Making union dues a choice.

• Position: Stateline - Oklahoma - Brief Article

Oklahoma voters last fall approved a measure that makes the state the 22nd to ban labor contracts requiring workers to pay union dues. Oklahoma is the first new right-to-work state since Idaho approved a voter referendum in 1986. Supporters argued that Oklahoma was losing jobs because companies shied from states without such laws. They also said that workers should be allowed to choose whether they wanted to support...