Will Virginia repeal it's right-to-work law?

[TNF]

Assuming that current trends continue and that Virginia becomes a reliable blue state in the future, is there any hope for Virginia repealing it's "right-to-work" law?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Assuming that current trends continue and that Virginia becomes a reliable blue state in the future, is there any hope for Virginia repealing it's "right-to-work" law?

I hope so.

But I'd rather have a federal law to override so-called "right-to-work" laws. The odds of that happening in this decade I'd say are about 1 in 75. But keep your fingers crossed.

[All Along The Watchtower]

The type of Democrats that Virginia (specifically NoVA) often elect don't seem to prioritize support for unions very highly. So it seems unlikely.

[© tweed]

are there any examples in the past 35 years of states changing their labor laws in a direction more favorite to (L)abor?  (special-interest stuff like can't fire gays the exception)

[Indy Texas]

Ordinarily I would say no, but since Republicans made such a big deal out of enacting RTW in states where they took power in 2010, I could see why some might view bringing the closed shop to Virginia as "retaliation."

Up until now, prevailing labor laws in pretty much every state were treated as house rules not to be messed with. It was completely unprecedented for a Republican in a closed-shop state to try to enact right-to-work; it was completely unprecedented for a Democrat in a right-to-work state to try to get rid of right-to-work.

The Republicans upset that balance and they did so for ideological reasons, not economic ones. The jobs Michigan has already lost are not going to come back because of it. Heavy industry is "sticky." A carmaker that has already invested hundreds of millions of dollars in a new assembly plant isn't going to just close it and build another one elsewhere because the state they're in is no longer right-to-work.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

are there any examples in the past 35 years of states changing their labor laws in a direction more favorite to (L)abor?  (special-interest stuff like can't fire gays the exception)

Once maybe 5 years ago, I think Maryland passed a law requiring large corporations to do something or other (maybe provide health care), but some right-wing thug judges overturned it.

[Sol]

I'd look at Nevada, not VA.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I'd look at Nevada, not VA.

Michigan is probably most likely.

Of all the states with "right-to-work" laws, it's not actually popular anywhere.

[ElectionsGuy]

With the Assembly the way it is, most likely not until the 2020's.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I think we should look to the cities to start nullifying some of these oppressive laws.

[PJ]

I'd agree that Michigan and Nevada would be more likely to repeal this disgusting excuse for legislation before Virginia does. Virginia is moving to the left painfully slowly.