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We at the National Right to Work Committee are fighting at many levels to protect America's working men and women's right to decide for themselves whether or not a union deserves their financial support.
Whether it be in the state and federal legislatures, the courts, or hearing rooms at the FEC or the NLRB, we fight to ensure that workers join unions because they want to – not out of fear or federal mandate.
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Arkansas News & Legislation
Right to Work State
Arkansas is a Right to Work State. Employees who work in Arkansas, except on federal property or for a railway or airline, have a right to resign from union membership and not pay union dues or fees. If you are an employee in Arkansas and have legal questions regarding your union membership, click here to learn about your rights.
Arkansas Right to Work News
» Call Him 'Brad "Nowhere to Flee" Sherman'
August 6, 2008 - Launch of Right to Work Repeal Tips Big Labor's Hand For 2009 (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» Families Flee Compulsory-Unionism States
May 26, 2008 - 'Right to Work States Are Simply Better For Raising Children' (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» Committee PAC Aids Pro-Right to Work Candidates
April 7, 2008 - Union Bosses Have Already Begun Their Federal Electoral Assault (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» Right to Work States Excel in Manufacturing
August 20, 2007 - Since 2000, Output Growth More Than Triple Forced-Dues States' (PDF viewer required to view this document)
» Big Labor Lackey Senators Feel the Heat
August 14, 2007 - Constituents Loudly Air Their Displeasure With 'Card Check' Votes (PDF viewer required to view this document)
Arkansas Congressional Representatives
Contact your Arkansas Congressmen to voice your support for Right to Work! We need help from grassroots supporters like you to protect workers' rights and to stop Big Labor's rampant abuses. If you don't know your Arkansas Congressional District, enter your ZIP Code and your ZIP+4 extension below to look it up:
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Arkansas Right to Work Law
Ark. Const. amend. 34
AMEND. 34. RIGHTS OF LABOR
§ 1. Discrimination for or against union labor prohibited.
No person shall be denied employment because of membership in or affiliation with or resignation from a labor union, or because of refusal to join or affiliate with a labor union; nor shall any corporation or individual or association of any kind enter into any contract, written or oral, to exclude from employment members of a labor union or persons who refuse to join a labor union, or because of resignation from a labor union; nor shall any person against his will be compelled to pay dues to any labor organization as a prerequisite to or condition of employment.
§ 2. Enforcement of amendment - Legislation authorized.
The General Assembly shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. (Initiative approved November 7, 1944 at the General Election.)
Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 11-3-301 through 11-3-304
SUBCHAPTER 3 -- RIGHT TO WORK
§ 11-3-301. Policy.
Freedom of organized labor to bargain collectively and freedom of unorganized labor to bargain individually is declared to be the public policy of the state under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 34. (Enacted February 19, 1947.)
§ 11-3-302. Enforcement.
The power and duty to enforce this subchapter is conferred upon and vested in the circuit court of the county in which any person, group of persons, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, labor organization, or representatives thereof who violate this subchapter, or any part hereof, reside or have a place of business or may be found and served with process. (Enacted February 19, 1947.)
§ 11-3-303. Union affiliation or nonaffiliation not to be condition of employment.
No person shall be denied employment because of membership in or affiliation with a labor union, nor shall any person be denied employment because of failure or refusal to join or affiliate with a labor union, nor shall any person, unless he shall voluntarily consent in writing to do so, be compelled to pay dues or any other monetary consideration to any labor organization as a prerequisite to, condition of, or continuance of employment. (Enacted February 19, 1947.)
§ 11-3-304. Contracts to exclude persons from employment prohibited.
(a) No person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, or labor organization shall enter into any contract to exclude from employment:
(1) Persons who are members of, or affiliated with, a labor union;
(2) Persons who are not members of, or who fail or refuse to join or affiliate with, a labor union; and
(3) Persons who, having joined a labor union, have resigned their membership or have been discharged, expelled, or excluded.
(b) Any person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, labor organization, or representatives thereof, either for themselves or others, who sign, approve, or enter into a contract contrary to the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, he shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). Each day the unlawful contract is given effect, or in any manner complied with, shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as such as herein provided. (Enacted February 19, 1947.)
NOTE: State laws are in a constant state of flux. Before relying on the text of any state Right to Work statute, you should check the most recent edition of your state laws.