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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 10, 2021

A resolution to add Tennessee’s Right to Work law to the state constitution was given final approval from the Senate on Monday night, Chattanoogan.com reports. Senate Joint Resolution 2, sponsored by Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, received more than the two-thirds vote required to pass. Now the measure goes to the House. Today, the House Banking and Consumer Affairs Committee was scheduled to discuss House Joint Resolution 72 sponsored by Rep. Chris Todd, R-Jackson. If approved by the House, the amendment would be put to voters in 2022. Tennessee’s Right to Work statute has been state law since 1947.