The Spread of 'Right to Work' Laws
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Wisconsin is poised to become the 25th State to allow workers to benefit from union negotiations without paying union dues. We look at the impact—on wages, on political fundraising by organized labor and on the presidential prospects of Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker.
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| 0:35.2 | Workers, Wages, and Walker. |
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| 0:47.9 | Governor Scott Walker is ready to sign a law that allows workers to benefit from union |
| 0:52.2 | negotiations without paying union dues. |
| 0:55.5 | Wisconsin will be the 25th state in the nation with a so-called right-to-work law |
| 0:59.7 | that deprives unions of the money required to make a political impact. |
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| 1:56.7 | is poised to become the 25th state to allow workers to benefit from union negotiations |
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