Lexington Herald-Leader Op-ed: ‘Right to work’ hasn’t worked as promised for Kentucky manufacturing jobs
By BILL LONDRIGAN
It’s been almost three years since Jan. 9, 2017 when Gov. Matt Bevin signed the right to work for less law which was rammed through the legislature during the first week of the 2017 session with an “emergency” clause so that it would become law immediately upon being signed by Bevin. It was claimed by Bevin, proponents in the legislature, business interests and economic development specialists that passing right to work for less would open the flood gates to out-of-state and foreign investments in manufacturing and create huge numbers of high-paying manufacturing jobs.