Quoth Cory Nott: ----- I don't think you understand what "Right to work" means in this case. It means that people have the right to work for an employer - and the employer has the right to hire them regardless of whether they are a member of a union. It has nothing to do with forcing an employer to hire that person or forcing that person to work for an employer. It has nothing to do with whether or not an employer can fire an employee, though it may make it easier if that employee is not a member of a union. -----
You're leaving one element of most "right to work" laws out: Many of them _illegalize_ "closed shops" (i.e. businesses that hire only members of a union) even if the employer is willing to bargain with a union to have one. That's just as statist and unacceptable as the current laws mandating that if a certain percentage of employees vote for a union, it by law _automatically_ becomes a closed shop. ----- The standard argument against Right-To-Work laws is that they allow non-Union employees to take advantage of the collective bargaining agreements. Ie. they are free riders. ----- That is, indeed, another feature of some "right to work" laws -- they mandate that if an employer has a contract with a union, he has to give employees who choose not to join the union (after making it illegal for the employer to agree to hire only union members) the same benefits he's contracted to give union employees. In other words, BY LAW, he has to tell new employees, "if you join the union, you'll pay $40 a month in union dues. You'll receive $15 an hour and these benefits. If you don't join the union, you won't pay union dues. You'll receive $15 an hour and these benefits, and if I negotiate a new contract with the union for its workers who pay its dues, you'll get the same pay and benefits they get under the new contract." Which, of course, is bullshit, just as much as mandatory "closed shop" laws, proposed laws to ban hiring strike replacements, etc. Tom Knapp ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
