Indiana’s new right-to-work law could prompt copycats

By Tony Pugh

When Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed legislation this month making Indiana the nation’s first new right-to-work state in more than a decade, it turned up the heat on a long-simmering debate about the intent and impact of the anti-union laws.

By making it illegal to force employees to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment, state right-to-work laws are touted as a prime enticement for relocating businesses and keeping labor costs down.

That clearly was Daniels’s thinking.

“Seven years of evidence and experience ultimately demonstrated that Indiana did need a right-to-work law to capture jobs for which, despite our highly-rated business climate, we are not currently being considered,” Daniels (R) said in a statement after the signing.

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