Gary Daniels on Right to Work Bill Defeat

Rep. Gary Daniels, R-Milford, issued this statement Wednesday after the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 212-141 to kill a right-to-work bill:

“It’s unfortunate that Democrats and the unions feel the only way they can be successful is to force unwilling employees to financially support them. How far we have strayed from the words of Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American labor movement, when he said, ‘the workers of America adhere to voluntary institutions in preference to compulsory systems, which are held to be not only impractical, but a menace to their rights, welfare and their liberty,’ further noting that ‘no lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.’ Both the New Hampshire chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and The Business and Industry Association (BIA)—New Hampshire’s statewide chamber of commerce—have endorsed Right to Work legislation because they know businesses across New Hampshire and the nation want it. New Hampshire companies that have come out publicly in support include C3 Supply LLC, Cirtronics Corp., Elektrisola Inc., Jarvis Cutting Tools, New England Wire Technologies, New Hampshire Central Paper Products, Novus Public Affairs, Sturm Ruger and Co., Turbocam International, Warner Power and Wire Belt Co.”