A group of Maryland Republicans is taking aim at the state’s powerful unions.
Nine Republican delegates, including House Minority Leader Anthony J. O’Donnell, are backing legislation that would make it a misdemeanor for employers to require that workers join or pay a union organization.
Roughly 329,000 Marylanders — or 13 percent of the working population — are members of a union, according to the Census Bureau.
By comparison, in Virginia, which is a right-to-work state, roughly 5.7 percent of workers are unionized.
