Right to Work Indiana Daily News - Gov. Mitch Daniels signs legislation making Indiana the 23rd state with a 'right to work' law, which allows workers to avoid paying union dues. Opponents say they will try to repeal it.
With the stroke of a pen, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on Wednesday made his state the 23rd in the nation — and the only one in the Rust Belt — with a "right to work" law on its books. He also made Indiana the latest state in which Republicans have successfully pushed legislation that has angered unions and their traditional allies in the Democratic Party.
Daniels signed the bill hours after the GOP-controlled state Senate passed it in a 28-22 vote; the new law allows workers to avoid paying dues even if the workplace has a union contract.
Unions dislike right-to-work laws, arguing that they allow some workers, whom they call free riders, to get the benefits of labor contracts without having to pay for the cost of negotiations. Proponents of the laws say that forcing someone to pay dues violates their rights.
Daniels said the law would help attract business and jobs to Indiana.
"This law won't be a magic answer, but we'll be far better off with it," he said in a statement. "I respect those who have objected, but they have alarmed themselves unnecessarily: No one's wages will go down, no one's benefits will be reduced, and the right to organize and bargain collectively is untouched and intact."
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With the stroke of a pen, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on Wednesday made his state the 23rd in the nation — and the only one in the Rust Belt — with a "right to work" law on its books. He also made Indiana the latest state in which Republicans have successfully pushed legislation that has angered unions and their traditional allies in the Democratic Party.
Daniels signed the bill hours after the GOP-controlled state Senate passed it in a 28-22 vote; the new law allows workers to avoid paying dues even if the workplace has a union contract.
Unions dislike right-to-work laws, arguing that they allow some workers, whom they call free riders, to get the benefits of labor contracts without having to pay for the cost of negotiations. Proponents of the laws say that forcing someone to pay dues violates their rights.
Daniels said the law would help attract business and jobs to Indiana.
"This law won't be a magic answer, but we'll be far better off with it," he said in a statement. "I respect those who have objected, but they have alarmed themselves unnecessarily: No one's wages will go down, no one's benefits will be reduced, and the right to organize and bargain collectively is untouched and intact."
continue reading => Indiana enacts 'right to work' law
Right to Work Indiana Photo Gallery
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