the other side of 'right to work'

I live in Georgia-it's a 'right to work' state. I don't know anything about unions or how this all came to be but there is more to this than unions issues. For a non union employee-right to work means your employer can fire you without just cause. It also means that a server only makes half of minimum wage-in Georgia that translates into $2.30 an hour-NO ONE should make less than full minimum wage-yes servers make tips-but tips aren't always great and you pay taxes on them so a customer who only leaves 10% means you just made nothing. You can show up one day and be let go even though you haven't done anything wrong and you have NO recourse for resolution. These things are not right-have absolutely nothing to do with unions and actually seem to favor the 'bib business' this claims to protect against. In right to work states-your ight to work is not protected.

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