Michigan voting on "right to work", what is the controversy here?

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

This is just me, but we all hate free riders right? Illegals with free tuition, welfare abusers etc. This is just another form of it, because in a right to Work state if you work in a Union shop and you don't have to join you still reap the collective bargaining rewards that the other are paying for. Raises, vacation and sick time,bonuses and anything else that union dues are paying for to be bargained you also get, a free ride.

This isn't necessarily the case from people that I've worked with that are from RTW states. Frequently, people that opt-out have the potential to be the first cut when layoffs need to come because they do not have the same protections as the union works. Also, the company is under no obligation to keep employees that underperform who aren't part of the union.

At the same time, if you opt-out of the union, there's actually incentive to excel because the company does not have to operate raised based on indiscriminate, seniority-based pay raises.

With the good, comes the bad. You opt-out and you don't get the same job security protections. However, you also have the potential to be rewarded relative to the quality of your work.

[justplugit]

Prolly should be in the joke thread, but what a betta place then this.

A union boss walks into a bar, sits down,orders a beer,and sees a guy sitting at the bar with a Romney button on and 2 beers in front of him.
The union boss thinks, "This guy is prolly drowning his sorrows, being Obama
got re- elected."
So he thinks, "I'll really rub it in" and yells to the bartender
"Drinks for the house for everyone except for the Republican."
The Republican smiles,waves at the union boss and says, "Thank You!!!"
The guy thinks WTH, that didn't get him, I'll do it again and yells out, "drinks for
the house,except for the Republican." The Republican smiles, at the union boss
and says "Thank you!!!
This infuriates the boss, so he yells out again "Drinks for the house,except for the
Republican." Again the Republican smiles at the union boss and says "Thank You".
The union boss is now out of his mind with rage and says to the bartender,
"Whats the matter with this guy, is he a crazy arse or something?"
"Nope" says the bartender,
"He owns the place."