Missouri Voters Overturn Right-To-Work Measure

[*michaelsean*]

(08-08-2018, 06:07 PM)Benton Wrote: Uh... who is going to collectively bargain? A group of employees?

Because I think you just talked yourself into unionizing!



In my experiences, right to work is one of those times where people hear the carefully selected term coming from a political party they favor and go “yeah, I think everyone should be able to work! Damn liberals!”

Then they find out that it takes away some of the rights of workers and it doesn’t seem as good of an idea. Or they find out states with right to work typically have lower wages in those industries and it’s not as good of an idea.


Edit to add: there really isn’t a third party. There can be, if a side brings in an arbitrator. But it’s still just somebody representing the group (either group of workers or group of shareholders).

I understand who does the collective bargaining and if the employer and union agree to make it a stipulation of employment during collective bargaining then I’m ok with it.

Of course there’s a third party. There’s me, the employer, and the group of employees who make up the union. I think people should be able to organize and try for what they want, but the government shouldn’t give them a special privilege to declare that if I want to work for a company I have to give their group money.