The state of Missouri passed a referendum to reverse its right-to-work law, and Oklahoma state Rep. Mickey Dollens thinks Oklahoma needs to do the same thing."Right-to-work sounds like a good thing, but it's not -- it's really no rights and no work," Dollens told KOCO.Dollens says the current right-to-work law is hurting workers in our state."The law passed back in 2001, and it gives employees the choice of paying or not paying a labor union as a condition of employment," Dollens said.Dollens says this ultimately hurts teachers, welders and other working-class citizens in our state."When less people join the union, they have less collective bargaining power, which means weaker contracts, worse safety conditions and ultimately workers are jeopardized," he said. "Labor unions, I tell people, they're like gym memberships, you have to pay to keep them operating, and they don't work unless you show up."Dollens says he and some of his colleagues are working to reverse this law in the coming year, like the state of Missouri recently did with a referendum."You're really giving workers your power back," he said. "And labor unions are the No. 1 way to combat corporate greed and corporate interest."

The state of Missouri passed a referendum to reverse its right-to-work law, and Oklahoma state Rep. Mickey Dollens thinks Oklahoma needs to do the same thing.

"Right-to-work sounds like a good thing, but it's not -- it's really no rights and no work," Dollens told KOCO.


Dollens says the current right-to-work law is hurting workers in our state.

"The law passed back in 2001, and it gives employees the choice of paying or not paying a labor union as a condition of employment," Dollens said.

Dollens says this ultimately hurts teachers, welders and other working-class citizens in our state.

"When less people join the union, they have less collective bargaining power, which means weaker contracts, worse safety conditions and ultimately workers are jeopardized," he said. "Labor unions, I tell people, they're like gym memberships, you have to pay to keep them operating, and they don't work unless you show up."

Dollens says he and some of his colleagues are working to reverse this law in the coming year, like the state of Missouri recently did with a referendum.

"You're really giving workers your power back," he said. "And labor unions are the No. 1 way to combat corporate greed and corporate interest."

