Indiana may soon be Rust Belt's first right-to-work state

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Soon after the Republican-controlled Indiana Senate approved a right-to-work bill by a 28-22 vote that was signed into law by Gov. Mitch Daniels on Wednesday, union supporters took their protest a few blocks south of the Statehouse to the Super Bowl

Indiana could become the first state to embrace a right-to-work law in more than a decade, alarming organized labor proponents who fear a shift in public support for workers' rights. By Elizabeth G. Olson, contributor

For the first time, supporters of right-to-work laws can claim victory in the industrialized Midwest. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels yesterday signed legislation making it illegal to require nonunion workers to pay union dues. Right-to-work laws have

Play Video Indiana (STOIN1) will become the nation's 23rd right-to-work state after its Senate exempted nonunion employees from paying dues when working alongside their unionized colleagues. The vote was 28-22, sending the measure to Republican