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Shelby County commission asks state to exempt county from Tennessee'wide 'right to work' law
Summary
By an 8'4 vote, the board approved a resolution requesting the Tennessee General Assembly to allow Shelby County to opt out of the state'wide right-to-work provision and restore local authority over labor standards; supporters framed the measure as a choice to improve wages, opponents said the request is unlikely to succeed at the state level.
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted to request that the Tennessee General Assembly exempt the county from the state's "right to work" provisions, a measure supporters said would restore local authority to set labor standards and could help raise wages and narrow racial and gender wage…
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