• enkers
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    22 hours ago

    Excuse my ignorance on American doublespeak, but does the “right to work” just mean the “right for companies to employ scabs”?

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      21 hours ago

      They named it that so it would get confused with similarly named laws that protect the rights of workers.

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      22 hours ago

      right to work laws “protect” workers from unions forcing them to pay dues so: yes.