Next door in Indiana: A threat to union rights … and a small victory for free speech
The Indianapolis Star reports that Gov. Mitch Daniels has withdrawn controversial new rules limiting the number of Hoosiers allowed to enter their own state capital building to speak their minds.
The new rules were announced, not-so-coincidentally, as Republican lawmakers introduced a proposed “right-to-work” law. The bill, which was shelved last year in the face of overwhelming opposition from working people, would critically weaken unions by outlawing union contracts that contain mandatory union membership or dues payment.
Hundreds of union members, Occupy Indy activists and other ordinary citizens stood in lines in the freezing weather outside the state house this morning, waiting for a chance to speak their minds about the anti-union law and the attacks on free speech. The fight against “right-to-work-for-less” continues. Check with the Indiana AFL-CIO for details.
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