Libertarians and “Right to Work”

Right to work statutes prohibit employers from making union membership a condition of employment. Isn’t this the sort of thing that libertarians ought to get up in arms about? It interferes with freedom of contract by prohibiting certain sorts of agreements between unions and employers and between employers and employees. Ron Paul, for instance, is on record as opposing antitrust laws and the Civil Rights Act as unacceptable infringements on private contracts. How can he square that with his support for a national right to work law?

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