A county judge in Indiana ruled that the state’s right-to-work law violates a provision in the Indiana constitution that bars providing services “without compensation,” according to the Associated Press.
Judge John Sedia of the Lake Superior Court said that the right-to-work law illegally requires unions to represent workers even if the workers do not pay union dues. On Thursday Sedia said the prohibition and penalties for collecting union dues was unconstitutional.
Sedia’s ruling is the latest development in the battle of right-to-work laws in the state. Union lawyers have repeatedly tried to overturn the law since it was passed.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s (R) office said the attorney general plans to appeal the ruling straight to the Indiana Supreme Court.
