Louisiana AFSCME members defeat anti-worker bills by standing together

https://www.afscme.org/blog/louisiana-afscme-members-defeat-anti-worker-bills-by-standing-together

By Anna Dang · Friday, June 07, 2024

Anti-worker bills were moving fast in the Louisiana State Legislature, but AFSCME Council 17 members moved faster. Throughout Louisiana’s legislative session that ended on Monday, public service workers stood strong against bills that would have gutted their freedoms at work.

Workers defeated the following anti-worker bills that Louisiana lawmakers introduced in the state House and Senate during the 2024 session:

HB 571 and HB 572: These bills would have prohibited collective bargaining for public sector employees, taking away their freedom to negotiate a contract with their employers.

HB 712/980, HB 523, SB 264 and SB 292: These bills would have created bureaucratic, expensive reauthorization requirements to try to take power away from union members.

SB 263: This measure would have added an extra hoop to jump through for union membership by banning the right to deduct dues from paychecks.

Amanda Fallis, a librarian at the New Orleans Public Library, was one of the hundreds of members who used their voices to oppose this raft of anti-worker legislation.

FULL story at link above.


Photo credit: Anna Dang