Labor question

But the way I see it is this.. They really CAN'T force you to do anything because you CAN just leave if you want to.. The problem is, they can then fire you as a walk-out or whatever they want. You're not being forced to work there. That's the catch 22 of working in much of the USA.. You don't have to work, and once you have a job your boss can't force you to do anything, but if you don't do what is expected of you as long as that company isn't breaking the labor laws, you can be fired. So it kind of is like you're being forced, but not against your will. You do it because you need a job and don't want to lose the one you have.

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Originally Posted by Don

Just for clarification, Right to Work is the right to work without being forced to pay union dues. In other words, you can work in a company that is unionized, but do not have to pay union dues or join the union. I think what you meant to say is that OK is an "at will" state. This means that you can be fired for good cause, bad cause or no cause, just not an illegal cause (Title VII, ADA, etc. violations).

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Right to work means you can use union benefits without being paying union dues, as in legally free load off the union, federal law already protects you from being forced to join a union or any other group you do not wish to support, whether it be religious, a car club, or work related.

My advise, if the new solutions aren't working out, find a new job, don't expect the law to protect you and you to stay there very long. It doesn't sound like you're doing a career job so find something better. In my opinion the whole "you're lucky to have a job" mentality is just being a coward. What if everyone had that mentality? We would all be working for minimum wage or less in crap conditions telling each other "we're lucky to have a job."

Yeah, I'm looking. The last two nights I worked, we busted everything out super quick and got our end done and then some without staying anytime over. So, we discovered that they're having to cut 900 hours out of the schedule, from overnighters, who started whining that my crew doesn't do our job. Which led to the threat, which started everything. So, we're putting the light on them now by taking care of business and showing the reason they don't get everything done is because they just aren't getting it done on their own.


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