TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 10, 2022

Voters going to the polls in November will decide whether to enshrine Tennessee’s “right-to-work” law in the state constitution, and the campaigns for and against the proposal are heating up, Tennessee Lookout reports. Supporters of Amendment 1 are promoting a “Yes on 1” message and have released a new video of Gov. Bill Lee and former Gov. Bill Haslam urging voters to support the measure. Opponents have launched a campaign featuring Tennessee union members speaking against the proposal. They also take issue with the term “right-to-work,” saying it is misleading. The right-to-work movement grew out of labor organizing efforts in the 1930s and 1940s. The 1947 federal Taft-Hartley Act permitted states to establish such laws. Tennessee enacted its law the same year. Legislation approving the addition of the amendment to the ballot passed in the last two legislative years, as required by law.