CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bill that would end the practice of requiring non-union members to pay a share of collective bargaining costs in New Hampshire won the support of a key Senate committee Tuesday.
The four Republicans on the Commerce Committee out-voted the lone Democrat to recommend that the Senate pass a House bill Democratic Gov. John Lynch has already said he will veto. Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers and could override a veto if they stick together.
The committee stripped out a provision added by the House that removed the obligation of public sector unions to bargain on behalf of nonunion members. Senate committee members said the provision attempted to answer complaints by unions they are required to negotiate for everyone, including those who don't pay dues, but could have caused other problems by creating confusion over who negotiates for nonunion employees.
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