'Right to Work' for Less in Michigan? H. B. 4454 and H.B. 4455 Will hurt Michigan's Working Families...
'Right to Work' for Less Hurts Every One...
Workers in states with so-called "Right to Work" laws have a consistantly lower quality of life than in other states - lower wages, higher poverty, less access to health care - according to data from the U. S. Department of Labor and U. S. Census Bureau. Why should Michigan adopt a losing "Right to Work" strategy that lowers the standard of living for workers and their families?
'Right to Work' for less will not Ease Michigan's Manufacturing Crisis...
'Right to Work' for less Hurts Michigan...
The notion that so-called 'right to work' laws give states a competitive edge is untrue, especially in todays global economy. Compare North Carolina - a 'right to work' state with the smallest percentage of unionization of any state in the country - with Michigan. Between 1994 and 2005, North Carolina's manufaturing job loss, both in ablolute numbers and in the decline in the overall share of manufacturing employment, was far greater than that of Michigan. Michigan lost 170,000 factory jobs ( 20 percent of it's manufacturing employment ) while North Carolina lost 231,000 such jobs ( 31 percent of the manufacturing base ). Clearly, 'right to work' is not the answer to Michigan's factory job crisis.
'Right to Work': WHO's behind it...?
A nationwide conservative organization named National Right to Work...
National Right to Work has ties to America's extreme right wing, including:
The Michigan and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest coalition of businesses in the state and country.
Grover Norquist of America's for Tax Payer Reform and the anti-union Alliance for Worker Freedom. He is a close advisor to George W. Bush and the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party.
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In Michigan Right to Work (for less) is being pushed by...
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Right to Work: Equity and Free Riders...
| Under a state's right to work law, workers do not have to join the union or pay dues, but are entitled to the full benefits of the union contract. |
| Unions in these states are required by law to defend non-dues paying members involved in a dispute or charged with a grievance at work, but even those employees do not have to contribute dues. Such a provision does not give workers more rights, but weakens unions and their ability to bargain for improved benefits and working conditions. |
| The union, by law, must represent all workers equally. It's an arrangement where everyone pays their fair share. If not, a worker who pays union dues would work next to a worker who is a free rider and pays no dues. How would you like that? They pay no dues but have equal rights to vacation time and to promotions from the whole contract. Both receive the same pay and benefits from a bargained contract, but one gets them for free. |
| Free riders, those who don't pay their fair share, can even sue the union if they feel they are not represented correctly. |
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