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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am tired of anti-union legislation being called right-to-work.
I would like us to come up with another, more accurate term and am asking for suggestions. One possibility is right-to-serfdom, or right-to-debt slavery. What are your ideas?
ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)Right to work for less. That's it in a nutshell.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,368 posts)meow2u3
(24,764 posts)...which is a borderline unconstutional violation of the 13th Amendment.
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)It is after all, the right to work for slave wages.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)Thank you, Thom Hartmann.
Freddie
(9,266 posts)You could get all the benefits of union representation without having to contribute to the costs. Or (the right's goal) because of this, no union at all.
kydo
(2,679 posts)the 'right to work' BS is the rethug/wing nutter/1% framing the issue much in the same way they framed the abortion issue with 'pro-life', instead of the more applicable term of anti-abortion or anti-choice. Its a lie. A play on words that worked for the anti-choice lot. And it is working well for the right to work people. Despite the fact that right to work is really you giving up your right to work for a fare living wage. Anti-union. People buy it because white rich people say it is good.
Its craziness if you ask me. I never refer to the term right to work, I always call it what it is, anti-union.
potone
(1,701 posts)The problem is that unions have been demonized to such an extent that many people have a knee-jerk reaction against them. I think the "right to work for less" description is a good one. It is accurate without being inflammatory.
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. They are all good, and I would welcome others.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)aikoaiko
(34,170 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)We always tag on "for less." It's just knee jerk now.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)R2w is just more conserv spin, like death taxes, Reason Foundation, or Accuracy in Media. They have penchant f/ oxymoronic appellations.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)Because you are basically at the mercy of your employer
Agony
(2,605 posts)moochers they be...
metalbot
(1,058 posts)"Right to work" essentially says that 2 private entities (a corporation and a union) are prohibited by the big evil government from entering into an exclusive supplier agreement.