Misnomers/right to work - Revision history

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Woozle: Wikipedia; note about non-compete clauses

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Wikipedia; note about non-compete clauses

Woozle: freedom to become enslaved

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freedom to become enslaved

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[[category:orwellianisms]]
[[File:Righttowork720.png|thumb|Wages in states without RtW laws are higher than wages in states without, and the difference is generally more than the cost of union dues.]]
The phrase "right to work" (RtW), which generally refers to anti-union laws (aka "right-to-work laws") does not actually guarantee a right to work. What those laws actually do is take away negotiating power from workers and give it to management. It's basically removing a protection from the workers and then saying that this gives the workers a new "right" because now they're free to work without that protection.

This is the same kind of logic which argues that people aren't free unless they are "free" to sell themselves into slavery.
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 The implicit claim is that such laws give you ''more'' [[rights]] rather than ''taking away'' your rights. Proponents argue that they give you the right to work without union interference, without having to pay union dues, and without having to "associate" oneself with a union (which they argue is a violation of the right of {{l/sub|association}}).
 ==Reality==
-An actual "right to work" would be something more along the lines of an ''employment guarantee'' &ndash; a right for any job-seeker to be given a job, preferably at a living wage or higher.
+An actual "right to work" would be something more along the lines of an ''employment guarantee'' &ndash; a right for any job-seeker to be given a job, preferably at a living wage or higher. The US federal government also uses "right to work" with regard to discrimination against {{l/sub|immigrant labor}}.
 What RtW laws actually do is remove protection and negotiating power from the workers, with the implication that this gives the workers a new "right" because now they're free to work without it.

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 [[category:orwellianisms]]
 [[File:Righttowork720.png|thumb|Wages in states without RtW laws have higher overall wages than states without, and the difference is generally more than the cost of union dues.]]
-The phrase "right to work" (RtW), which generally refers to anti-union laws (aka "right-to-work laws") does not actually guarantee a right to work. What those laws actually do is take away negotiating power from workers and give it to management. It's basically removing a protection from the workers and then saying that this gives the workers a new "right" because now they're free to work without that protection.
+The phrase "right to work" (RtW) generally refers to anti-union laws (aka "right-to-work laws"). They are popular with [[marketist]]s and other right-wingers.
 This is the same kind of logic which argues that people aren't free unless they are [[freedom to become enslaved|"free" to sell themselves into slavery]].
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 ==Notes==
 Someone said that right-to-work laws have the advantage (from the worker's POV) that they also ban {{l/wp|non-compete clause}}s, but this does not seem to be true; the only RtW states that also restrict non-compete clauses are Florida (very little restriction) and Texas.

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		+	==Notes==
		+	Someone said that right-to-work laws have the advantage (from the worker's POV) that they also ban {{l/wp\|non-compete clause}}s, but this does not seem to be true; the only RtW states that also restrict non-compete clauses are Florida (very little restriction) and Texas.
		+	==Links==
		+	===Reference===
		+	* {{wikipedia\|Right-to-work law}}