PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Arizona is a “right-to-work” state but could that change? A bill was just introduced to repeal the state’s current right-to-work law. It’s controversial because people disagree on whether that would help or hurt you, the employee.
It all comes down to how you feel about unions. If you want the backing of a union fighting for things like higher pay and better work conditions, you likely would favor repealing right-to-work. But some people don’t want to be required to pay a union fee or have more union involvement in the workplace. “I was teaching and working for 50-60 hours a week for less than $30,000 and very few benefits,” said state Rep. Oscar De Los Santos, a Democrat from Laveen.
This experience made De Los Santos cosponsor a new bill, HCR 2008, with two other Democrat lawmakers that would repeal the current right-to-work law in Arizona. Though laws are constantly changing, Arizona is one of about half the states in the U.S. that are right-to-work, meaning there is no requirement to join a union to get or keep a job.
De Los Santos said having unions would be better for Arizona workers. “When you’re unable to band together with your colleagues and coworkers to negotiate a fair contract, your wages go down. You have worse benefits, less likely to get health insurance, less likely to get a pension,” De Losa Santos said.
But there are two sides to this that employment attorney Joshua Black sees from an outside perspective. “Research shows that states...
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