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minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoExcuse my ignorance on American doublespeak, but does the “right to work” just mean the “right for companies to employ scabs”?
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoright to work laws “protect” workers from unions forcing them to pay dues so: yes.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIf a truthful name were required, it’d be “right to free ride” or “right to scab.”
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThey named it that so it would get confused with similarly named laws that protect the rights of workers.
Excuse my ignorance on American doublespeak, but does the “right to work” just mean the “right for companies to employ scabs”?
right to work laws “protect” workers from unions forcing them to pay dues so: yes.
If a truthful name were required, it’d be “right to free ride” or “right to scab.”
They named it that so it would get confused with similarly named laws that protect the rights of workers.