The Future Looks Bright for the Right-to-Work Movement

Thomas Jefferson famously said that it is “sinful and tyrannical” for government “to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors.” That principle is consistent with the guarantees of freedom of speech and association enshrined in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. Yet, some federal and state labor laws in this country have long authorized requirements that workers pay union dues as a condition of employment, requirements known as the “union shop” or “agency shop.” Increasingly, however, legislatures and courts are recognizing that workers have a constitutional right to work without being forced to subsidize a union. Recognizing the inconsistency between forced union fee requirements and worker free choice, in the 1940s state legislatures began enacting what are popularly called right-to-work laws. These statutes simply prohibit requirements that workers…

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