Your Opinion: Opposition to right to work

Dear Editor:

Right to work and paycheck protection are part of a coordinated campaign designed to deceive the citizens of Missouri. No matter the name, the goal of both is to destroy the power of working families to have a voice. Whenever these policies are implemented the results are the same, lower wages, lower benefits and decreased workplace safety. This is not good for families, and it is not good for Missouri.

Supporters of these paycheck deception bills have said their efforts are the first step to a right-to-work state. Extreme politicians do not have a party, they have financial sponsors. Deceptive legislators for some time now have attempted to capture and capitalize on the word "right." Most of these "right to work" bills are anti-worker, reducing employee wages and benefits.

I am in agreement with many persons of faith who believe that if the dignity of work is to remain protected, then the basic rights of workers must be protected. We must protect workers by providing fair wages, freedom from discrimination.

Workers already have the right to decide whether to join a union and whether to pay union dues. Unions historically have played major roles in moving workers into the middle class so it is painful to see attacks waged against unions in the Missouri Legislature in recent years.

Collective bargaining is responsible for building the middle class in this country and faith leaders are called to stand for justice and economic dignity even if we must stand alone. "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Proverbs 31:8-9. God bless all who are called to stand against deception coming out of the Missouri Legislature against working Missourians.

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