tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post4552865406898140698..comments2023-05-25T03:08:18.166-06:00Comments on Montana Headlines: Right to work nonsense in the GOP platformUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-61003839098542019192008-07-05T11:01:00.000-06:002008-07-05T11:01:00.000-06:00There was no intent to present an organized case a...There was no intent to present an organized case against right-to-work legislation in this post other than the obvious political case that in Montana, advocating right-to-work legislation is the kiss of death. <BR/><BR/>It could cost us control of the legislature, and then the unions that right-to-work people hate so much would really be in the drivers' seat.<BR/><BR/>That's not very reasonable or logical, is it?<BR/><BR/>Employers have a choice of whether to deal with unions or not. They can shut down their business and reconstitute elsewhere if they like. Many have.<BR/><BR/>Employees have a choice about whether they want to work for an employer who has a contract with labor unions. Many choose to work elsewhere rather than join a union.<BR/><BR/>In an agreement between labor unions and employers, disputes between two private entities are privately settled. The government is involved only to the extent that it supervises secret-ballot elections on whether a shop wants to unionize or not. But the negotiations over pay and work conditions are between two private parties.<BR/><BR/>Absent labor unions, disputes between work-forces and employers often ended up becoming violent, and in today's day and age, would end up involving the government being the arbiter. <BR/><BR/>And government should never be the answer.<BR/><BR/>The right to unionize is essential to the functioning of a free economy. Read Robert Taft, ur-conservative, for more info.Montana Headlineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149094528547382638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592841981416728347.post-12277982711200192682008-07-03T16:46:00.000-06:002008-07-03T16:46:00.000-06:00You haven't made any reasonable nor logical argume...You haven't made any reasonable nor logical argument against Right to work legislation. No one should be forced to donate or be a part of an organization if they don't want to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com