Will Idaho Bust Big Labor Collection Racket?
Under current law, union dues are often extracted from Idaho teachers’ paychecks without their active consent.
Two Minnesota legislators are pushing a bill that would protect workers from forced unionism by turning Minnesota into a Right to Work state. “What we find is in employee free states, you find more influx of some of the financial capital and human capital that contributes to job growth and creation,” says Republican Representative Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa.
Drazkowski and Senator Dave Thompson of Lakeville, want Minnesota to join the 23 other right to work states in the country like North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa.
Under current law, union dues are often extracted from Idaho teachers’ paychecks without their active consent.
“...Right-to-Work is overwhelmingly popular with the commonwealth’s citizens, and states with such laws typically enjoy far faster employment growth and substantially higher cost-of-living-adjusted disposable incomes than forced-dues states.”
A handful of short-sighted Republicans are hurting themselves and their own party by failing to cosponsor the National Right to Work Act, breaking pledges they made to their constituents and helping Big Labor keep the legislation from coming to the floor.