"Fair Share"

Well the Iowa Democratic Legislatures are at it again. They are effectively trying to force every worker to join a union and pay union dues. The Fair Share Bill passed out of committee during funnel week and will be up on the floor in the coming weeks. Not surprisingly Beth Wessel-Kroeschell is in full support of “Fair Share.” This bill originally would only affect government workers (city employees, firefighters, teachers, etc.) which in and of itself is pretty bad. However, it has expanded to include anybody that gets a contract with the state as well. This would mean that if you work for the state, city, or get a contract to get work for the state you would have to pay union dues whether you want to join that union or not. This smacks in the face of Iowa’s Right to Work laws currently in place that have been working for decades. With the elimination of Right to Work laws, Iowa employers could decide to set up shop in a different state that continues to have Right to Work laws or the equivalent. If the entire state were to go the way that Beth Wessel-Kroeschell would want it to go I fear that most jobs would leave the state and the ones that remained would either be very competitive and/or very low paying. Either way it would make it very hard to make a living. Please call your legislatures today and make sure they vote the RIGHT way on this piece of legislation. You can find their contact information here: http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/legislators.do?&ga=83

Thank You,
The Weasel Watcher