Fight is on against right-to-work in Granite State

With the highest median income, fastest growing economy, and one of the lowest unemployment rates, New Hampshire is a good place to live – and do business.

But apparently that’s not enough to satisfy greedy corporate CEOs and the Republicans state lawmakers who do their bidding. The state House and Senate have both now passed Right-to-Work legislation. There are some differences between the two versions that will need to be worked out in a conference committee, but with the Republicans’ solid majorities in both chambers a single bill is likely to emerge quickly.

Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, has pledged to veto the anti-worker measure, but it will be an uphill battle to withstand a veto override. The non-partisan group New Hampshire Citizens Alliance, VoteVets and union members are working to convince legislators to oppose the anti-worker bill by voting to sustain the governor’s veto.

This week the activists are fanning out across the state to let their representatives and senators know they were not elected to silence the voice of teachers, nurses and firefighters by having a state without unions – where nobody stands up for workers when Wall Street executives outsource jobs or cut workers’ benefits. Politicians should be working together to create quality jobs that lift the economy, not attacking the middle class to benefit their corporate donors.