Again, the confusion.
RTW has little to do with unions BECAUSE most people are not in a union.
But... RTW does and will have major impact on non-union workers and their legal relationship to the employer.
You need not be in a union to get screwed by the employer.
But, you do need a state without RTW to play fair with the employer.
What always happens is, and TAKE NOTE, and exactly what will happen in Wisconsin, that after RTW passes, every and all business will search the law books tooth and nail to discover new ways to screw their employees, legally thanks to RTW.
Employers will fully examine just what that employer can now get away with.
And every employer will then put in place new rules and regulations to benefit the employer, and never the employee.
What usually happens in a RTW state, when employees are screwed out of overtime or wages or benefits or unfair unjustified firings to ensure new employee replacements earn the minimum basic wage rather than pay the seasoned loyal long termed employee a decent wage, what always happens is the wronged employees filing a CLASS ACTION law suit to remedy the RTW injustice.
And if you check out all those many many MANY class action law suits by harmed employees, you will find more often than not, the class action lawsuit wins in court.
The employee(s) win in the end thru class action, but only after the fact.
The problem here is, that the lawyers take all the rewards and the wronged employees get very little of the reward.
RTW? You will not like it if you are an employee. No one bit. I guarantee you!!!!!
Republican, democrat, liberal, or far righty, your employer will scan the books and discover new ways to legally screw the workers.
And they have a lot of fun with doing that.
With much legal assistance to guide the employer exactly how to screw their employees for the benefit and profit of the company.
In truth, Unions have very little to do with it.
RTW changes the relationship between the employer and the employee, and never for any benefit for the employee.
The employer has everything to gain and nothing to lose.
And the employee has everything to lose. And will.
Ps.
Regardless of your politics, regardless of your ideology, all it takes is one time being cheated out of wage, overtime, fairness, advancement or lack of, fare treatment, by your employer in a RTW state.
Your gut knee jerk reaction?
"I'm going to the labor board. They can't get away with this".
And when at the state labor board?
You will be told, in every RTW state, you the employee have NO rights. Period!
Sure, maybe you worked for 15 years and were in line for that promotion, and the boss promoted the less qualified, only been there 6 months, better looking girl. That new girl that spends all her time in his office gabbing, while you work your butt off.
Or that day they called you in 2 hours early because they were short of help, but you never received overtime pay. You only received regular pay for overtime worked.
Or the time you wanted a week off for vacation, and you put in for a week off, and some other employee later puts in for the same week off, and while you asked first the boss gives the week off to the other guy, and not you.
All are examples of RTW state employers screwing of their employees.
And the labor board will not help you one little bit.
You sit back, and lose out on all the promotions, on all the fairness, on all the wages while the new guy reaps all the employer benefits. And just because he, like the boss, plays golf. Or likes the Mets. Or their kids go to the same pre-school together. Or they both frequent the same bar.
THAT is the hard cold reality of RTW.
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