Casey Quinlan at The Ohio Capital Journal reports growing Union organizing across the country has triggered an Anti-Labor Legislative response in some States, but cities and counties are increasingly pushing back, a new report released by the New York University Wagner Labor Initiative and Local Progress Impact Lab - a group for Local Elected Officials focused on economic and racial justice issues.  The report cites examples of localities all over the U.S. using commissions to document working conditions, creating roles for protecting Workers in the heat and educating Workers on their labor rights.  In the face of increased Worker organizing and Americans’ higher approval of Labor Unions in the past few year, many States have introduced Bills aimed at stopping payroll deduction for Union Dues and punishing employers that voluntarily recognize a Union through the Card Check process.  Earlier this year, several Governors in Southern States - including Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, advocated against Auto Workers voting for a Union.  “We know there has been an increase in Worker organizing and definitely an increase in high-profile Worker organizing and certainly that action has had a reaction,” New York University Wagner Labor Initiative Director Terri Gerstein and Co-Author of the report said.

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