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Freddie

(9,771 posts)
2. People really don't understand what this is about
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 08:10 AM
Feb 2017

"Right to work" is NOT your employer's ability to fire you for no reason without recourse. That's "employment at will"
Thank God PA is not a right-to-work state (yet). I do payroll and benefits for a large school district. Every teacher is represented by the union at negotiation time and for grievances. Some (idiot) teachers refuse join the union despite this. We are allowed to deduct a "fair share fee" from their pay (it's less than regular union dues but not voluntary) because they are getting services from the union regardless of membership status. "Right to work" specifically disallows fair-share fees. So those teachers who refuse to join the union will get their services and pay nothing. Representation without taxation; freeloaders. Of course this will weaken unions, the whole point.

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