looking to locate to NH worried about union laws. (Manchester: minimum wage, living in)

[Ksawaya]

My family are looking to move to the Manchester area in the next year, and while most of what we see we like, I am not sure what to thing of living in a Forced Union State. I find it funny that with a slogan like yours you would not be a right to work state. If some one could give me some insight in to what it means to non union workers (I will never join one either) I would appreciate it. Must say other than this one concern it seems a great place to move to.

[buck naked]

not to worry, only 10% of NH's work force is union based.

Plenty of scabs to work for and get minimum wage with no benefits.

[CometVoyager]

Originally Posted by Ksawaya

My family are looking to move to the Manchester area in the next year, and while most of what we see we like, I am not sure what to thing of living in a Forced Union State. I find it funny that with a slogan like yours you would not be a right to work state. If some one could give me some insight in to what it means to non union workers (I will never join one either) I would appreciate it. Must say other than this one concern it seems a great place to move to.

Not to worry Ksawaya! Most of us in New Hampshire and even many in the Legislature understand how stifling for growth and innovation a union can be! Just look what happened to GM, Ford & Chrysler!

Many people I know will strip a Union NAKED if it tries to crop up like a sick weed!

[Alex Libman]

The Free State Project activists are working on that...

[MtnFlyer]

Originally Posted by Alex Libman

The Free State Project activists are working on that...

Ksawaya if you're interested in moving to NH and concerned about such things I would highly recommend checking out the link that Alex posted.

Here is a Wikipedia page that will give you a brief overview of the project: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_state_project

[hubbardpt]

Originally Posted by buck naked

not to worry, only 10% of NH's work force is union based.

Plenty of scabs to work for and get minimum wage with no benefits.

I make a fine living working docks and driving truck and I'm not a union worker.

[maxxoccupancy]

I'm actually a Free State Project activist, and I'm opposed to "right to work" laws, since they interfere in the marketplace. Unions are about as popular in northern New England as they are in the South (i.e., not very), partly because the AFL-CIO is so crooked. Long story short, when the commie CIO merged with the fairly conservative AF of L, AFL guys got replaced with mafia connected CIO cronnies, and the unions stopped working for their own members.

Union officials are usually crooked, but most of the members are legitemately trying to make things better for working people in this country.

Should workers be allowed to organize as a block, boycott a company, and bargain as a group? Any company that treats and pays their workers so badly that they walk off in disgust--en masse-- deserves to be stuck with a union. The State should never interfere in the economy on behalf of one side or the other. The corporate owned media just never tells you how often the government is giving special preferences and favors to certain companies. There needs to be a completely level playing field in the marketplace.

[thedudewiththeplan]

Currently living in a non-union state (Georgia) and being from NH originally, I would take the Union States over Right to Work States in a heartbeat!

[mustmove]

Even in a Union shop you don't have to join the union. You do have to pay dues though but you only have to pay dues that go to direct representation. The unions hate to have a nonjoiner and they really hate having to do the bookwork to figure out where dues go but screw em. If you are not a member and only paying partial dues they still have to represent you in any labor action and failure to do so opens up the union coffers to a lawsuit. Unfortunately you are still paid and promoted according to the union contract/lowest common denominator.