That’s right, SEIU members and forced-dues payers will be paid below the newly imposed so-called “living wage” and be forced to pay SEIU dues.
Wisconsin needs Right to Work in the private sector as well. From Mark Tapscott of the Washington Examiner:
Milwaukee County officials approved a [SEIU sponsored] living wage requirement for local government contractors. SEIU’s Wisconsin Jobs Now campaign was the main backer of the requirement. But the new law includes a convenient way for contractors to avoid having to pay the [new] living wage — they can agree to force their employees to [pay] SEIU.
“The fact is, openly socialist American politicians like U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders [IVt.], U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-N.Y.], and now Zohran Mamdani also turn out to be rabid advocates of corralling workers into unions.
“As one anonymous MTA insider has acknowledged to Post reporter Nolan Hicks, the monopoly-bargaining privileges afforded by law to Mr. Simon and his cohorts make them so powerful that it’s ‘just easier to light more taxpayer money on fire than fix’ LIRR."
Since Big Labor-backed legislation repealing Right to Work protections for employees went into effect in early 2024, the state has gone from adding jobs to losing them.