Right To Work

by | Jun 25, 2015 | News

Left-wing political economist Robert Riech (former Sec. of Labor under Clinton) has entered the Right-to-Work debate on the side of Big Labor. This video supporting unions contains a section dedicated to the idea of a federal law banning state right-to-work laws. Meanwhile, fed-up employees are taking advantage of newly minted right-to-work laws, and in non-right-to-work states, the deauthorization process, to prevent the union from pilfering from their paycheck. In Michigan, the Michigan Employment Relations Commission upheld a ruling which declared the Michigan Education Association’s  “August window” for withdrawal from the union illegal and permitted union-represented public employees to withdraw from their unions at any time. In Missouri, nurses at a St. Louis hospital are looking to rescind the union security clause and eliminate mandatory dues. The deauthorization option is one of the best-kept secrets of the National Labor Relations Act. In non-right-to-work states (and in case a federal law makes right-to-work laws illegal), it is the only option left that allows union members to hold unions accountable. Unlike decertification attempts, the deauthorization process can proceed at any time.

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