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Looking for "right to work" (for less) info
I need a bullet point rundown synopsis of this awful legislation.
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Looking for "right to work" (for less) info (Original Post)
SHRED
Feb 2012
OP
It's not as if so called 'right to work' laws have anything to do with rights.
Old Union Guy
Feb 2012
#4
Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)1. Look on Rachel Maddow's blog.
She was showing graphs last week in regard to the variances.
Omaha Steve
(99,845 posts)2. Here you go
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/legislativealert/stateissues/work/
To set the record (and the name) straight, right to work for less doesnt guarantee any rights. In fact, by weakening unions and collective bargaining, it destroys the best job security protection that exists: the union contract. Meanwhile, it allows workers to pay nothing and get all the benefits of union membership. Right to work laws say unions must represent all eligible employees, whether they pay dues or not. This forces unions to use their time and members dues money to provide union benefits to free riders who are not willing to pay their fair share.
Right to work laws lower wages for everyone. The average worker in a right to work state makes about $5,333 a year less than workers in other states ($35,500 compared with $30,167).[1] Weekly wages are $72 greater in free-bargaining states than in right to work states ($621 versus $549).[2] Working families in states without right to work laws have higher wages and benefit from healthier tax bases that improve their quality of life.
Federal law already protects workers who dont want to join a union to get or keep their jobs. Supporters claim right to work laws protect employees from being forced to join unions. Dont be fooledfederal law already does this, as well as protecting nonmembers from paying for union activities that violate their religious or political beliefs. This individual freedom argument is a sham.
Right to work endangers safety and health standards that protect workers on the job by weakening unions that help to ensure worker safety by fighting for tougher safety rules. According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of workplace deaths is 51 percent higher in states with right to work, where unions cant speak up on behalf of workers.[3]
Right to work laws just arent fair to dues-paying members. If a nonunion worker is fired illegally, the union must use its time and money to defend him or her, even if that requires going through a costly legal process. Everyone benefits, so all should share in the process. Nonmembers can even sue the union if they think it has not represented them well enough.
Fact Sheet: The Truth About Right to Work for Less
Fact Sheet: The Truth About Right to Work for Less and Women
Fact Sheet:Right to Work Hurts People of Color Most
Fact Sheet: Unions Raise Wages for All Workers
Fact Sheet: Right to Work for Less: Whats at Stake for Unionized Employers?
[1] Average Annual Pay, 2001 from Bureau of Labor Statistics, State average annual pay for 2000 and 2001 and percent change in pay for all covered workers.
[2] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[3] Workplace Fatalities from Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect. AFL-CIO. April 2002.
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)3. Americans have no right to work.
It doesn't say so in the Constitution.
Old Union Guy
(738 posts)4. It's not as if so called 'right to work' laws have anything to do with rights.
Why not really read what Omaha Steve wrote?