If you have watched any television recently you know there is no shortage of ads debating Proposal 2. Unfortunately there seems to be a vacuum of truth in many of these ads.
One of the big talking points for those opposed to Proposal 2 is the idea that we don't need to amend the constitution to guarantee the right to collectively bargain since it is already guaranteed by Federal law.
The reality is that the Federal law covering collective bargaining (the National Labor Relations Act of 1935) does not cover all unions. Public unions for instance are not guaranteed the right to collective bargaining under this law which is why it is currently illegal to form a public sector union in five states. Additionally according to Wikipedia "The Act does not apply to workers who are covered by the Railway Labor Act, agricultural employees, domestic employees, supervisors, and independent contractors."
But even if this were covered under Federal law Republicans don't have much a leg to stand on with this particular argument given the redundancy they insist on in bills pertaining to government money and abortions or illegal immigrants. If having something covered multiple times is OK for their priorities then it should be OK for the priorities of other groups as well.
Voting against Proposal 2 because you don't think that a person should have the right to collectively bargain is fine. But misleading people into believing that these rights are already part of Federal law is not.
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