Worker Advocate Launches Legal Task Force to Protect Indiana Right to Work Freedom

Law prevents union officials from extracting union dues from workers as a condition of employment

Washington, D.C. – The National Right to Work Foundation announced Thursday that it is launching a legal task force aimed at protecting Indiana’s newly-enacted Right to Work law (see related article about passage of the law here).

Union officials publicly floated the idea of challenging the law in Indiana’s courts before

Indiana Becomes the Nation’s 23rd Right to Work State

House Speaker Brian Bosma and Rep. Jerry Torr sign House Bill 1001, Employee's Right to Work. Credit: IN House Republicans

INDIANAPOLIS, IN —– After over 40 hours of testimony, debate, and discussion over the past year House Bill (HB) 1001, Employee’s Right to Work passed the Indiana House of Representatives last week and Wednesday passed the State Senate. The final step was Governor Mitch Daniels signing the bill into law. HB 1001 will now make Indiana the nation’s 23rd Right to Work state, and the first state in the industrial Midwest to become a