Legislators have introduced a constitutional amendment that would put this language on the November 2012 ballot:

“Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to guarantee all citizens the individual freedom to decide to join or not join a labor union, and to pay or not pay dues to a labor union?”

The misleading ballot question, however, doesn’t inform voters about what’s really going to happen if the amendment language that’s not printed on the ballot becomes law.

No matter what deceptive names they give this amendment — “Right to Work” or “Employee Freedom” — the result would be to weaken collective bargaining, weaken unions, weaken the union contracts that support a middle class.

This amendment is unnecessary, unfair, and unsafe. Here’s why.