U.S. appeals court upholds local 'right-to-work' law in Kentucky

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

A federal appeals court upheld a Kentucky county’s so-called right-to-work ordinance on Friday, clearing the way for local-level laws that restrict labor unions' role in the workplace.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio ruled that federal labor law does not block Hardin County from banning the use of agreements between employers and unions that require workers to join a union.

A 6th Circuit panel composed of three Republican-appointed judges ruled that counties enjoy the same rights as states to enforce right-to-work laws that forbid these so-called union security agreements.

The panel reversed a decision by U.S. District Judge David Hale in Louisville, Kentucky, an Obama appointee, who struck down the ordinance in February after a challenge by a coalition of unions led by a United Auto Workers affiliate.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-employment-righttowork-idUSKBN13D2RU

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U.S. | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | 6:56pm EST
By Robert Iafolla

Short article. No more at link.

[William Seger]

1. 6th Circuit strikes again (nt)

[pdxflyboy]

2. Right To Work For Nothing

"Right to work for nothing" laws. They eat shit. When Trump gets sworn in, the fuckers are going to immediately pass a National Right To Work Law.

[Feeling the Bern]

3. I have lost all sympathy for American voters. You vote Republican, you get Republican policies

and instead of punishing Republicans for things like this that hurt, they reward them by re-electing them. And if you stay home instead of vote, you are just as much to blame.

Sorry, no sympathy anymore. November 8th ruined any sympathy I have.

[kimbutgar]

6. Agree 100%

These dummies keep voting for lower wages and are going to get screwed over again by the OH.

[NurseJackie]

4. Y'all enjoy your big heaping bowl of shit with corn and peanuts! This is what you voted for ...

... and this is what you shall have. Eat up!

[yallerdawg]

5. The "freeloaders" double down in Alabama.

Already law, the state just added 'right to work' to our Alabama Constitution November 8th.

"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to declare that it is the public policy of Alabama that the right of persons to work may not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor organization; to prohibit an agreement to deny the right to work, or place conditions on prospective employment, on account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor organization; to prohibit an employer from requiring its employees to abstain from union membership as a condition of employment; and to provide that an employer may not require a person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor organization."

[Blue Idaho]

7. "Right to Starve"

I live in Idaho - another right to starve state. 40 miles away is Washington state where wages are thousands and thousands of dollers higher, where roads are better, where libraries are better, and where a whole range of social services stand head and shoulders above my poverty generating state.

"Right to Starve" is a bankrupt idea that keeps wages artificially low - which impacts small businesses, state taxes, and the health and welfare of all of the citizens. Who profits? The 1%ers that's who.

[Sunlei]

8. just like Walker did, kentucky republicans will replace union jobs with free prison slave labor.

Union Workers Replaced With Prison Labor Under Scott Walker’s Collective Bargaining Law. Prisoners are now taking up jobs that used to be held by unionized workers in some parts of the state. The law went into effect last week, and Racine County is already using inmates to do landscaping, painting, and another basic maintenance around the county that was previously done by county workers. The union had successfully sued to stop the country from using prison labor for these jobs last year, but with Walker’s new law, they have no recourse.

[Sorceress]

9. The Rust-Belt voters who voted Republican should enjoy this...

and they can look forward to many more years of these types of rulings. Happy Days ahead for them that they earned with their votes.