Ensure every worker has the right to organize by scrapping anti-labor union laws.
The only thing standing between the dignity of workers and the greed of their employers and corporations is labor unions.
Last week, striking workers at Case New Holland, an agricultural machinery manufacturer in Iowa and Wisconsin, rejected a contract proposal that the company stated was its “last, best, and final offer.” The workers have been on strike since May, and the proposal they rejected was the first contract proposal they received.
Labor unions are the key to a more democratic workplace. That’s why Iowa needs to get rid of anti-labor unions or so-called “right-to-work” laws.
“Right-to-work” laws are presented as a way of helping people get jobs without being “forced” to join unions. But they just make it more difficult to form unions and collectively bargain.
As of 2019, 14.5 percent of jobs in states without anti-labor union laws were low-wage jobs, according to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. In states with anti-labor union laws, 24 percent are low wage. On average, worker pay drops 3 percent when anti-labor union laws are implemented.
Unionized workers see considerable benefits compared to workers who are not unionized. The U.S. Department of Labor unionized workers on average earn over 120 percent of what non-unionized workers earn. Unionized workers are more likely to have employer-provided health insurance and pensions and safe...
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