I nternational Vice President Leon Lynch rallies the crowd in a call to fight the anti-union forces that would set back worker rights in Oklahoma. The anti-worker corporate establishment ran into a roadblock when organized labor mobilized its members on March 14, for a march and rally at the State Capitol in Tulsa, Okla., organized to stop a statewide referendum on Right to Work legislation. Legislation was approved in the Senate to place the issue on the ballot in the general election in November 2002 if it passes in the House of Representatives.
Freedom never comes like a summer rain.
We ve got to work for it and fight for it every day. We will stay out here until hell freezes over or until we get Right to Work stopped in Oklahoma. In fact, by denying workers and employers the right to negotiate union security clauses, these laws take away rights. In the 21 states with such laws, wages are lower, poverty levels higher, more people are without health insurance and education spending per pupil is lower. Simply put, a union security clause means that all workers who receive the economic benefits of union representation share the costs of maintaining their union.