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- Title
The Continuing Controversy over Right-to-Work Laws in the Early Twenty-First Century.
- Authors
Devinatz, Victor
- Abstract
This article provides a brief introduction to the ongoing controversy concerning right-to-work (RTW) legislation in the United States. The paper proceeds with the outlining of the major ideological arguments in favor of and in opposition to RTW laws before presenting the taste, free rider and bargaining power hypotheses which has motivated research concerning the economic effects of RTW laws. After reporting the findings of some of the basic empirical research designed to test these hypotheses as well as other recent studies, the article concludes that RTW laws have, at a minimum, moderately reduced the scope of unionization as well as the number of union members over the long-run. This indicates that the presence or absence of RTW legislation is not merely a symbolic fight as some have maintained but is something that has real consequences for the trade union movement's future in the United States in the early 21 century.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RIGHT-to-work laws; RIGHT to work (Human rights); HUMAN rights; LABOR laws
- Publication
Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, 2011, Vol 23, Issue 4, p287
- ISSN
0892-7545
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10672-011-9185-z