2007-06-28 06:27:12 · 12 answers · asked by darwin e 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Right-to-work laws are statutes enforced in twenty two U.S. States, allowed under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, which prohibit trade unions from making membership or payment of dues or "fees" a condition of employment, either before or after hire.
2007-06-28 06:29:59 · answer #1 · answered by wizjp 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Right to work means the ability to do the job even though you may not have the education to do it.
An example......I know physical therapy....I have a degree.....they can have you come off the street...show you where the on button is and show you how to use the equipment but you don't have a clue what you're doing or why. You can go through the motions of the job without knowing anything more. Now....down side to this is like what happened in Chicago with a dental assistant. The Dr' medicated a girl.....told the assistant to observe her.....ya...she watched her....watched her die because she had no clue what to observe for or what to do if something went wrong. I had a Dr. tell me to do a therapy on a patient who had a heart transplant. I knew if it was an older transplant doing this therapy would kill them. I wouldn't do it because I knew about it. I was threatned to be fired and everything else. I still refused and called about it since there wasn't enough information on the patients chart to know. Thank God I did.....I would have killed that patient if I would have done it. Dr. thanked me and then said....oh well,,,wouldn't matter...he's the one who would have been in trouble.....but after further investigation.....no....I would have because I knew....I had the degree....it's no excuse to go against the law even if your job is threatned by your superior. Now I don't know about you....but I would rather have a trained person dealing with me and not a drone who doesn't know what, how or why they are doing what they are doing. Sometimes that para-professional behind the professional is your personal protection. It makes the difference of the inexperienced not washing you vegetables, or ignoring temp readings or just going through motions that makes the difference between life and death. I don't care if it's mixing old cole slaw with the new, or doing something else to cut corners to get the job done. I can hammer a nail.....I'm not a carpenter. I can slice you open and pull out an organ......that doesn't make me a surgeon.
Right to work is nothing more than dragging professions down to nothing more than going through the motions for a cheaper wage.
2007-06-28 06:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly what Tompink said. I don't know about he union part either. Because I worked for an employer in Florida that required you to be part of a union if you wanted to be hired for certain positions.
2007-06-28 06:41:10 · answer #3 · answered by YBMEUBU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means that you don't have a "right" to keep your job if your boss fires you for whatever reason he cares to.
Unless you have a written contract and they seriously violate it, you're tough out of luck, and if you rock the boat too much, they'll find a way to terminate you and you'd stand a snowball's chance challenging it.
That's the gist of it.
Thanks to the answerers above! I didn't know that part about the unions.
2007-06-28 06:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by topink 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually means that a person can work without having to put up with a union.
2007-06-28 06:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by GRUMPY1LUVS2EAT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it means you cannot be forced to join a union to work in a particular place. To those who argue against this, all you have to do is look north at the sorry condition of the Michigan and Wisconsin economies. Yes, strong unions were needed at one time to prevent abuse, but their excesses have effectively killed the U.S. steel and auto industries.
2007-06-28 06:37:32 · answer #6 · answered by W E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that some states they make you joint a union in order to work in certain jobs, mostly the trades, but Florida does not have that requirement, so you can joint if you want, but it is not mandatory. They can fire you at will for no reason, and you have no representation to to address your work place issues. It is mostly in the south and is usually means lower wages
2007-06-28 06:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by jean 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You have the right to work without joining a union and also your employer has the right to terminate you for no particular reason.
2007-06-28 06:30:42 · answer #8 · answered by Papou 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have the right to work without joining a union.
2007-06-28 06:29:32 · answer #9 · answered by Stimpy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means that
* No one can require you to be a union member to work anywhere.
* All employment is "at will". You can be laid off or dismissed at any time for any or no reason.
Those are the two biggest points that affect you.
2007-06-28 06:31:20 · answer #10 · answered by Diminati 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋