United States: blow to collective bargaining in Indiana

Even though the State’s House Democrats boycotted the debates for nearly 20 days, Indiana will soon be the 23rd State to pass a “right-to-work” Act limiting unions’ power.  On Wednesday, January 15, the Indiana House voted a bill preventing them from deducting money to cover their collective bargaining expenses.  The local Senate already approved the bill and Senator Mitch Daniels announced that he would sign it, even though he campaigned against it in 2006.
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to cover their collective bargaining expenses. The local Senate already approved the bill and Senator Mitch Daniels announced that he would sign it, even though he campaigned against it in 2006.

A first in the Great Lakes region. It has been ten years since such a law has been passed (the last one was in Oklahoma in 2001). Besides, it is the first in the Great Lakes region, where manufacturing is very present. The AFL-CIO says the Indiana state House passed a “right to work” for less bill.

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