POLL: Should Right-to-Work be Debated Again?
More bills, another Statehouse rally. Where do you stand on right-to-work?
Later today at the Statehouse in Concord, state employees, firefighters, police, public school teachers, and others, will be rallying against another right-to-work bill being proposed in the New Hampshire House.
The House Labor Committee will take up HB 1677, which opponents call a "nearly identical to last year's right to work for less bill" that was vetoed by Gov. John Lynch, a veto which was later sustained. Proponents say that spending on state and public employees must be controlled in order to preserve "the New Hampshire Advantage."
What do you think? Should right-to-work continue to be debated or is it time to move on? Vote in our online poll and leave a note in the comment section.
For those of you who are interested, the hearings will be streaming online and Patch will have more news about it later today.
Brian Yurick
1:49 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Question - didn't the Supreme court already rule that you can opt-out of paying Union dues for religious or political beliefs? If this is true, then why is this legislation neccessary?
NH Labor News
4:52 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Right to Will lower wages and create more instability in the nh economy. Add this with the exclusive representation clause in hb1677 and you have a very scary unprecedented bill.
Nora F.
4:58 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
This legislation isn't necessary. Nobody is ever required to pay dues to a union without their consent. This law will not restore freedoms or create jobs - instead, it will lower wages and weaken our economy by sapping the strength of workers who collectively bargain.
Striker57
7:32 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Stop the attack on NH workers
LJoel Hackbart
11:47 am on Monday, February 20, 2012
H.B. 474 was shot down, so the G.O.P. just repackages it and tries to
shove it down our throats again. the relentless attack on working people
in New Hampshire and all across America continues.
www.collectivebargainingfacts.com/tag/right-to-work
www.nhlabornews.com
www.unions.org/.../02/07/rtw-still-wrong-for-new-hampshire