You’re conflating “at will employment” with “right to work” laws.
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LethalSmack@lemmy.world 1 year agoRight to work is: A right to be fired at any point for any reason or no reason at all
The goal is to get around any union protections that require things like a legitimate reason to be fired from a job.
It also has the added bonus of drastically reducing the benefits of unions and making them much easier to prevent.
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 1 year ago
LethalSmack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re right. I updated the comment
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Being fired for any or no reason is at will employment.
Right to work has nothing to do with that. It’s about allowing people to not pay union dues. Those people are still protected by the union contract.
LethalSmack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re right. I updated the comment
Dagrothus@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I love how we name laws that really mean the exact opposite of what their name implies. Very american.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The way I try to remember it is that it comes from the employers perspective: