Call Your Senator—Encourage Them To Support Right To Work

While this piece form The Hill is not a fresh story, it serves as a good illustration that union money and resources are not endless, and they are already seeing a strain. This is another good reason why MN Senate Republicans should be encouraged to push for the Right To Work Constitutional Amendment. In addition to the facts that worker's freedom is exactly the sort of issue they were elected to promote, and that it is very popular across the wide spectrum of the population.

Consider this part of the story from The Hill focusing on the money pit that has grown for union funded efforts across the river from us in Wisconsin:

But the Wisconsin fight will consume far more resources. This is a stomach-churning prospect for Democrats and their allies because the labor expenditures could come just months before the general election, when money will be needed for more important battlegrounds such as Ohio and Florida. 

“Some were asking us whether we could wait until after the election, but we can’t. This is too big a deal,” said one labor official.

The labor official told The Hil that Democrats have questioned the timing of a massive spending campaign in Wisconsin.

While Schumer views the funding imbalance between liberal and conservative third-party groups as a major concern, his spokesman said, "Sen. Schumer has never expressed any reservations whatsoever about the recall effort in Wisconsin. In face, he supports it."

A decision by labor unions to spend millions on a state-level political battle means Democrats will have that much less outside money helping President Obama and congressional candidates this fall.

Next week the Sen. Dave Thompson (R-Lakeville) and Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) Employee Freedom Constitutional Amendment bill will be heard in the Jobs Committee. Please give your senator a call and encourage them to support this worker freedom bill. As Thompson says: 

Our bill is simple: let’s allow Minnesotans to vote on whether or not an individual should be forced to pay a third party in order to work. Jobs are our number one priority – this bill recognizes Minnesota workers’ ability, and right, to decide whether or not they’d like to be part of a union.

Call your senator now. If they are already on the record as supporting it, thank them. And if they are on the fence, encourage them to do the right thing.