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Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023

Is Nevada a right-to-work state?

Todd Butterworth, The Nevada Independent
yes

Nevada’s right-to-work law is in NRS 613.230-300. Right-to-work laws prohibit agreements between labor unions and employers that make membership in a union or payment of union dues a condition of employment. There are 27 states with such laws; 16 enacted them before 1956.

The 1947 federal Taft-Hartley Act authorizes individual states to adopt an “open shop” rule, under which an employee cannot be compelled to join a union or pay dues, nor can they be fired for joining a union.

Nevada’s law was enacted by an initiative of the people and became effective in 1953. In the 1950s, voters defeated three attempts at repealing the law. Since 1959, the Legislature has considered and rejected at least 10 measures to amend or repeal the law. 

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