Why is Florida a right to work state?

The following 22 states are right-to-work states:

Alabama

Arizona †

Arkansas †

Florida †

Georgia

Idaho

Iowa

Kansas

Louisiana

Mississippi

Nebraska

Nevada

North Carolina

North Dakota

Oklahoma †

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Wyoming

Proponents of right-to-work laws point to the Constitutional right to freedom of association, as well as the common-law principle of private ownership of property. They argue that workers should be free both to join unions and to refrain from joining unions, and for this reason often refer to non-right-to-work states as "forced-union" states.[2] They contend that it is wrong for unions to be able to agree with employers to include clauses in their union contracts (also known as "union security clauses") which require all employees to either join the union, or pay union dues as a condition of employment.[3] Furthermore, they contend that in certain cases forced union dues are used to support political causes, causes which many union members may oppose.[4]

Proponents also argue that right-to-work states experience higher economic growth and job creation than do non-right to work law states.[5][6] For example, in recent years all of the new auto factories have been located in right-to-work states. Moreover, they contend right-to-work states typically have lower unemployment rates.[7]

A critic questions this because there are other differences between states.[8] For instance, states with RTW laws may have other pro-business laws, which makes it difficult to determine the effect of any single law.[8]

A March 3, 2008 editorial in The Wall Street Journal compared Ohio to Texas and examined why "Texas is prospering while Ohio lags". According to the editorial, during the previous decade, while Ohio lost 10,400 jobs, Texas created 1,615,000 new jobs. The article cites several reasons for the economic expansion in Texas, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the absence of a state income tax, and right-to-work laws.[9]

Because of a Republican controlled legislature and governor. If right to work is so great why do you not see the California on the list? If you separate California from the rest of the US it would have the 8th largest economy in the world. If you follow the logic espoused above you would have to conclude that such a result is not possible. Another non-sequitur is the situation which occurred a couple years ago in Tennessee. Volkswagen had opened a plant there. They wanted the employees to be able to join a union. The Republican lawmakers in the state were in massive opposition and spent massive amounts to try to persuade the employees that if the allowed a union to represent them that the plant would be closed. Absurdity!

I am not a union member but I have been a dues paying union member (voluntarily) in the past. My working conditions, wages and benefits were much better when I worked in a union business than before. Presently I represent management in opposition to unions. However, I would NEVER recommend that people not join a union when they can or to support right to work legislation.

You may ask why then I would support you unions. That would be a valid question. The answer is simple. It is far easier for management to negotiate with a few (3-5 typically) union representatives to reach a reasonable compromise than to negotiate with 4000 attorneys each representing the interests of only one employee. The results of union negotiation are generally much fairer and more durable than arrangements agreed upon otherwise or unilaterally imposed.

The primary reason that right to work has become popular is that politicians are afraid that unions typically support the Democratic party. That is not surprising. The Democrats are not the ones who keep trying to destroy them.

A former US president said that one would have to be crazy to oppose workers right to bargain collectively. That was Republican preside Dwight Eisenhower. If Republicans did not foment an existential opposition to the existence of unions, they would likely find that unions could support them, as they have done prior to the administration of Ronald Reagan. Don't let yourself be sold a bill of goods.

Because Florida has no labor laws for over the age of 18, the employers basically can do anything to you like working you for 30 hrs straight with no breaks at all , and with one hour off schedule you you to come back to work another 10 hrs and it is all in compliance.! They can pay unlivable wages,treat u like a slave and there is nothing anyone can do because the laws allow it ! I used to not like the unions because they drive companies into the ground,(ie GM, U.S.Steel etc.) but they are needed badly in florida ! Even employees that fight employers have to be able to prove everything in court and win or else you will lose your job,your dignity and other employers wont hire you afterwards because they fear you will take them to court as well. We call it the right to work, but is it ????????????????

Right to work means that unions cannot make a shop EXCLUSIVE to union members. In states where that is true unions can make joining the union a considition of employment with that employer. This is an attempt to preserve a monopoly on negotiating leverage.

It is fair to workers. Yes, many southern states have right to work laws.

it to keep union out and to me is against the free market

Because they like freedom.