<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Kris Maher & Amy Merrick]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=22751Author <![CDATA[States Push Bills to Curb Reach of Unions]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Lawmakers in New Hampshire and Missouri are advancing so-called right-to-work bills that would allow private-sector workers to opt out of joining unions, the latest such efforts to curb labor unions in the legislative season that in many states is now entering the home stretch.

The measures, if successful, would mark the first expansion in a decade of right-to-work laws, which are on the books in 22 states.

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