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The ten poorest states are all right to work states
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this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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"right to work" laws are misleadingly named laws that undermine unions by outlawing union shops from requiring membership. These laws lead to financial collapse of the union. All of the ten poorest states have these laws, and almost zero union membership.
Required union membership is a bit weird though. It can lead to so much abuse that it's not really a rational thing.
There ought to be several unions that have nothing to do with the specifics of one particular industry, but everything with workers rights.
Union corruption is a real thing and not all industries make sense to unionize