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.
Incredibly Creigh Deeds, the Democrat gubernatorial candidate is trying to walk a tight rope between his public support for the state’s Right to Work law and his union masters who are, according to the Washington Post, “investing heavily in Deeds.” So far, big labor has contributed over $1.4 million to Deeds and that doesn’t count millions to state Democrat party operations and get-out-the-vote efforts. Almost one fourth of all donations to Deeds are from union bosses.
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 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.
"[Spanberger] voted twice for the so-called ‘PRO Act,’ which would have destroyed the Virginia and every other state Right to Work law, and cosponsored it one last time before stepping down to run for governor."