Judge strikes down Wisconsin right-to-work law
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s right-to-work law was struck down Friday for violating the state’s constitution, the Associated Press reported late Friday.
The state’s Attorney General Brad Schimel has already promised to appeal the decision.
{mosads}”We are confident Wisconsin’s freedom-to-work law is constitutional and will ultimately be upheld,” Walker wrote on Twitter.
Right-to-work laws prohibit businesses and unions from requiring all workers, not just union members, to pay union dues.
Union workers argue right-to-work states require unions to provide services to non-union workers without compensation, calling it an “unconstitutional seizure of union property.”
Twenty-five states have similar laws in place.
In 2014, the Indiana Supreme Court rejected two similar challenges to the state’s right-to-work laws.
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