Right to Work States

States who have adopted “Right to Work” laws have an advantage in attracting manufacturing jobs. Employees in Right to Work States are not required to join a union and pay union dues, even if they are employed in a bargaining unit.

The following 26 states have right-to-work laws:

Alabama (adopted 1953, Constitution 2016)

Arizona (Constitution, adopted 1946)

Arkansas (Constitution, adopted 1947)

Florida (Constitution, adopted 1944, revised 1968)

Georgia (adopted 1947)

Idaho (adopted 1985)

Indiana (adopted, 2012)

Iowa (adopted 1947)

Kansas (Constitution, adopted 1958)

Kentucky (adopted 2017)

Louisiana (adopted 1976)

Michigan (adopted, 2012)

Mississippi (Constitution, adopted 1954)

Nebraska (Constitution and statute, adopted 1946)

New Mexico (Chaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Roosevlt, Sandoval, and San Juan Counties 2018)

Nevada (adopted 1951)

North Carolina (adopted 1947)

North Dakota (adopted 1947)

Oklahoma (Constitution, adopted 2001)

South Carolina (adopted 1954)

South Dakota (adopted 1946)

Tennessee (adopted 1947)

Texas (adopted 1947, revised 1993)

Utah (adopted 1955)

Virginia (adopted 1947)

Wisconsin (adopted 2015)

Wyoming (adopted 1963)

In addition, the territory of Guam also has right-to-work laws, and employees of the US federal government have the right to choose whether or not to join their respective unions. 

New Hampshire adopted a right-to-work bill in 1947, but it was repealed in 1949. The legislature of Missouri passed a right-to-work bill in 2017, but the law was defeated in a 2018 referendum before it could take effect. West Virginia passed a right-to-work law in 2016, in 2019 a circuit court struck down the law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law

Comments

Right to Work States tended to vote for Trump in 2016 with few exceptions.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader