Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels got his wish — the state Right to Work bill has been shelved, thanks in part to his unwillingness to stand on principle. Daniels, who called the bill divisive, worked behind the scenes to see the bill killed. Despite his efforts to curry favor with Big Labor, the state’s Democrat’s also fled the state to avoid a vote on the issue. Now Democrats are demanding that 11 other bills be shelved before they come back to work.
Now Governor Daniels says “we won’t be bullied!” Oh really……
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.
When Right to Work advocates made their first valiant, although diffuse, efforts to stop the spread of government-imposed compulsory union membership…
Mark Mix and Kevin Hogan on NTD News discuss the introduction of the National Right to Work Act in the US House by Congressman Joe Wilson (SC).