A quick Google search:
In the context of labor law in the United States, the term right-to-work laws refers to state laws that prohibit union security agreements between employers and labor unions.
And I still don’t know what right-to-work laws are.
Will Republicans try another Federal Right to Work attempt?
Submitted 5 months ago by BadmanDan@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 months ago
LethalSmack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Right 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.
Dagrothus@reddthat.com 5 months ago
I love how we name laws that really mean the exact opposite of what their name implies. Very american.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 months 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.
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’re conflating “at will employment” with “right to work” laws.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The way I try to remember it is that it comes from the employers perspective:
- Right to Work employees to death by ignoring unions
- The employer has the right to fire workers At Will
CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hopefully, I’m not wrong, but basically unions typically require Members Pay dues out of income. Right to work essentially forbid that practice making do payments optional. Which drives down the union revenue
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Unions typically have an agreement where employees don’t have to join the union but they still have to pay a fee equivalent to union dues, and the employer can’t pay non-members more than union members, or other similar restrictions.
The idea is to remove the ability for the employer to offer an advantage to non-members.
TLDR it’s an essential part of making a functional union.
modality@lemmy.myserv.one 5 months ago
Right to Work means you can have a union job but not join the union. You have the right to”right to work” without being a union member or paying any union dues. Generally it means you get all the benefits without contributing but also unions are usually a lot weaker since so many people opt out, so also the benefits are lesser. Because it is governed by state-level laws, details vary from state to state.
HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Is it in Colorado? If it is, it’s a good thing. If not, it’s a bad thing. Right to work is a bad thing.
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They prevent you from having to join a union to work at a company. And you don’t have to pay dues either.
You can effectively benefit from the unions bargaining without supporting the union - which if enough people do that kills the union (the goal of the law).
zbyte64@awful.systems 5 months ago
They’re onto killing a bigger fish: The National Labor Review Board.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Relations not review
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Let me make this easy for everyone.
If something is detrimental to average Americans and beneficial to the wealthy, Republicans will absolutely attempt to do it.
That is a fullproof formula.
The part that’s hard to wrap your mind around is how average Americans can be so stupid as to elect them despite this being an easily provable fact.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Missouri voted to amend their state constitution to enshrine abortion rights, and also voted in Republicans into national seats and the white house which is most likely going to result in a national abortion ban that overrides the state constitution.
People are morons.
AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Bone apple tea to you my good sir
Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Feel free to crosspost to !AskUSA@discuss.online
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
lol “Right to Work” - Conservatives love to use “freedom” words when they ban or restrict something. If they instituted the death penalty for criticizing the government it would be the “Freedom From Putting Up With Whining” Bill.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Right to Bow To Employer’s Whim laws you mean?
BadmanDan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, will they try it again?
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Try it? They’ll enshrine it in the constitution with the control they have now.