I’m not in a RTW state and people in my state have been arguing about it as long as I can remember. Even after I read it, I still don’t understand what it means and how it could bring wages down.
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Right to work states make it illegal for union membership (and therefore the confiscation of union dues from your paycheck) to be a condition of employment. This undermines the financial resources of unions, as most people will simply pocket their dues than give them to a union in hopes that it will pay off for them in the long run.
These laws are already very marginal, since only about 6% of American private sector workers belong to unions, and union rolls have been plummeting for decades. Ultimately, automation, free trade, and competition are what put paid to unions, and the ‘right to work’ laws are merely evidence of their political prostration.
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