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minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 days agoExcuse my ignorance on American doublespeak, but does the “right to work” just mean the “right for companies to employ scabs”?
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 days agoThey named it that so it would get confused with similarly named laws that protect the rights of workers.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 days agoright to work laws “protect” workers from unions forcing them to pay dues so: yes.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours 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.”