Union opponents speak out again against right-to-work bill as fight moves to Assembly
Source: Star Tribune
SCOTT BAUER and DANA FERGUSON
MADISON, Wis. — For the second time in less than a week, union opponents outnumbered supporters Monday at a public hearing on a bill to make Wisconsin the 25th right-to-work state — a proposal that's moving on a fast track through the Republican-controlled Legislature.
WHAT'S HAPPENING:
The Assembly Labor Committee, six days after the Senate Labor Committee held a similar hearing, planned to take testimony into the night Monday on the bill that would ban any requirement that non-union members in the private sector pay union dues. Union members, many of whom testified last week, packed an overflowing hearing room waiting for their chance to speak. People who were unable to testify at least week's Senate hearing before it was cut off were allowed to go first.
Opponents outnumbered supporters 70-1 at last week's Senate hearing and the majority of those speaking Monday were also against the measure.
KEY ARGUMENTS:
Union members and other opponents reiterated their arguments that the measure would weaken unions, leading to lower wages and unsafe workplaces. They also questioned who really wanted the law, given that coalitions representing hundreds of contractors and other businesses had formed in opposition, and said it was wrong to rush the bill through in less than two weeks.
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Bad headline. They are not union opponents. They oppose the Right to Work bill. Where do they get them from these days?
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