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Dec 19 2017

‘Right to work’ in Ohio? GOP lawmaker wants voters to choose

“Ohio is doing well without right to work,” said State Rep. Brigid Kelly, who also works as communication director for United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 700. “We want to build a strong middle class in the state of Ohio, and this issue is not the way to do it.”

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Dec 04 2017

Right to Work is WRONG and weakens the workplace protections that collective bargaining has brought our country. Right to Work is WRONG. Don’t trust it.

Oct 04 2017

Senate Democrats aim for nationwide Right to Work repeal

“So-called Right to Work laws give corporations the ability to trample workers’ rights and dismantle unions. I refuse to let that happen,” said Senator Sherrod Brown. “Right to Work is really ‘Right to Work for less.’”

Sep 07 2017

Canada demands U.S. end Right to Work laws

U.S. workers have an unlikely ally in their fight against Right to Work…and it’s one with significant negotiating power in the international community.

According to The Globe and Mail, Canadian negotiators are calling for the removal of Right to Work laws in the U.S.

Members of Canada’s negotiation team are requesting the U.S. pass a federal law which bans state governments from passing Right to Work legislation. The move to revive unions in major industries comes from an effort to make the U.S. and Mexico adopt better labor standards.

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Aug 10 2017

Unions plan to turn in 300K signatures, likely putting Missouri’s ‘right-to-work’ law in limbo

“It appears that Missouri labor groups will be able to block the state’s new right-to-work law from taking effect Aug. 28. They’ve collected more than 300,000 notarized signatures in the fight to force a statewide vote over the law in November 2018.”

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