West Virginia Republicans Just Delivered A Huge Blow To Unions. Twenty-six states now have right-to-work laws.

The Huffington Post reports:

Republicans in the West Virginia legislature overrode the governor's veto of a contentious right-to-work bill on Friday, delivering another major legislative setback to organized labor.

The swift override means that a majority of U.S. states now have right-to-work laws, with West Virginia becoming the 26th. Despised by unions, these laws give workers the option to stop paying fees to unions that must still represent them.

Democrats in the statehouse, as well as Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D), opposed the measure. But Republicans control the state legislature and were able to override Tomblin's veto with a simple majority, voting 18-16 in the Senate and 55-43 in the House along party lines. The law will go into effect in May.

The conservative National Right to Work Committee, which has been instrumental in passing such laws around the country, said it was symbolically important that right-to-work legislation now exists in 26 states.

“While this is a good day, it is not the end of the work to be done," the group said in a statement. "We hope West Virginia’s embrace of workplace freedom will help spur other states to join the Right to Work ranks."

A civil rights victory.