Two sides to labor issue
So here we are again, and it seems little has changed from the last Indiana legislative session. The Republicans claim proposed labor legislation makes economic and good business science, while Democrats claim passing it would lead to drastic cuts in wages and their bargaining capabilities.
The claims of both parties may be a bit overstated. However, from this viewpoint, the overriding factor is the taking away of the choice of the affected employee to make a choice as to whether or not to join a union. Certainly the employee’s ability to choose would be a detriment to union control (key word “control”), and some employers would favor the choice matter (key word “some.”)
It seems the people who most loudly proclaim absolute support of human rights and one’s ability to control their own destiny, are now demanding through legislation that anyone who does not join them does not qualify for employment with them. Can you say “hypocrisy”?
Besides this, we would not have a problem here if the unions were what they hold themselves out to be, as all employees would be clamoring to be members rather that choose to opt-out. Thus a reasonable solution would be to pass the bill and you union bosses get off your duff and make membership attractive enough to retain your union’s position. But that would be too much to expect.
The only good coming from this holdout is that goofy smoking and other “whacky” control laws are not moving. However “no work/no pay” should prevail for all legislators.
— Bill Jaeger
Terre Haute
Learn more about right-to-work law
For a state that does not have a right-to-work law or similar provision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that collective bargaining agreements may not require workers to join unions. Collective bargaining agreements may only require nonmembers to pay the proven proportion of dues that unions spend to represent them. Nonmembers don’t have to pay such costs until they are explained, and may first challenge them.
Twenty-eight states follow this law now, including Indiana. The 22 states that have right-to-work laws are for the most part agricultural or tourism states.
Would you like to see us return to the Wowbly Movement or maybe the Car Barn riots of the 1930s? Maybe you are too young to know what I mean. Before you vote, find out.
— Bob Tryon
Terre Haute
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