Tennessee Anti-Workers’ Rights Bill Draws Protests, Arrests

From The Uptake -- Tennessee Anti-Workers’ Rights Bill Draws Protests, Arrests: The fight over workers’ rights escalated in Tennessee this afternoon as protesters jammed a Senate hearing on a bill that would weaken unions. Seven were
By Heather — March 15, 2011

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From The Uptake: Tennessee Anti-Workers’ Rights Bill Draws Protests, Arrests:

The fight over workers’ rights escalated in Tennessee this afternoon as protesters jammed a Senate hearing on a bill that would weaken unions. Seven were arrested as the protesters chanted and refused to leave the room.

“Tennessee is not Wisconsin” said the Republican leader of the Tennessee Senate Ron Ramsey after the arrests, “We talk through our differences here.”

SB1031 is aimed at weakening unions in Tennessee. The description of the bill says it:

Prohibits any business or organization operating in this state from executing an agreement with a union or employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of membership clause prohibiting employees from withdrawing from a union or employee organization prior to the agreement’s expiration.

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