The right to work laws and the effect of labor relations in America

The right to work laws and the effect of labor relations in America

Introduction

Right to Work laws refers to as Right to Work for less laws. A bill has been passed by the Congress as Right to Work bill. The bill, H.R. 391, has over a hundred co-sponsors as of December 2003. Another Right to Work Law was being passed in 1996 by the Congress which was being demolished by the filibuster in the council. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the rights to working laws and the effects of labor relations are favorable in America or not. “A Right to Work law guarantees that no person can be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or… to pay dues to a labor union”.

The advocator of Right to Work laws argues that these laws improve union accountability, create higher wages for labors, create employment by attracting businesses, and also prevent people from sustaining the cause in which they do not believe. The opposition group of Right to Work laws competes the laws that lead to lower wages, harm unions and worsens people's standard of living because they allow people to collect union representation with no return for it.

The advocator of Right to Work laws quote Jefferson: "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical” whereas the opposition quotes Martin Luther King: “In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as `right to work.' It provides no `rights' and no `works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining”.

Discussion

The Right to Work Laws

The way a law is titled can have a great influence on its chance of success in passage, as well as its acceptance once passed. Many laws are named after their creators, such as the Wagner Act, or the Taft-Hartley Act. Other laws are given more technical names to describe their intended purpose, such as the Economic Rehabilitation Act. Other laws are given more creative names, such as the Freedom in Information Act, or the Employee Free Choice Act. These names are like the flavored coating on vitamin pills, intended to make them more palatable to other lawmakers, to special interest groups, and to the general public.

Naming a law something like “Right to Work” may create implications about the Act itself, which are or are not entirely accurate. A Right to Work law is not necessary for someone to obtain employment. Instead, the concept of a Right to Work law is that employees have the choice to join a union or not. The decision not to join a union would not carry consequences, either financial or otherwise. What would this mean to an employee? To answer that question, we need to step back and look beyond union membership itself. Once a company recognizes a union, that organization becomes ...