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

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: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Monday May 18 2015, @03:56AM

    by sjames (2882) on Monday May 18 2015, @03:56AM (#184328) Journal

    And yet they pay more than the big 3 pay the union workers up north. Perhaps they understand that trying to screw their employees is a losing deal.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by albert on Monday May 18 2015, @04:59AM

    by albert (276) on Monday May 18 2015, @04:59AM (#184350)

    Sure. Without the uncertainty and overhead of dealing with a union, those workers are worth more.

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by sjames on Monday May 18 2015, @07:34AM

      by sjames (2882) on Monday May 18 2015, @07:34AM (#184390) Journal

      Perhaps if the big three would try treating workers like the foreign companies do, they wouldn't be so interested in being in a union.

      Funny how it's apparently OK for a large corporation to throw it's weight around against individual employees but god forbid the employees should band together for collective bargaining.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @10:04AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @10:04AM (#184434)

        There is a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee.
        VW **wanted** a union there.
        The local gov't used scare tactics and got the rank and file to vote against the union.
        Life in the USA is weird.

        -- gewg_