Whats the difference between a city, a state and a city-state?

Whats the difference in a will to work state and a union state?

• Texas is a work at will state New Mexico is a union state-- how would the pay differ in these states?

• Answer:

  I think you are talking about so-called "Right to Work" states versus those states that are not "Right to Work" states. This terminology refers to union shops. In a union shop environment, employees must either be a member of the union or join upon hire. Sometimes, the union contract will allow members to not join the union, but pay partial union dues. This is done, because the union must represent all employees of the bargaining unit whether they are union members or not. In right to work states, union shops are illegal. Employees must be free to choose to join a union or not and they cannot be compelled to pay dues if they do not join the union. This might make sense, but remember there are expenses to the union in representing bargaining unit members that are not union members. Essentially, right to work laws are anti-union laws constructed in a way that is consistent with federal labor law. Right to work states are most prevalent in the Southern states where unionization is much less common. There are no real differences in terms of pay related to right to work or not right to work states, except insofar as right to work laws act as a barrier to unionization. Most studies have shown that unionized employees earn significantly more than non-unionized employees.