HB001 expands right-to-work protections by requiring unions to release a member upon that member’s request, in addition to other worker protections.
The Florida State House of Representatives passed HB001 on March 4, 2020 by a vote of 63 to 52, though the bill later failed before being enshrined into law. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because right-to-work policies protect workers by banning the practice of requiring union membership before being hired into certain industries. This bill extended those protections by requiring unions to revoke an employee’s membership upon the employee’s written request. Freedom of contract is protected by the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.