The employer is not forced to higher non union workers by right-to- work. Right-to-work liberates the employer form being coerced by unions into only hiring unions.
PS: Just ofering an idealogical counter view, not nesicarily held by myself.. I am just looking for "Right-to-work is good/bad becasue *it has this effect* and this opinion is backed up by *these statistical facts*." --- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I know what it means. I live in a right to work law state. What it > means is that legally membership in a union can not be a condition of > employment. I believe that there should not be a law against union > membership as a condition of employment. I believe that employers have > a right to enter into agreements ans contracts with employees that > state conditions of employment. I believe that employers have a right > to establish conditions of employment. That is why I believe that > right to work laws are an infringement of both the freedom of > employers and employees to agree to a certain condition of employment. > I do not believe that the government should restrict the type of > agreements employers and employees can agree to. > > $ > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Cory Nott <corynott@> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > I'm not entirely sure why you think "Right To Work" means that the > employer cannot choose whether or not to hire you. We all have the > fundamental right to enter into a contract with any willing entity in > order to trade our labor for material wealth. That is, essentially, > the right to work. Whether or not anyone will hire you is a matter of > property rights and freedom of association and doesn't preclude you > from your right to work. What we have is a situation where unions have > the power to exclude anyone who is not a union member from working in > a union shop. The employer cannot hire non-union people without > breaking the law. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hrearden_hr <HRearden@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Cory Nott" <corynott@> wrote: > > If anything, right-to-work protects freedom of association by > > > allowing them to choose not to be a member of a union and still work > > at a > > > "union shop." > > > > > > It does not protect freedom because no person has the freedom to work > > for a particular employer. Employers have a right to establish the > > conditions of employment because they are the creators of jobs. Nobody > > has the right to work for an employer without the employer's consent. > > Right to work laws deny freedom. > > > > $ > > > > > > > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Libertarian English language Political parties > Online dictionary American politics > > > > --------------------------------- > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > Visit your group "Libertarian" on the web. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > 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/
