Right to work. Please advise.

[TheDeputy]

Ok, I am in a small, independent union. I love my union. However, we are not political at all, nor does my union educate us much. I have heard of right to work. On paper, it seems to offer a choice. However, I have heard also that it ends up being bad for the worker. We don't have it in Ohio, so I have no experience with it. What, exactly, is it. Basically, I am asking how it would negatively impact local cops like me? Also, what impact would it have on a larger scale? If I read it correctly, it would allow people to get the benefits of membership without having to share the cost of membership. Is that right? Thanks to all who for your help.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Read all about it here - lots to digest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Work

[Skittles]

2. it's the "Right To Work For Less"

it is anti-worker garbage, designed to kill unions / collective bargaining

[FreakinDJ]

7. ^^^ This Guy ^^^ +1000

They went into Texas and sold the Right to Work bill to the Black and Hispanic community saying "You all are going to have jobs"

It didn't improve the employment picture in those communities, and it lowered wages for all workers

[MillennialDem]

3. In a nutshell, it means that unions can negotiate on wages/benefits but all workers get

said wages and benefits whether they pay union dues or not.

Since there is no benefit to an individual paying dues (see prisoner's dilemma), the union dies off.

[TheDeputy]

5. THANK YOU!

Exactly what I was looking for.

[Warpy]

4. It's bad for the worker because it's a tool to prevent unionization

having only part of a shop belonging to a union removes a lot of the leverage that union has to bargain for better working conditions or pay.

States with those laws typically have worse working conditions, markedly lower pay, more worker injury on the job, and generally an anti labor climate. Workers can be fired for any flimsy reason at all and even a union that covers a large majority of the other workers is not in a position to contest it.

People call those laws "right to starve" laws because that is the effect they have on the workforce.

I've belonged to good unions and bad unions and a bad union is much better than no union. You can take that to the bank. Literally.

[doc03]

6. We don't have it in Ohio? If it is up to Gov. Kasich we

will.

[SheilaT]

8. I lived and worked in Arizona back

when it was one of only two states that were "Right to Work". I don't recall what the other one was.

But I did know that pay in Arizona was less than in other parts of the country. That's what Right to Work means. 40 years of demonizing unions has paid off.