{"id":130,"date":"2007-10-24T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:21:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:21:57","slug":"afl-cio-trainee-admits-right-to-work-makes-unions-more-accountable-to-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/afl-cio-trainee-admits-right-to-work-makes-unions-more-accountable-to-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL-CIO Trainee Admits: Right to Work Makes Unions More Accountable to Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a paper union officials will undoubtedly ignore, Michael Oswalt, a graduate of the AFL-CIO\u2019s \u201cLaw Student Union Summer\u201d program, observed an obvious truth: <b>unions in Right to Work states are more accountable to their members because they have to be<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/72.14.205.104\/search?q=cache:d3c2XV2yTbkJ:www.kentlaw.edu\/academics\/plel\/Oswalt%2520Lewis%2520Article.pdf+Michael+Oswalt+%22The+Grand+Bargain%22&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-a\">Citing<\/a> AFL-CIO founder Samuel Gomper\u2019s own opposition of forced unionism, Oswalt writes that \u201csimple logic\u201d shows that when forced dues are eliminated union officials must be more accountable to the concerns of individual members:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p> Indeed, simple logic suggests that when dues are guaranteed, attentive member servicing may not be, cultivating a frustrated and apathetic rank and file. The right-to-work environment, alternatively, stands in sharp relief. Where dues are linked to member satisfaction, leadership\u2019s responsiveness embodies a special urgency\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, if Oswalt\u2019s former bosses at the AFL-CIO were really concerned with what is best for rank-and-file workers, they would support a National Right to Work Act.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a paper union officials will undoubtedly ignore, Michael Oswalt, a graduate of the AFL-CIO\u2019s \u201cLaw Student Union Summer\u201d program, observed an obvious truth: <b>unions in Right to Work states are more accountable to their members because they have to be<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/72.14.205.104\/search?q=cache:d3c2XV2yTbkJ:www.kentlaw.edu\/academics\/plel\/Oswalt%2520Lewis%2520Article.pdf+Michael+Oswalt+%22The+Grand+Bargain%22&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-a\">Citing<\/a> AFL-CIO founder Samuel Gomper\u2019s own opposition of forced unionism, Oswalt writes that \u201csimple logic\u201d shows that when forced dues are eliminated union officials must be more accountable to the concerns of individual members:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p> Indeed, simple logic suggests that when dues are guaranteed, attentive member servicing may not be, cultivating a frustrated and apathetic rank and file. The right-to-work environment, alternatively, stands in sharp relief. Where dues are linked to member satisfaction, leadership\u2019s responsiveness embodies a special urgency\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, if Oswalt\u2019s former bosses at the AFL-CIO were really concerned with what is best for rank-and-file workers, they would support a National Right to Work Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AFL-CIO Trainee Admits: Right to Work Makes Unions More Accountable to Workers - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/blog\/afl-cio-trainee-admits-right-to-work-makes-unions-more-accountable-to-workers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFL-CIO Trainee Admits: Right to Work Makes Unions More Accountable to Workers - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a paper union officials will undoubtedly ignore, Michael Oswalt, a graduate of the AFL-CIO\u2019s \u201cLaw Student Union Summer\u201d program, observed an obvious truth: unions in Right to Work states are more accountable to their members because they have to be.Citing AFL-CIO founder Samuel Gomper\u2019s own opposition of forced unionism, Oswalt writes that \u201csimple logic\u201d shows that when forced dues are eliminated union officials must be more accountable to the concerns of individual members: Indeed, simple logic suggests that when dues are guaranteed, attentive member servicing may not be, cultivating a frustrated and apathetic rank and file. 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