Pros of Right to Work Law In states that have adopted Right to Work Laws unions are not allowed to force companies to approve contracts requiring all employees to pay union dues, whether they are in the union or not. State Right to Work laws makes this illegal for business to do. What this means is that employees can benefits from a union contract without paying union dues. Currently in the United States there are 28 states that have adopted Right to Work law, those are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Many people who are for Right …show more content…
Economist Dr. Richard Vedde with the Center of the American Experiment conducted a study and according to this study, if Minnesota had adopted Right to Work law they would have ranked in the top 10 states with the highest income per capita but since they did not they ended up ranking 14th. Another advantage of Right to Work laws is higher employment. Another study conducted by Dr. Richard Vedder showed that Right to Work states have a higher percentage of workers that are employed than the states that have not adopted the Right to Work laws. To some this may not seem like much but to the people who are involved it is of some significance to them. Unions are always accountable and that is a benefit that comes with states that adopt Right to Work laws. Unions are a business that makes money by collecting dues from their members, or the employees, and this can be way too much money. This is what causes union monopolies. Right to Work laws assure that the labor unions will not cause a monopoly of unions by allowing employees to become voluntary