Iowa Right To Work: Talking Points
“FAIR SHARE” IS A BACK DOOR REPEAL OF RIGHT TO WORK
- The foundation of Right to Work is that no employee should have to pay dues or fees to a union to get or keep a job.
- Proponents of “fair share” state that it does not violate RTW because is does not force union membership. However, it is impossible to force union membership. Such practice is prohibited by federal law.
- There are currently 22 Right to Work states. None of them permit any type of “fair share” or fee for service.
- State and Federal courts have consistently ruled that “fair share” arrangements violate state Right to Work laws.
- The bills do not remove the Right to Work section from Iowa’s law. However, they make numerous “exceptions” to the law that will make our Right to Work law meaningless.
- When unions represent non-members, it is a CHOICE they made by electing to be the exclusive representative. Unions do not have to seek recognition as the exclusive representative of all employees in the bargaining unit. Federal law permits unions and employers to engage in non-exclusive collective bargaining for union members only.
- Employees who choose not to become union members are being held hostage by this system. They simply do not have a choice in who represents them. To force them to pay dues or fees to the union only adds insult to injury, and created dissention in the workplace.
- According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the rate of job growth in Right to Work states is 65 percent faster than non-Right to Work states. Growth in real personal income is 11 percent higher in Right to Work states compared to non-Right to Work states.
- Legislators campaigned on growing jobs and the economy didn’t mention in their campaigns forcing non-union employees to pay union dues or fees.
