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===Right-to-work legislation===
===Right-to-work legislation===
Gaudin was among a handful of Louisiana legislators who supported a state [[right-to-work]] law in his 1967-1968 term. By 1976, after his reelection, the legislature passed right-to-work on the theory that it would encourage economic growth by allowing workers the choice of whether they should join a union. Gaudin accused opponents of the legislation of taking cues from labor officials such as the popular [[AFL-CIO]] president [[Victor Bussie]] of Baton Rouge.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 14, 1976, p. 1.</ref>Louisiana was the last traditional southern state to adopt such legislation. In gaining passage, Gaudin worked with Representative [[Bruce Lynn]], a fellow Republican and a banker from northern Caddo Parish. Lynn was elected to succeed another right-to-work supporter, Democrat (later Republican) [[Jimmy Wilson]] of Vivian. Other leading right-to-work advocates were Representative Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. (1917-1995), of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and John Joseph Hainkel of New Orleans.
Gaudin was among a handful of Louisiana legislators who supported a state [[right-to-work]] law in his 1967-1968 term. By 1976, after his reelection, the legislature passed right-to-work on the theory that it would encourage economic growth by allowing workers the choice of whether they should join a union. Gaudin accused opponents of the legislation of taking cues from labor officials such as the popular [[AFL-CIO]] president [[Victor Bussie]] of Baton Rouge.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 14, 1976, p. 1.</ref>Louisiana was the last traditional southern state to adopt such legislation. In gaining passage, Gaudin worked with Representative [[Bruce Lynn]], a fellow Republican and a banker from northern Caddo Parish. Lynn was elected to succeed another right-to-work supporter, Democrat (later Republican) [[Jimmy Wilson]] of Vivian. Other leading right-to-work advocates were Representative [[R. Harmon Drew, Sr.]], of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and John Joseph Hainkel of New Orleans.
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==