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View Poll Results: Do you support Right-to-Work?
Yes 64 56.14%
No 50 43.86%
Voters: 114. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-09-2019, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Clyde Hill, WA
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Private sector jobs are now only about 6% union. If you don't want to join a union, go get one of the 94% of jobs that are non-union. There's your 'right to work.'
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Old 04-09-2019, 05:46 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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A person can not be serious when they claim they support strong labor unions while at the same time supporting right-to-work-for-less laws.
I support labor unions and I support right to work. I support choice, not forcing people to do things they don't want to do. I don't support forcing people to join organizations they don't want to join.

And I'm serious.
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Old 04-09-2019, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Private sector jobs are now only about 6% union. If you don't want to join a union, go get one of the 94% of jobs that are non-union. There's your 'right to work.'
Who made you god and gave you the authority to tell me what organizations I have to join?
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Old 04-09-2019, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Clyde Hill, WA
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Who made you god and gave you the authority to tell me what organizations I have to join?
You in fact don't have to join. You are completely free to turn down the union job, and go get a non-union job. Note that I say this only in connection with private sector work. The public sector is a different kettle of fish, and I fully support the Janus decision which gave public employees the right to opt out of unions.

Again, it's like taking a job at Apple and then demanding the 'right' to use android (google operating system )instead of ios (apple's operating system). Sorry, if you don't want to use ios, don't take a job at Apple.
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Old 04-09-2019, 06:07 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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I support labor unions and I support right to work. I support choice, not forcing people to do things they don't want to do. I don't support forcing people to join organizations they don't want to join.

And I'm serious.
Then you're mighty serious about freeloading. After all, seriously, why should you pay for the benefits of a union when it can easily be had for free in any right to work state by not joining the union and laugh at the suckers who so pay the union out of every paycheck. And your boss or company owner will be cheering you on.
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Old 04-09-2019, 06:09 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Yes, support 100%. No one should be forced to join a union to get a job.

After being in a union (IBEW), I would never want to be part of such absurdity again.
Since the 1940s it has been against the law to first join a labor union as a condition for being granted a job.
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Old 04-09-2019, 06:11 PM
 
Location: Denver CO
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Then you're mighty serious about freeloading. After all, seriously, why should you pay for the benefits of a union when it can easily be had for free in any right to work state by not joining the union and laugh at the suckers who so pay the union out of every paycheck. And your boss will be cheering you on.
It's funny, so many Democrats and leftists use the freeloader argument in support of unions but have no problem with 40+% of the population paying no federal income tax or with redistributing money to people who haven't earned it.
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Old 04-09-2019, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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It's funny, so many Democrats and leftists use the freeloader argument in support of unions but have no problem with 40+% of the population paying no federal income tax or with redistributing money to people who haven't earned it.
So Republicans don't want to do a damn thing about it either. When was the last time you heard a Republican running for legislator declare that he supports ending all welfare. Instead, you'll hear the Republican pay lip service toward ending abortion. Saying that seems to be where more votes are.
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Old 04-09-2019, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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I did until a referendum passed there that created a right-to-work law. I thought right to work was a good idea.

But after seeing that all it really means is Right To Starve after 20 years of right to work, I changed my mind.
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Old 04-09-2019, 06:42 PM
 
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you act like they are on equal footing. they aren't.
equal footing? probably not... A company will survive without a CEO...……...A dedicated sufficient work force...……….probably not...…...
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