Why Right-to-Work Laws are Bad for Workers' Rights

[@mikezilla4053]

Fact: in Chicago non union top earners heating and air…are around $35 hr. most companies offer ZERO benefits such as matching 401k ZERO PENSIONS!!!!!!!!!! you pay for yourself and family to be insured which means out of your $35 hr = $750 a week after taxes you now get to pay for your insurance… family of 6 (husband wife and 4 kids) $250 a week now your at $500… gas if you have a truck at least $100, tolls $40, food for family $200 that’s $160 a week left for rent, electric, and whatever else. $640 a month… your wife better have a good job !!!!!!!!!! Now what I am.. a union local 73 sheet metal worker journeyman. (Heating and air) take home $1450 a week. All my insurance for myself wife and 5 kids PAID! $20,000 a yr 401k after 30 yrs that’s $600,000 when I retire. We have a vacation plan which equals 2 weeks a yr. I have two pensions and social security which will give me around $5k a month when I retire. The right to work bill is a scam to take away from workers and give more to companies. The big non union company shops around Chicago have owners who flaunt their wealth taking their porches , Lamborghinis and Ferraris to the shop every day to rub it in their faces of the employees. Done believe me ask an employee. Oh they also get to work 90hrs a week killing them selves for the owners who continue to rape them. Anyone who works non union is a fool!!! And you are willingly letting the rich take hard earned money out of the pockets of the hard working Americans that are trying to support a family. The American dream is dying and it’s because the rich are making the gap between them and the working class people so wide it will be the rich and the slaves! You are literally voting to one day have your grandchildren be slaves to the rich! Fools!!!

[@MartellThaCool]

Speak 🗣️🎙️🎤

[@jdvera2506]

I couldn't agree with you more. Local 7 sheet metal worker here . Michigan 💪

[@mikezilla4053]

@@buddyfett1341 right.. I’m sorry, I forgot what it was that you do that you supposedly make more than your “counterparts” 🤨 your fkn bs!!! And no one believes you!

[@aetherblackbolt1301]

If a worker does not want union benefits and services, why should they not be able to decline them and not pay union fees? Are all union benefits/services mandatory and inescapable to all workers?

[@OperatingEngineersLocal3]

Yes. The benefits and services unions negotiate for a bargaining unit are not something workers can opt out of. That's because the Supreme Court has ruled that unions are legally required to represent all members of a bargaining unit, whether all workers in that unit are union members or not. For example, if a union negotiates better wages, benefits and working conditions for a bargaining unit, those gains go to everyone in the unit who works under that employment contract. The non-union workers in that unit cannot (and do not) opt out of getting those wage increases, improved benefits and better working conditions simply because they refuse to belong to the union, don’t pay dues and choose not to pay fair-share fees. As a result, the time, energy and resources that were put into negotiating that contract, as well as the time, energy and resources that go into enforcing it, become a free service and benefit… but only for the non-union workers within the unit, as the union members continue to carry their share of the responsibility and costs. In other words, under so-called “Right-to-Work” laws, unions and union members are legally forced to spend time, energy and resources in pursuit of collective gains, but without the ability to recoup the costs of doing so, thereby creating a strain on organized workers and reducing their power to make gains and enforce contracts. It would be like forcing a business to provide a service, encouraging customers who use that service to refuse payment, making that the law of the land and then telling people to blame the business when it can no longer effectively provide the service it once did. That’s why these laws were invented by anti-union activists and their wealthy backers. They don’t believe workers should have the right to collectively bargain with employers in the first place, and they certainly oppose the idea of workers having the power to enforce their employment contracts in any meaningful way, so they created a clever mechanism to trick working people into undercutting their own power.

[@benjamintorres9211]

Real question is why wouldn’t you want to have benefits

[@HamguyBacon]

@@benjamintorres9211 Don't make enough to pay union fee's, eats into earnings.

[@codystanton5533]

@@HamguyBacon my union dues are 330 a year and there are working dues, might go up to about 800-1k a year total considering the working dues but I'd have to actually look at a stub. That's certainly doable considering my hourly rate is completely after my benefits are considered, for instance a non union carpenter might get 50/hr but I'll get 40/hr and 50/hr in benefits and I don't have to pay for my own insurance or retirement OUT OF MY PAYCHECK. That's the biggest difference, my little brother is a carpenter for the Amish and is all hunky dory about all this cash he's making from the overtime but he'll shit a brick when he gets the hospital bill from having his kid 2 weeks ago and in 20 years when he realizes he never did anything for his retirement(which is totally dependent on you seeing a future coming up on you)

[@guycd1]

Michigan just repealed our right to work laws in both the house and senate! Gretchen is expected to sign the bill! Appreciate the educational vid.

[@jdvera2506]

😎 local 7 sheet metal worker here . GR MICHIGAN

[@guycd1]

@@jdvera2506 Ayyy I work in pharma distribution in GR, been in UFCW for 11 years.

[@tristanruby3351]

This video is so true. My Ohio state job not only discriminated against me but they also attacked my union right’s. However, the state of Ohio sucks!!!! They have given companies the right to discriminate against me. The right to work law sucks but so does SEIU 1199

[@nicholasbrooks7349]

Welcome to Ohio

[@reclaimamerica9527]

i've been fired from every job i've ever had, most of them for absurd reasons or not given at all. As much as id like to hire an attourney for wrongful termination, I dont have the funds to sustain such a (losing battle) in a very pro right to work state.

[@mikezilla4053]

I’ve been working since I was in 5th grade (paper route) and everything in between… I’ve been a sheet metal worker for 24 years… I can literally count on 2 fingers the times I’ve been fired and both times was because I didn’t care and was going to quit anyway… if you’ve been fired from every job your either extremely stupid… you take drugs or drink a lot or your looking for a lawsuit. Also.. I’m betting if you weren’t in a right to work state you’d have the same issues.. it’s you 🫵 you need to change yourself.

[@MartellThaCool]

Same exact here as I got fired, laid off or forced to quit jobs as due to disability discrimination and I have no funds to fight for what is my right. I'm for union jobs

[@tetrimono2004]

Do you have a source for when you said that Right To Work used to be called Anti Union but was swapped to confuse people? I just wanna know

[@OperatingEngineersLocal3]

Thank you for your interest and for your question. Use of the term "right-to-work" to describe these laws was first promoted by a man named William Ruggles in an editorial he published in the Dallas Morning News on Labor Day, 1941. After the editorial was published, Ruggles was contacted by an anti-union lobbyist named Vance Muse about adopting the term. Muse was having trouble winning public support for a similar proposal called "the American Plan," which had become too unpopular for being openly tied to anti-union groups and goals. Vance adopted the term "right to work" at that point, stopped referring to these laws as the "American Plan" and started immediately having success getting this legislation passed in various states. While I don't have a specific source to point you to, an internet search of Vance Muse can connect you with numerous articles and academic papers about this, as well as the REAL goals and purposes Muse discussed behind closed doors or in the presence of anti-union audiences. I hope that helps!

[@dbambino775]

Solidarity my brothers , ironworkers local 118

[@bv310841]

This video needs to be seen by everyone!!

[@aetherblackbolt1301]

While I don't buy your opinions entirely and have some concerns, I appreciate the clarity of the video. Good to hear a coherent argument instead of current "drama politics".