Let Me Get This Straight...(Right To Work)

[WiffenPoof]

So, workers have the choice on paying union dues...but they must take the benefits the union negotiates. Getting something for nothing, essentially. Won't this promote divisiveness among workers? And how can this be seen as anything other than an attempt to undermine unions?

PLA

[catbyte]

1. Ding ding ding ding ding! We have a winner! There is NO WAY IN HELL this can be spun to be

pro-worker. It's a union busting move, but it's up to us union members to not let this break us down. I know that in my local union, I don't know of one single person who will not pay their dues because we remember how things were before we were unionized, but how this will affect our state union, the MEA, I don't know. We union members have to stand together now more than ever.

[D-Lee]

2. Employers get collateral benefits of knowing a worker's inclinations ...

It seems to me that this new post-election push for these laws is just another phase of the ultra-right's view that, as employers, they have a right to dictate how their employees vote in elections for public office.

It allows a clear identification of union supporters, likely those who will vote Democratic.

This is the push-back and revenge -- just another form of tampering with the right to vote freely and trying to control the ballot box.

[WiffenPoof]

4. Excellent Post

Love to see this expanded on in it's own thread.

[madrchsod]

3. yup..it sure will