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Tennessee voters have the opportunity this month to pass a constitutional amendment that would ban all-union workplaces and require unions to provide services for which workers do not have to pay.
Very little in Tennesseans’ lives would change if the so-called “right to work” law were added to the constitution because it’s been the law in Tennessee for 75 years. But it’s much harder to change the constitution than it is to change a standard law.
Supporters of “right to work” laws say they are good for business and that they give workers the right not to join a union and not to be fired for their membership or non-membership in one.
Federal law already protects those rights.
Opponents argue the laws undermine unions’ finances because unions are required to represent all workers at a given workplace, but workers aren’t required to pay for the services they provide.
Here’s what the amendment says:
“It is unlawful for any person, corporation, association, or this state or its political subdivisions to deny or attempt to deny employment to any person by reason of the person’s membership in, affiliation with, resignation from, or refusal to join or affiliate with any...
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