Letter: SB 61: Right to Work bill is wrong for New Hampshire
Portsmouth Herald
SB 61, the so-called Right To Work bill, is bad for New Hampshire and bad for America.
My grandfather led Lodge 461 of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen in Mart, Texas, from its creation in 1907 until its demise after the National Railroad Strike of 1922. He fought hard for an 8-hour work day, compensation for injuries on the job, and for worker pensions.
Many people have forgotten the history of the early 20th Century, when the United States went through an earlier period of economic disruption, which was also a time of great concentration of wealth. My grandfather believed that labor unions could help build a strong middle class, which made for a strong society, where opportunity would abound.