Right To Work Law: Pros And Cons

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The right-to-work laws were created under the 1947 federal Taft-Hartley Act, it was set up to in state that prohibit union security agreements or agreements between unions and employers, it governs the extent in which unions can require employee’s membership, payment of union dues, or fees as a condition of employment either before or after the hiring of the employee. (Right-to-work law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:, 2015) This allows all workers the benefits of the union negotiated contract. There are many pros and cons of the right-to-work law; many believe that the right to work is a right that belongs in the Constitution and that we should have the right to associate or not with the union. It is also believed that other than taxes …show more content…

If an employee believes that the union is loyal to working for and spending the fees collected to better the employee’s wages and benefits the employee would be more likely to be loyal to the union and more willing to pay the dues. The decline of union workers is helping to create more right to work states, and those that are right to works states actually have been shown to have more competitive wages and more personal income economic growth rates. (Right to Work: Pros and Cons:, 2015) In right to work state the wages are actually less than a non-right to work state but there are more employed workers. In a right to work state it has been shown that the injury rates of work place injuries are higher and that there is less spent on the education and training of employees. The poverty rate is higher and the employees with insurance is lower in a right to work state. When you think about the idea behind the right to work laws and statutes you would think that since all employees are guaranteed the same benefits whether they are on the union or not would lead to better wages and benefits and that the work place would spend more on training and education for the …show more content…

If more states pass the right to work law the unions will lose even more members and while some may think that unions are not the answer they can actually take care of the employee better with the negotiations between the unions and the employers. If Montana became a right to work state it would be very detrimental to not only the state economy but also to the many businesses in the state that have unions in place. Take for example Montana Rail Link, this is a big employer in the state of Montana and it consists of many different Unions under one roof. The benefits of the union at MRL are great, as my husband works for them we have very low cost health, dental and vision insurance that covers more than many plans out there, the deductibles are lower, the out of pocket is lower and what we pay for it is about ¼ of what you would play for a plan through a normal employer. This allows us to be able to have more income that comes home to put back into the state’s economy. The union that he belongs to also has better retirement and death benefits then social security will ever

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