Right-to-work is bad for workers (with Shane Larson)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Right-to-work laws, which make unionizing more difficult in 28 states, could more accurately be referred to as right-to-work… for less. Why? On average, worker pay drops 3.1% when right-to-work laws are passed. Shane Larson from CWA, the largest communications and media labor union in the U.S., joins Goldy to explain why right-to-work laws are so harmful, how they came to be, and why it’s so important to pass the PRO Act to fight for workers’ rights.  


Shane Larson is the Senior Director for Government Affairs and Policy for the Communications Workers of America. 


Twitter: @ShaneLarsonCWA @CWAUnion


https://www.epi.org/publication/so-called-right-to-work-is-wrong-for-montana/ 


https://aflcio.org/issues/right-work 


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/04/24/the-right-to-work-really-means-the-right-to-work-for-less/ 


Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/

Twitter: @PitchforkEcon

Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics

Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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Right-to-work laws, which make unionizing more difficult in 28 states, could more accurately be referred to as right-to-work… for less. Why? On average, worker pay drops 3.1% when right-to-work laws are passed. Shane Larson from CWA, the largest communications and media labor union in the U.S., joins Goldy to explain why right-to-work laws are so harmful, how they came to be, and why it’s so important to pass the PRO Act to fight for workers’ rights.  


Shane Larson is the Senior Director for Government Affairs and Policy for the Communications Workers of America. 


Twitter: @ShaneLarsonCWA @CWAUnion


https://www.epi.org/publication/so-called-right-to-work-is-wrong-for-montana/ 


https://aflcio.org/issues/right-work 


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/04/24/the-right-to-work-really-means-the-right-to-work-for-less/ 


Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/

Twitter: @PitchforkEcon

Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics

Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

2021-09-24 28 min
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