Michigan lawmakers pass bill to repeal "right to work" - Whitmer to sign

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2. RTW

The thing about RTW is that if someone decides they don't want to join the union and not pay union dues, they still get the benefit of anything in the contract negotiations. I was a union steward at a city and we had one person who didn't want to actually join the union so he wouldn't have to pay union dues, but every time we negotiated the contract and if there was a raise, or an increase
in vacation time or sick time or whatever, he got all the benefits but didn't have to pay for them. That is just not right. What I
used to say was, if you don't want to join the union, fine, but if we negotiate any increase in benefits, YOU DON'T GET THEM. If you want a raise or any increase in benefits, you go talk to management, you're on your own.