Indiana About To OK Right To Work
State lawmakers were poised Wednesday to pass legislation that would make Indiana the Rust Belt’s first
right-to-work state and prohibit labor contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees. As the streets of Indianapolis bustled with Super Bowl festivities, hundreds of union members gathered at the Statehouse to protest the legislation and planned a downtown rally that they hoped would point a national spotlight on what is happening in the state. Indiana would be the first state in a decade to enact a right-to-work law prohibiting labor contracts that require workers to pay union representation fees/
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(AP photo: Protestors against the right-to-work issue gather at the state capitol Saturday)
Question: Has Idaho’s right-to-work law helped or hurt state workers?
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