Posted on 12/05/2014 3:35:08 PM PST by mdittmar
(Reuters) - Wisconsin Republicans say they plan to start the new year by introducing a right-to-work measure that would prohibit private sector labor unions from requiring workers to pay dues.
Republicans control both sides of the Wisconsin Legislature and the governor's mansion, leaving a clear path for right-to-work legislation that is already law in 24 states, including Michigan and Indiana, where laws were approved in 2012.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald on Thursday said in a statement that the legislature "simply cannot avoid engaging in an open debate" about right-to-work legislation and wanted to determine the most appropriate version for Wisconsin.
Fitzgerald said the legislature owed it to residents to have a public policy discussion on the issue.
Supporters of right-to-work legislation say it promotes the individual liberty of workers by giving them the choice of whether or not to join a union, and perhaps more importantly, whether to pay membership dues.
Opponents say the legislation weakens union solidarity and will lead to lower wages for all workers.
"It's a power grab," Phil Neuenfeldt, president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, said on Friday in a telephone interview.
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Inquiring minds want to know;)
Yes. Why wouldn’t they? The worst that could happen (from their point of view) is that the law gets changed in ways they don’t approve.
Neuenfeldt said that a right-to-work law would allow employers to divide workers against each other
In other words, the Good ones might get Paid More while the Bad ones won’t
If we’re going to see political change enacted by the GOP it won’t happen in DC where Bonehead and McCoward will acquiese to the president. It’s going to occur at the state level. Good for you Wisconsin!
YES!! Go, Governor Walker!! Godspeed, and kill the mandatory union dues (and membership, etc.), once and for all!!
:) I’m so proud of my Gov (and the ones who are helping him)...
I wonder why Walker is downplaying this?
Hopefully he figures that it has enough momentum so that he doesn’t have to invest any of his own capital into getting it passed.
ALL STATES RIGHT TO WORK.
NO COMPULSORY UNION DUES.
OUTLAW ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS
OUTLAW WITHHOLDING OF UNION DUES FROM WORKERS PAYCHECKS
NO EARLY VOTING
NO FELONS VOTING
VOTER FRAUD MINIMUM 25 YEAR SENTENCE.
THROW OUT ALL REGISTRATIONS, NEW NATIONAL VOTER ID CARD REQUIRED TO VOTE.
INVESTIGATE , INDICT, AND IMPRISON ALL MARXIST CROOKS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS AND THE AFL-CIO.
DEFUND THE CPUSA!
Right to Work agenda for State Republicans.
FReep mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Because he is a low-risk politician. He won’t say anything until he figures out which way the political winds are blowing.
At least we got rid of Pat Quinn (Illinois.)
If only. The Wagner Act requires that everyone in a union shop, whether he is in the union or not, gets compensated according to the terms in the union contract. Right to work is, unfortunately, not the right to bargain. The real damage done to unions by RTW is the undermining of the union seniority system.
Wow, this should be fun. I wonder what side the unionized LEO`s will take?
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