Construction contracts for state projects should be awarded based on merit and price not as a giveaway to construction unions, the state of Oklahoma as decided. Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation to ban wasteful Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) that drive up construction costs by nearly 20% solely to reward big labor. Once again, a Right to Work state has decided to put taxpayer interests ahead of big labor special interests.
The legal notices explain that, despite this massive expansion of government-granted power for Michigan union bosses, private sector workers still have rights under federal law to opt out of formal union membership and to refuse to pay for union political or ideological expenditures, among other rights.
Neal Asbury and Rich Roffman along with their guest, Greg Mourad, discuss the National Right To Work Act and its benefits.
Watch as Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduces the National Right to Work Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.