Thursday, January 26, 2012

Indiana House Has Dealt A Huge Blow To Unions In The In Rust Belt

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is poised to become the first right-to-work state in more than a decade after the Republican-controlled House passed legislation on Wednesday banning unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers.

It is yet another blow to organized labor in the heavily unionized Midwest, which is home to many of the country's manufacturing jobs. Wisconsin last year stripped unions of collective bargaining rights.

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