Right-to-Work Laws and the Crumbling of American Public Health
This book discusses the socioeconomic effects of Right-to-Work (RTW) laws on state populations. RTW laws forbid requiring union membership even at union-represented worksites. The core of the 22 long-term RTW states was the Confederacy, cultural descendan
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Right-to-Work Laws and the Crumbling of American Public Health
Right-to-Work Laws and the Crumbling of American Public Health
Deborah Wallace • Rodrick Wallace
Right-to-Work Laws and the Crumbling of American Public Health
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Deborah Wallace Division of Epidemiology NY State Psychiatric Institute New York, NY, USA
Rodrick Wallace New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University New York, NY, USA
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Preface
As of September 2016, 26 states had adopted right-to-work (RTW) laws, up from a long-standing 22 before 2011 (Table 1). Other states such as Missouri and Kentucky appear poised to join this group. The essence of RTW laws is to prohibit requiring union membership even in a workplace covered by a legally elected union. The rationale for this prohibition is individual freedom. If the individual does not want to join a union, that person cannot be required to do so even if he/she receives union-won benefits such as wage level, health insurance, paid vacation, defined holidays, protection from baseless firing, protection from favoritism in promotion/demotion, and safe and healthy working conditions. Sociologists and anthropologists who compare cultures internationally often label America as hyperindividualistic, indeed the most individualistic culture on earth (Bellah et al. 2007). This label neglects the collectivist traditions of the immigrants and the history of periods of collectivism su
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