Not in Montana, and nowhere else in the country. “While the bill title presumes to give workers the freedoms to not join a union, workers already have that right,” testified Amanda Frickle, a lobbyist for the Montana AFL-CIO.
The arguments in favor of the bill misunderstand - or misstate - the legal reality, opponents testified Friday. Right-to-work legislation in Montana would impact the private sector. Right-to-work is already the presumptive law of the land for public sector unions under a 2018 U.S. “Good unions don’t need forced dues, and bad unions don’t deserve them,” Pope said. Those interests include Americans for Prosperity, the National Right to Work Committee and Montana Citizens for Right to Work. Caleb Hinkle, R-Belgrade, who carried House Bill 251 in the 2021 session - were in some way affiliated with the national effort by conservative business interests to end what they call “forced unionism,” in other words, the compulsion of union membership or dues-paying. Both bills derive their language largely from model legislation circulated by well-funded conservative advocacy groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council, more commonly known as ALEC.īergstrom’s bill attracted only four proponents Friday, all but one of whom - Rep. That bill failed in dramatic fashion on the House floor, 38-62. HB 448 is essentially identical to the 2021 bill, HB 251. “And if it does pass, we’ll all know you put power and profits above people.” “I’d like to say a simple walk through these halls today should be enough to persuade all of you to vote no on this bill,” Greg Ferguson, a member of Ironworkers Local 732, told the House Business and Labor Committee Wednesday morning. The crowd evoked scenes from last session when union members packed the House gallery during floor debate on an ultimately unsuccessful right-to-work bill. Derek Harvey, D-Butte, a union firefighter, told more than 70 union workers and officials representing a wide variety of trades on the Capitol steps Friday. Surely some players will be asked about the enthralling dugout competition soon.“Blood has been spilled on the streets of my district for the rights we have today,” Rep. It's unclear exactly when or how the Yankees' game within the game began and whether it will become a season-long endeavor. Picking up that gum must still be a pain for the New York groundskeepers, as Michael Kay noted on the broadcast. Instead, they were rolling it with their hands to get it in tossing condition.
Though Maybin speculated that the pieces had been chewed before they were thrown onto the field on Tuesday, the broadcast showed that the Yankees weren't chewing the gum before throwing it on Wednesday. MORE: Yankees' hitless streak against the Astros makes unfortunate history After all, the gum they are tossing has been chewed, right? Not necessarily. In this case, it appears that New York is aiming at a little drain cover or sprinkler head that is in foul territory by the dugout.Ĭertainly, this practice will skeeve some people out. So, the goal is to get the gum as close to the target as possible. The Yankee dugout is playing whats called “the bubblegum game” /eH4kGJGDwo They find a little marker on the field and they toss the gum and they act as if they're playing frisbee golf." Yankees analyst Cameron Maybin explained the "gross" ritual during New York's broadcast and likened it to playing another sport. MORE: Where Yankees rank among best MLB pennant odds as June endsįittingly, the game is a simple one. Why is that? They are playing something known simply as "the bubble gum game." As a result, the field has been littered with gum during each of the team's last couple of contests.īoth the Yankees and Athletics broadcasts have recognized over the last couple of days that New York's dugout has been chucking gum onto the field during the game. Instead, New York's dugout has found another way of entertaining themselves during each contest. The Yankees have been the best team in baseball during the 2022 MLB season, but evidently, their 55 wins aren't enough to keep all of their players focused on the game.
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