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Illinois Governor Gets Zero Votes On His "Right To Work" Bill

posted by n1 on Monday May 18 2015, @12:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the right-to-shirk dept.

"gewg_" writes:

AlterNet reports:

Illinois governor Bruce Rauner watched his anti-union bill called, "Right-To-Work", die a swift, cruel death in the House [May 14]. [...] The the tally [PDF] was 0 yes votes, 72 no votes, and 37 voting present.

Fun with math: The Illinois House has 118 members.

A handful of Republicans went for a walk during the vote, not publicly falling on one side or another.

Source: Chicago Sun Times

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @03:46AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @03:46AM (#184322)

    If unionized workers bankrupt the corporation they work for due to inefficiency and unjustifiably high wages, those workers are out of a job.

    And, what if the BOD and upper level execs take their 100X (or more?) renumeration (in comparison to the people who actually produce the "product") and bail out, or drive the "company" into the dirt? Corporate 'merica is going to fall, and unfortunately, it's gonna be the "little people" who will pay the price.
    I believe that many unions are corrupt, but, ALL "big business" and "governments" are, too. Unionism is a good thing, but only when practised well.