@return2ozma to News • 2 days agoKamala Harris told Teamsters president she'd win "with you or without you"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square103arrow-up1219arrow-down142cross-posted to: [email protected]politics
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minus-squareenkerslinkfedilink41•1 day agoExcuse my ignorance on American doublespeak, but does the “right to work” just mean the “right for companies to employ scabs”?
minus-squareQueen HawlSeralinkfedilinkEnglish29•1 day agoThey named it that so it would get confused with similarly named laws that protect the rights of workers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink25•1 day agoright to work laws “protect” workers from unions forcing them to pay dues so: yes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 hour agoIf a truthful name were required, it’d be “right to free ride” or “right to scab.”
Excuse my ignorance on American doublespeak, but does the “right to work” just mean the “right for companies to employ scabs”?
They named it that so it would get confused with similarly named laws that protect the rights of workers.
right to work laws “protect” workers from unions forcing them to pay dues so: yes.
If a truthful name were required, it’d be “right to free ride” or “right to scab.”