Top Kentucky court upholds state's 'right-to-work' law

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld the state’s so-called “right-to-work” law, which makes it illegal to require workers to join unions and bars the collection of fees from private-sector workers who choose not to become union members.

Rejecting a challenge by the Kentucky AFL-CIO and other unions, the court in a 4-3 decision on Thursday said the promotion of economic development and job growth formed the “rational basis” that the state needed to justify passing the law. The law, which took effect last year, allows workers who do not join unions to receive union-negotiated benefits without paying dues.

Nearly 30 U.S. states have passed “right to work” laws, and none have been struck down by courts. Voters in Missouri in August decided to reject a proposed right-to-work law, marking the first time such a measure was defeated at the polls.

Kentucky state officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Neither did the unions that challenged the law.

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POLITICS NOVEMBER 16, 2018 / 12:49 PM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Daniel Wiessner
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[PeeJ52]

1. Everyone should all go down to their local yacht club...

and receive their benefits without paying dues.

[benld74]

2. So wrong on so many levels

[mastermind]

3. right to work for less, now thats smart. nt

[not_the_one]

4. The whole point is to kill unions

because they -allegedly- vote almost exclusively for democratic politicians. That may have used to have been the case, but has not been, for years.

This is just another shovel of dirt on the union coffin.

Bigly Sad.

Union membership is so low maybe the union members should quit the unions en mass, and give it a couple of years, and watch how, since there would be NO incentives for the companies for wage increases or benefits improvement, they completely dry up.

I know, the working class can't afford to give up anything. They have us right where they want us.

[turbinetree]

5. I hope that the new majority in the house pass's a bill to ban right to work

and to remove Taft-Hartley.....................end of story


And as for Kentucky................FUCK YOU..............and your horse that you ride on..................whats your average wage and health care base costs in the state.....................

[Buckeyeblue]

6. This is apparently what the people of Kentucky think they want

[Farmer-Rick]

7. Yeah, cause nothing says right to work like screwing over your local union.