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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, September 06, 2004 ::
Unions remain strong in midstate By Maggie Large, Macon Telegraph, GA
Georgia is known as a 'right-to-work' state, meaning that employees do not have to sign up with a union to work at a job site. In states with 'closed shop' provisions, union membership is a condition of employment at union workplaces.
'I like to say it's a 'right-to-work-for-less' state,' said Mark Weathers, organizer with Local 1316 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Macon, which represents about 340 workers in Middle Georgia.
Couple that with a presidential administration that many labor officials see as 'setting back the clock' for workers' rights by changing overtime rules and cutting back the National Labor Relations Board, and it seems that times for unions are more dire than ever.------------------------------------------- posted 8:07 AM :: reference link ::
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