@return2ozma to News • 2 months agoKamala Harris told Teamsters president she'd win "with you or without you"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square139arrow-up1236arrow-down146cross-posted to: [email protected]politics
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minus-squareenkerslinkfedilink43•2 months agoExcuse my ignorance on American doublespeak, but does the “right to work” just mean the “right for companies to employ scabs”?
minus-squareQueen HawlSeralinkfedilinkEnglish32•2 months agoThey named it that so it would get confused with similarly named laws that protect the rights of workers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink27•2 months agoright to work laws “protect” workers from unions forcing them to pay dues so: yes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months 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.”