Democratic governor candidate’s plan would mean workers in unionized workplaces could be forced to pay union dues, reversing a law from 1953.
Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) said in previously unreported comments during a podcast interview that if elected governor, he would be "getting rid of" Nevada's long-standing "right-to-work" law, which prohibits labor unions and employers from requiring union membership for employment but has been criticized for allowing non-dues-paying workers to "freeload" off union-won benefits.
Ford, the Democratic favorite challenging Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) in Nevada's upcoming gubernatorial election, said during a 53-minute interview on a podcast hosted by construction worker union leaders that he would sign a repeal of the law enacted by voter initiative in 1953.
"The moment you send it to me — first term, I ain't waiting," Ford said during the GangboX podcast last December. "It can be done legislatively. They can send me a bill. And if they send it to me, I'm signing it."
Enacted more than 70 years ago, Nevada's "right-to-work" law followed the 1947 federal Taft-Hartley Act, which allowed individual states to adopt an "open shop" rule under which an employee could not be compelled to join a union or pay dues, or be fired for joining a union.
Supporters of "right-to-work" laws have said workers shouldn't be compelled to join any organization as a condition of holding a job, and that it can harm economic efficiency and drive up employers'...
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