Right to Work Laws: Legislative Background and Empirical Research

[摘要] This report is divided into two parts. The first part discusses right to work (RTW) laws themselves. It provides a brief legislative history on the federal role in the regulation of unions, a summary of the origin and development of RTW laws, a discussion of recent events at the state level, and federal legislation related to RTW. The second part of the report reviews the varied empirical research on the effects of RTW laws. Specifically, it will discuss the mixed evidence indicating relationships between RTW laws and other economic outcomes.

[发布日期] 2012-12-06 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Union security;Labor;Labor unions