Union workers braved sub-zero temperatures at the New Hampshire State House on Wednesday to continue their fight against right-to-work legislation.

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New Hampshire

United States

Union members protest right-to-work legislation

The bill aims to prohibit collective bargaining agreements from requiring employees in private-sector businesses to join or contribute to a union.

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A state Senate committee effectively killed a proposal to amend the state constitution to include the state's "right-to-work" law. The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee voted 8 to 7 on a party-line vote against the resolution. "As a member of a union myself, the ALF-CIO, NFLPA -- unions are under attack today," said Democratic Sen. Aaron Rouse, chairman of the committee. "We see that from the new administration tha…

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Richmond

Virginia

State Senate blocks proposal to amend constitution including ‘right-to-work’ law

Making New Hampshire the first state in the Northeast to adopt right-to-work legislation would be a magnet to attract new business, supporters say.

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New Hampshire Union Leader

Forces square off over right-to-work bill

A state Senate committee killed a proposal to put Virginia’s ban on compulsory union membership into the constitution. Proponents said rejection of the right-to-work amendment will be an election issue..

Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Virginia Senate panel kills right-to-work amendment (copy) (copy)

Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg (left), Gov. Glenn Youngkin (center) and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears during a news conference in support of an amendment enshrining "right-to-work" laws in the state constitution in Richmond on Jan. 21, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods) A push to enshrine Virginia’s “right-to-work” laws in the state constitution was blocked Tuesday by the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, which voted 8-7 along pa…

Virginia Mercury

Senate panel kills bid to cement “right-to-work” laws in state constitution • Virginia Mercury

Union supporters protest proposed right-to-work legislation outside of the New Hampshire Legislative Office Building in Concord on Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)John Murphy, a telecommunications worker with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, is tired of having to show up to protests every year to oppose right-to-work legislation in New Hampshire. “Every year we come out, and it’s the same,” h…

New Hampshire Bulletin

Right-to-work proposal reemerges in New Hampshire State House • New Hampshire Bulletin

Republicans wanted to add the policy to Virginia’s state constitution even after voters rejected doing so in 2016. Virginia Democrats successfully blocked a Republican anti-union measure this week.  The Democratic-controlled Senate Privileges and Elections Committee killed along party lines on Tuesday a resolution to add “right to work” to the state constitution. “Right to work” refers to laws in Virginia and other states that make it illegal to…

Dogwood

Virginia Dems defeat effort to add anti-union, ‘right to work’ policy to the state constitution

Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg (left), Gov. Glenn Youngkin (center) and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears during a news conference in support of an amendment enshrining “right-to-work” laws in the state constitution in Richmond on Jan. 21, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods) RICHMOND — A push to enshrine Virginia’s “right-to-work” laws in the state constitution was blocked Tuesday by the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, which voted 8…

Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

Senate Panel Kills Bid to Cement ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws in State Constitution

A push to enshrine Virginia’s “right-to-work” laws in the state constitution was blocked Tuesday by the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, which voted 8-7 along party lines to defeat the proposed amendment. Senate Joint Resolution 271, introduced by Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, aimed to make it unlawful to deny employment based on union membership or refusal to join a union. Continue reading Senate Panel Kills Bid to Cement “Righ…

Royal Examiner

Senate Panel Kills Bid to Cement “Right-to-Work” Laws in State Constitution - Royal Examiner

Opponents of the latest “right-to-work” bill said it was Ground Hog Day again with the unpopular provision that failed time and time again to become law in New Hampshire.

Right-to-work fight resumes as union workers rally in front of New Hampshire State House

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