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. 

https://nrtwc.org/facts/state-right-to-work-timeline-2016/

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

https://nrtwc.org/facts/state-right-to-work-timeline-2016/

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