Saturday, November 30, 2019

Right to Work Laws


US Right to Work Laws were allowed in 1944 to give States the right to pass laws giving employees the right to join or not join unions in Private Sector companies. 

All public sector in all States have the right to refuse to join unions. 

US Right to Work States – Year Adopted
Arkansas 1944
Florida 1944
Arizona 1946
Nebraska 1946
Virginia 1947
Tennessee 1947
N Carolina 1947
Georgia 1947
Iowa 1947
S Dakota 1947
Texas 1947
N Dakota 1948
Nevada 1952
Alabama 1953
Mississippi 1954
S Carolina 1954
Utah 1955
Kansas 1958
Wyoming 1963
Louisiana 1976
Idaho 1985
Oklahoma 2001
Indiana 2012
Michigan 2013
Wisconsin 2015
W Virginia 2016
Kentucky 2017
Total 27 States


States who have no right to work law require employees who work for private sector unionized employers to join their union. These 23 States are listed below.
Maine
Connecticut
Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
DC
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Colorado
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Alaska
Hawaii
Total 23 States

These non-right-to-work States are likely to continue to become right-to-work States to attract manufacturing plants.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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