INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Indiana’s Right to Work law does not violate federal labor laws. The split decision from a three-judge panel in Chicago affirms the state’s law as constitutional.
Indiana’s Right to Work legislation took effect in 2012 following a contentious debate at the Statehouse that included loud protests by union members and sparked Democratic legislators to leave the state in order to delay a final vote on the measure. It prohibits companies from forcing employees to join a labor union or pay union dues as a condition of employment.
Members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, AFL-CIO appealed lower court rulings upholding the law, arguing that it violates their constitutional rights and is “preempted by federal labor legislation.”
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