Sen. Rand Paul introduces national right-to-work bill

Published February 1, 2013 5:00am ET



Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced S. 204 Thursday, a bill to create a national right-to-work law. The bill “would preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.” In other words, the law would give workers across the nation the option to not join a union or pay dues to one even if their workplace was organized. Currently only 24 states allow workers to do that.

The bill has 10 Republican co-sponsors.  They are clearly hoping to build on the momentum of Michigan and Indiana recently becoming right-to-work.

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