Iowa Liberty

There is a big push being made in the Iowa Legistlature that is threatening the liberty of workers to pay union dues or not.  The “Fair Share” bill would require any worker to effectively join the union at their workplace.   Currently, workers have the freedom to join the union and pay union dues if they feel like the union is working in their interests.  This bill would make it a requirement for workers to pay their “fair share” of the union expenses in negotiating and defending the employee’s contract.   These are services for which the employee has neither asked for or may want.  It’s a classic argument from Progressives: we want something, but we think everyone should pay for it.   They claim its not fair that unions are mandated by law to represent all workers, and not just the dues-paying members.

So, let’s change that law!  For those individuals that want to associate together in a group for bargaining power with their employers to get a common goal, great!  Do it!  But, leave the rest of us to negiotiate the terms of our own jobs, if we so choose.  This would increase freedom for all parties involved.   Unions don’t want this, of course, because this would seriously deflate their power as their power is artificially given to them by law.

Iowa’s Righ-to-Work status is in grave danger by the Democrats in the Iowa Legislature.  Contact your legislators to let them know that you value worker’s right to work without being forced to support a union that may or may not be working in their best interests.  Let the individual decide what’s best for them.