Once again, the NH House defeated the so-called “Right to Work” bill that is a thinly veiled attempt at union busting in NH. This year the many Republican’s joined all the Democrats in voting indefinite postponement, which means the bill will not return during this session.
It also means that some Republicans, like Rep. Stephen Pearson, joined with Democrats to effectively kill this attempt this session. “There’s been a tremendous amount of misinformation on this issue lately,” said Rep. Stephen Pearson, R-Derry. “Let’s look at some facts, not sound bites from 10 years ago.”
Pearson said President Trump removed right to work from the Republican national platform, that Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor is pro-labor and anti-right to work. He pointed out that Trump invited the president of the Teamsters to speak at the Republican National Convention.
“All it’s doing is alienation working families,” Pearson said. “Right to work is a concept of hollow unfulfilled promises.” States like West Virginia and Oklahoma passed it and the promised jobs never showed up. “All it did was lower wages,” Pearson said. Pearson said right to work is supported by the Americans for Prosperity, an anti-Trump organization that is no longer relevant.
With thanks to Gary Rayno of In-DepthNH.