>The right to work states are alabama, arizona, arkansas, florida,
>georgia, iowa, kansas, louisiana, mississippi, nebraska, nevada,
>n. carolina, n. dakota, s. carolina, s. dakota, tennessee, texas,
>utah, virginia, and wyoming. oklahoma is not a right to work state.
>
>a right to work state makes collective bargaining agreements which
>require members of the bargaining unit to either join the union or pay
>a dues equivalent illegal. As a result of supreme court rulings, it
>is not legal anywhere (rtw state or not) to have an agreement which
>compels membership, although an agreement which requires a dues
>equivalent of nonmembers is legal. However, in the latter case a
>nonmember cannot be compelled to pay that part of the dues which is
>not used for collective bargaining purposes. The court has said that
>money a union uses for organizing is not part of the union's
>collective bargaining function!
>
>The above applies to workers covered by the national labor relations
>act. For most public employees, dues equivalent clauses are also
>illegal, as they are in rtw states.
>
>michael yates
>econ.-univ. of pittsburgh at johnstown
>johnstown, pa. 15904
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Idaho is the most recent addition to the right to work states, sometime in
the mid to late 80s.
Steven Hecker
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Labor Education and Research Center
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
telephone: 503-346-2788
fax: 503-346-2790
