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> But employers are free to make offers conditional on joining a union. Here's Alabama's Right to Work amendment, which is broadly representative: https://ball
by joshuamorton 5y ago
> But employers are free to make offers conditional on joining a union.
Here's Alabama's Right to Work amendment, which is broadly representative: https://ballotpedia.org/Alabama_Right_to_Work,_Amendment_8_(2016) https://ballotpedia.org/Alabama_Right_to_Work,_Amendment_8_(...
Key passages are
> (c) No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
> (e) An employer may not require a person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor organization.
The employer is not allowed to make union membership or dues a condition of employment, whether due to a union contract or out of their own volition.
Interestingly, if you want to look at my other post where I discuss noncompetes vs. Right to Work, you'll find that a number of states, when dealing with noncompetes, consider continued employment "sufficient consideration" for the noncompete. This means that in practice, they're allowed to change your employment contract (w.r.t. a noncompete, and presumably other things), and continuing to employ you is enough to make the contract valid, they don't need to offer you anything additional.
Georgia and Florida are two (but there are more) "right to work" states, where the employer is fully within their rights to change your employment contract ex-post-facto, except in regards to union membership.
- JumpCrisscross 5y agoThank you, I was incorrect.