This Labor Day we celebrate the men and women whose hard work keeps the country running. But in Hawaiʻi, many of those same workers face a real threat: pay union dues or lose their jobs.
That’s because Hawaiʻi is one of the minority of states that lacks a Right to Work law. Right to Work laws ensure union membership and financial support are fully voluntary, meaning workers are free to join and pay dues to a union if they choose, but it cannot be mandatory.
In contrast, an employee in Hawaiʻi may oppose unionization, but still can be fired if they refuse to fund the union…