by Nouri Arif

Created on: August 12, 2010

It pains me greatly to have voted "yes" on this issue.  I reside in a right-to-work state and am full well aware of the problems that go along with the right-to-work laws as they pertain to individuals.  However, for states that desire to draw businesses to them in order to bolster commercial tax revenues and to provide more work for it's citizens, being a right-to-work state is a very good idea, actually it is an excellent idea.

The greatest issue with the right-to-work laws is the protection those laws afford companies in terms of firing employees.  The company can, should it choose to do so, fire any employee for, almost, any reason it sees fit without fear of having to provide even the most cursory reason for the termination.  As a result, it is extremely difficult to gain unemployment benefits in right-to-work states.

Right-to-work laws do make it exceptionally difficult for unions to organize and to exert massive pressure upon it's members in order to stop work.  This, for what must be obvious reasons, is extremely attractive to businesses.  Companies know all to well that unions are difficult organizations with which to deal on almost every level. Unions demand better benefits and better salaries for their members all of which hurt any companies bottom line.  Clearly, when a company looses money it seeks to make the loosing stop.  This occasionally requires the compnay relocate.

For the state being a right-to-work state is a magnet to companies that want to have a healthy climate in which to grow.  These companies employee more of the citizens in the state which results directly in less unemployment and more in both corporate taxes and individual taxes.  These conditions,obviously, make the state stronger by building revenues and lowering the number of individuals getting unemployment insurance checks.  All of this does contribute to grow and prosperity for the state, the company and the individual.

The downside then is that the individual has a more difficult time of staying employed and for getting unemployment checks once fired.  This trade off, however, still tends to provide the unemployed with a greater number of businesses from whom they can seek work.  The economic realities are that it is a very wise choice for any state interested in growing itself revenues to adopt the right-to-work laws.

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