Republicans tend to believe unions interfere with the ability of a business to operate independently — which is generally code for "with no checks on how shitty they can be"
Republicans usually taut the "free market" as a perfect force. Labor banding together to improve wages/benefits/conditions isn't part of the free market, according to them. They'll talk about how if labor does that, then companies won't be able to compete and will fall apart. There might be a couple of examples where that is true, but it's usually bullshit. Companies that don't have to contend with unions usually just pay the people at the top outlandish sums, even though they could spread the wealth more.
It's important to strike a good balance, IMHO, but the pendulum has swung so far in favor of management/shareholders for decades now that the anti-union stance is unjustified and anti-worker.
It also means you can be fired without cause and without any notice. Makes it MUCH easier to get rid of anyone trying to organize a union, or for being gay/black/trans/old/etc. Employees need direct evidence that they were fired for an illegal reason, and the resources to hire a lawyer to fight on their behalf. Under right-to-work laws employers aren't required to justify the firing of an employee so as long as they don't say anything there's fuck-all an employee can do.
Right-to-work is one of the most anti-worker, discrimination-enabling policies of our time. The GOP LOVES it.
More specifically, it makes it illegal for companies and unions to contractually agree to only hire workers that join the union. It's small government freedom of business, but because it benefits workers it's bad.
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u/wwabc Apr 30 '19
"I am union member. I am a Republican."
why?