I wanted to take a moment to discuss Gov. Ernie Fletcher's decision to back the right to work issue. First off, the name should be changed. Everyone has a right to work, but this plan is designed to hurt the working man.
Monday, March 6, 2006 Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s two main labor proposals are expected to die Tuesday during early morning meetings. House Labor and Industry Committee vice-chairwoman Joni Jenkins, D-Louisville, said the right-to-work and prevailing wage
INDIANAPOLIS – House Republicans late Tuesday opened up a decades-long dormant debate over union membership when they introduced an amendment that would make Indiana a right-to-work state. Democrats passionately objected to right-to-work laws, which
February 27, 2006 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A Senate committee on Monday narrowly approved measures that would allow voters to decide on raising the minimum wage and permitting collective bargaining for municipal employees. The measures now go to the full Sen
DOVER, Del. (AP)- Similar bills pending in the state House and Senate would make Delaware a so-called "right to work" state- where a worker would not have to join the union to work in a union shop.
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Two of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's top legislative priorities - opening union shops to nonunion workers and repealing the state's prevailing wage law - likely won't be in the House budget plan, Speaker Jody Richards said Friday. Democrat and Re
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In a surprising move yesterday, the anti-worker lobby in New Hampshire was dealt a significant blow in the state legislature when the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee agreed to radically amend SB 247, the proposed
Dear Editor: The current legislative session has proposed House Bill 64 and House Bill 217, which will undermine the wages in industry and weaken safety, fringe benefits and retirement funds for Kentucky workers. These conditions are called "right to w