HB 1001 “Right to Work”

HB 1001 is the much discussed but misleadingly named “right to work” law.

It prohibits an employer from setting a condition of employment for employees, specifically the condition that a person become a union member or, in lieu of that, contribute a union dues equivalent to a charity. In addition, it interferes with an employer’s freedom to contract with a union to set such a condition of employment.

Despite its name, it actually does not grant an employee any rights to work. It only interferes with and criminalizes an employer’s right to set conditions of employment and with the freedom of employers to contract with unions.