Right to work movement / Labor Unions What is a Labor Union? Labor Unions are an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. Labor unions were originated in Europe in the 18th and 19th century. What is the Right to work movement? The right to work movement is an outgrowth of federal labor legislation passed in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Labor unions expanded in the 19th century with the founding of National Labor Union in 1866. Soon after the knight of labor emerged in 1869, the group’s memberships peaked about 700,000 and its efforts were focused on addressing key issues like child labor and the demand for eight hour work days. Labor unions have many Pros and
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“If I know I can’t be fired easily, I can speak up more freely,” (Boris) Labor union are to political- Unions provide a lot of money to political candidates they believe are sympathetic to union views. Labor union fees can be excessive and some employees do not believe that the return on the investment is worth the expense. Labor unions like to establish rules that are primarily aimed at protecting certain employee rights, for example seniority of the union. The right to work movement began in 1930s and 1940s, prior to the Great Depressions, federal labor law was not supportive of labor unions, and union membership exceeded 10 percent of the nonagricultural force only briefly during and shortly after WW1. The Wagner Act, was passed in 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Second New Deal”. The act provided that a company could lawfully agree to be any of the following:
1. A closed shop, which employees must be members of the union.
2. A union shop, which allows employees for hiring non-union employees, provided that the employees join the union in a timely …show more content…
In February 2011 study by the Economic Policy Institute found, Wages in the right to work states are 302 % lower than those in the non-right to work states. The rate of employer- sponsored health insurance is 2.6 percentage points lower in right to work states compare to non-right to work states. The median household income in the states with RTW laws is $6,568, 11.8 percent less than other states. 25.9 percent of jobs are in low wage occupation, compared with 18 % of job in other states. Right to work movement employees have lower poverty rate and a higher share of residents with health insurance than all of those 22 states. The injury rate in the RTW states are higher than in non RTW states. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of workplace deaths is 52.9 % higher in states with Right to work laws. In conclusion Labor unions are more effective because they have more benefit than right to work laws, they have higher wages, safer work environments, job security. Right to work movement have lower wages, higher workplace deaths and hardly no
“If I know I can’t be fired easily, I can speak up more freely,” (Boris) Labor union are to political- Unions provide a lot of money to political candidates they believe are sympathetic to union views. Labor union fees can be excessive and some employees do not believe that the return on the investment is worth the expense. Labor unions like to establish rules that are primarily aimed at protecting certain employee rights, for example seniority of the union. The right to work movement began in 1930s and 1940s, prior to the Great Depressions, federal labor law was not supportive of labor unions, and union membership exceeded 10 percent of the nonagricultural force only briefly during and shortly after WW1. The Wagner Act, was passed in 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Second New Deal”. The act provided that a company could lawfully agree to be any of the following:
1. A closed shop, which employees must be members of the union.
2. A union shop, which allows employees for hiring non-union employees, provided that the employees join the union in a timely …show more content…
In February 2011 study by the Economic Policy Institute found, Wages in the right to work states are 302 % lower than those in the non-right to work states. The rate of employer- sponsored health insurance is 2.6 percentage points lower in right to work states compare to non-right to work states. The median household income in the states with RTW laws is $6,568, 11.8 percent less than other states. 25.9 percent of jobs are in low wage occupation, compared with 18 % of job in other states. Right to work movement employees have lower poverty rate and a higher share of residents with health insurance than all of those 22 states. The injury rate in the RTW states are higher than in non RTW states. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of workplace deaths is 52.9 % higher in states with Right to work laws. In conclusion Labor unions are more effective because they have more benefit than right to work laws, they have higher wages, safer work environments, job security. Right to work movement have lower wages, higher workplace deaths and hardly no