Right-to-Work laws are state-sponsored legislation designed to permit employees seeking employment to pursue work without requiring the enrollment into a union, or mandate to pay additional costs for union representation, like agencies instated fees. For example, employers’ fees can consist of minimum established payments designed to cover the cost of union representation, without requiring extra expenses that union members receive, which assists unions in progressing their political agendas. Due to the Labor Relations Management Act, also known as the Wagner Act of 1935 and later amended in 1947 with the signing of the Taft-Hartley Act, Congress sought to shorten labor grievances by instituting collective bargaining agreements and open employment …show more content…
Due to racial segregation, some individual’s beliefs led to the suggestion that African-Americans and Caucasians should not attend the same union and require further separations. Moreover, researcher Raymond Hogler surmises Colorado, enacted the Colorado Labor Peace Act in 1943, which he claims is a straightforward Right-to-Work law that curbs union power and designed to weaken Mexican, Chinese, and Native American representation (Hogler, 2011, pp. 296-297). Right-to-Work laws have since progressed past racist beginnings, and focus on employee’s rights for equal representation without joining a union or paying nominal fees. Currently, 28 states have signed in to legislation Right-to-Work laws, with Missouri becoming the latest with their laws effective as of August 2017 (National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, 2017). However, the Right-to-Work directives are highly contentious and trigger persuasive arguments for both …show more content…
Moreover, the study claims that the legislation, in fact, brings in newer business and offers a higher rate of self-employment. Nevertheless, the information reveals the laws negatively affects employees by subjecting them to lower wages and personal income earnings (Stevans, 2009). Further, the research provides validity to each side in the argument on Right-to-Work. Moreover, in a 2014 Gallup opinion poll, 53 percent of Americans state they approve of unions, however, an overwhelming 71 percent also support Right-to-Work laws (GALLUP,