affordability
In addition to helping make the necessities and amenities of life more affordable, Right to Work laws help keep individual and family aggregate state-local tax burdens from spiraling out of control.
Indiana Senate committee moved the House Right to Work legislation out of committee and to the Senate Floor for a vote on Wednesday. If passed in the Senate, Gov. Mitch Daniels could sign Indiana’s Right to Work bill into law before the day is over.
From the Indystar.com:
Gov. Mitch Daniels says he’ll sign into law a controversial labor law “as soon as it comes to me.”
That could be Wednesday, after a final vote on the so-called “right to work” legislation is taken in the Indiana Senate.
A Senate committee cleared the way for that vote on today, voting 6-1 to approve the bill and send it to the full Senate.
Under the “right to work” legislation, companies and unions could no longer negotiate a contract that requires non-members of the union to pay fees for representation.
In addition to helping make the necessities and amenities of life more affordable, Right to Work laws help keep individual and family aggregate state-local tax burdens from spiraling out of control.
In response to a staffing crisis, the elected Lee County School Board (LCSB) approved an incentive plan to attract and retain teachers for high-need schools and hard-to-fill subject areas.
In the wake of Big Labor’s capture of the governorship and tightening of its grip over the Virginia General Assembly in last fall’s elections, union strategists are eager for passage of a law mandating union monopoly bargaining over the compensation and work rules of state and local civil servants.