Why right to work?
I'm a Canadian from Ontario and our Libertarian party is promoting 'Right to work" like many US states. What I don't understand...it's going to be rediculously hard to pass something like this, why not go all the way and let the companies/organizations CHOOSE if they want to work with the unions. Seems to me to be a larger gain for the same amount of work. Any thoughts?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong - but my understanding of the situation is:
a) If a company is union, they have basically signed away their right to shop for employees on the open market. They have agreed they will only buy labor from the union. But they gave up that right voluntarily.
b) Once the union contact has expired, the company CAN choose to not renew the contract. The practical problem is this means they have to instantly hire an entire replacement workforce.
Do I have this right, or am I wrong?
Right to work is a good thing. If someone wants to be in a union no problem - but the employer is not forced to deduct union dues automatically from an employees paycheck. This cuts off the money stream to unions and requires unions to have a product to sell. The contradiction is that a professional oraganization cannot set fees for their members - this is antitrust, but unions can strike for wages. My friends that are in unions cannot see beyond their nose and have no clue about running a business. As Michigan becomes more attractive to manufacturers the unemployeed will sing a different tune- that is if they will come off of welfare and unemployment benefits.
Companies also MUST display posters promoting unions, even if they are non union. So even if you don't want them, and your employees don't want them, they insinuate themselves into the company.