Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) Feb. 1 signed into law a new right-to-work bill that will protect all workers in the state from being forced to pay union dues as a requirement of employment. Daniels signed the bill hours after it was passed by the Indiana legislature and ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓimmediately expressed its support for the action. 
 
“No American should be forced to join a labor union just to keep a job, and no resident of Indiana should be required to pay dues to an organization he or she does not believe in,” said 2012 ÀÏÅ£Ó°ÊÓNational Chairman Eric Regelin, president of Granix, LLC, Ellicott City, Md. “The new right-to-work law will allow workers to freely decide whether to join a union."

Indiana is the 23rd state in the country to enact a right-to-work law. It also is the first state to pass a right-to-work law in more than 10 years since Oklahoma enacted its law in 2001; however, other states are now considering similar bills.  

“Right-to-work legislation has been introduced in 13 other states,” Regelin said. “This suggests that state lawmakers – strapped with massive budget deficits, falling revenues and stagnant economic growth – are considering right-to-work laws to lure new businesses into their states and help turn their economies around.