Right to Work?

Some of the Republican politicians are talking about 'Right to Work' what do they mean????

It seems some voters don't seem to like the idea!

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/new-hampshire-lawmakers-boo-bachmanns-anti-u

I refuse to comment on subject matter proffered for discussion found on a blog run by a convicted felon.

Find another source.

Strange how you commented on the one about Bachmann and the no teeth thread from the same source.............

But it's your right not to comment but I'm sure that other will....

I didn't notice the source link on the other thread...

seems you REALLY should find a new source besides the rhetorical ramblings of a left-wing convicted felon, now doesn't it?

Right so what do republican politicians mean when they talk about 'Right to Work' ?

RoB do you really believe that Buchmann has read 'John Locke’s exhaustive examination of and discourse upon property in his Second Treatise of Civil Government' and is refering to this when she talk about 'right to work'?

"Right to Work" laws basically mean that no one who works in that state will be obligated to join a union or can freely resign from a union. However, those workers who do not join or who resign will still be under the auspices of the results of collective bargaining. For example, if the union negotiates a raise, everyone receives the same raise whether you're in the union or not. However, by resigning or not joining, you forfeit your voice and will have to accept whatever the union negotiates.

Thank you Shirina....Thats all I wanted to know, it's much the same as Britain where closed shop work places are not allowed but everyone benefits from the work of union members and their officials.

QUOTE: Texas has never allowed closed shops.

Many people consider the Medical Profession and the Legal Profession to be a "closed shop" due to the fact that practitioners are obliged to be members of the appropriate professional body.

In "right to work" states you don't have to join a union if the work place is unionized and the state jobs don't prefer union shops.  In non right to work you have to join the union whether you want to or not.  If you work for Boeing, for example, and work in Washington State, you have to join the union.  If you work for Boeing and work in S. Carolina, Texas, or Missouri you don't.  They are right to work states.
  Unless you count gov workers, only about 11% of the work force is unionize and they are usually workers in northern tier states but not always as California is highly unionized and going broke.

The automobile construction industry recognises that it spends more on worker pensions and welfare than it does on making cars. Accordingly, agreement has been reached with the Unions that NEW workers will be taken on without most of the social commitments made previously.

But it'll still be cheaper to manufacture in Asia.

There are a fair amount of auto plants in the south and more to come.  VW is building a couple of plants there and Toyota is already there.  Soon the South will be building more cars than Detroit especially if General Motors continues to have such poor sales numbers.  Detroit is union and the southern states are right to work.  We are having a major population shift to the south from union states.

GM is successfully building automobiles in China.

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-news-story.aspx?storyid=201110100131dowjonesdjonline000022&title=general-motors-china-september-vehicle-sales-up-153-on-year

I'm not too surprised by that.  GM products are more popular overseas than they are here where they are called Government Motors.
 In China they are not burdened by the regulatory or employee restraints they are here.

What about the right NOT to work?

We want MORE unemployment; LESS productivity.

Let's move towards full UNEMPLOYMENT.

How's the hangover?