WillowTree
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I personally find phrases like 'right to work' a bit asinine, but if you're physically able to work, by all means you have the right to it.
What does that mean?
"...you have the right to it"
In the legal sense it means you have the right to "not join or quit a union" and still keep your job if the workers there are represented employees. You only see that in "Right To Work" states.
On the other hand, in "Closed Shop" states joining a union is a condition of employment if the employees are represented.
But even in "Closed Shop" states it still means you have the right to work anywhere you wish though.
That's why the term "Right To Work" is very misleading.
That's BS. My bil belonged to a carpenter's union in the state of Californiacation. His name was on a roster. The men were put to work if their name came to the top of the roster. He could not go to work in any non union job. He had to wait til the union found him work. Sometimes that took many many months. Meanwhile the dues had to be paid, the groceries bought the children fed and clothed but he had to wait. Unions suck.