St. Louis Editorial: From 'Right-To-Work' to the 'Servant Economy'

As state legislatures around the country debate so-called "right-to-work" bills, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board published a scathing editorial this week ripping into these union-busting laws.

It said:

Two Mondays ago, Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and a fast-rising Republican star, signed a "right-to-work" bill into law in his state, calling it "one more tool that will help grow good-paying, family-supporting jobs here in the state of Wisconsin."

In fact, if experience from other right-to-work states is any indicator, it's likely to do just the opposite. It may, indeed, attract more jobs, but most of them won't pay enough to support a family.

The decline of America's middle class in the past four decades is attributable to many factors, one of them being the decline in union membership; right-to-work depresses union membership further. It will decrease dues payments that unions tend to spend on candidates who support unions, most of whom are not Republicans.

Read the full article here.