Right to Work Support Growing on Capitol Hill
Pro-Forced Dues Federal Statutes Harm Employees and Firms Nationwide
Pro-Forced Dues Federal Statutes Harm Employees and Firms Nationwide
State lawmakers can and should act to protect public workers from forced union representation and monopoly bargaining laws.
Josh Hawley’s plan would expand Big Labor’s power, forcing workers to pay union dues or risk losing their jobs.
Union bosses use forced dues to fund high-paying jobs for family members, exposing widespread nepotism and corruption.
Abigail Spanberger dodges Right to Work questions, raising concerns she may back forced unionism if elected Virginia governor.
Trump’s labor pick, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, backed a forced-dues bill, raising concerns among Right to Work supporters.
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.”
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.
Roughly seven months before the term of rabidly anti-Right to Work NLRB member Lauren McFerran was set to expire, Mr. Biden had nominated her for another five-year term.