"Right to work" means union membership is not required as a condition of employment. At least in VA. I believe a private employer can fire you for almost any reason they want.
We have been told by the company's lawyers (I'm an engineer), that we were never, well almost never, to give a reason for termination to avoid lawsuits.
My understanding as well. However, if you work in a union shop, you have the right to representation in a RTW state, even if you are not a union member. You're also not required to be a union member to be employed. I worked at DuPont for over 40 years, and saw more than one chemist, engineer, manager, fired and never knew why. The maintenance folks, machine operators, secretaries, technical assistants, and so forth were union eligible, and therefore had representation.
"Right to work" means union membership is not required as a condition of employment. At least in VA. I believe a private employer can fire you for almost any reason they want.
We have been told by the company's lawyers (I'm an engineer), that we were never, well almost never, to give a reason for termination to avoid lawsuits.
My understanding as well. However, if you work in a union shop, you have the right to representation in a RTW state, even if you are not a union member. You're also not required to be a union member to be employed. I worked at DuPont for over 40 years, and saw more than one chemist, engineer, manager, fired and never knew why. The maintenance folks, machine operators, secretaries, technical assistants, and so forth were union eligible, and therefore had representation.