Right-to-work laws allow workers in unionized workplaces to decline to pay dues even if their wages, benefits and employment rules are set by a union contract. Here's more.
shows that states with right-to-work laws are correlated with less pay, worse benefits and more on-the-job injuries. The laws also create what critics often call the “free rider” program, in which certain workers get the advantages of union-negotiated contracts without having to contribute to the union itself.Supporters of Michigan’s right-to-work repeal say it may be difficult to replicate their success elsewhere in the country.
“Is it really so bad for unions to have to convince people to voluntarily join the union and pay dues? I’m not so convinced it’s a bad thing. It creates a challenge for the union to try and neutralize that potential free-rider effect. ... And the question is, does the union meet the challenge?” — Harry Katz, labor economist, to“Like a business’s membership in a local chamber of commerce, union membership may help or hurt individual employees.
“Many supporters of right-to-work laws insist that they’re not being anti-union — they insist it’s all about helping workers by giving them the freedom to stop paying union dues. It’s odd, however, that these right-to-work supporters who say they’re eager to help workers are rarely or ever seen doing anything else to help workers.
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