Ashley and Micah English
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Micah Thomas English
    • Ashley Karen English
    • Benjamin Micah English >
      • 0-2 Months
      • 2-4 months
      • 5-6 Months
      • 7-8 Months
      • 9-10 Months
      • 11 Months
    • Kalyn E. English >
      • 0-2 Months
    • Altier
    • Flynn
    • Shade
    • Raven
    • Shadowfang
    • Past Pets >
      • Tessie
      • Rascle
      • Eve
      • Gunner
  • Journal
    • Homes >
      • Kenora >
        • Our House: Plans
        • Our House: Work
      • Thunder Bay
      • Winnipeg
    • Blog >
      • What's New (2020) >
        • What's New (2019)
        • What's New (2018)
        • What's New (2017)
        • What's New (2016)
        • What's New (2015) >
          • Journals (2015)
        • What's New (2014) >
          • Journals (2014)
        • What's New (2013) >
          • Journals (2013)
    • Temples Visited
    • Infertility Struggles >
      • What Not to Say to Childless Couples
    • Photos >
      • Photos (2016)
      • Photos (2015)
      • Photos (2014)
      • Photos (2013 and earlier)
      • Pet Photos
    • Micah's Writings >
      • Poems
      • Songs
      • World Events and Politics
    • Micah's Music
    • Exercise
    • Recipes >
      • Healthy Eats
      • Soup, Salad and Sandwiches
      • Ground Meat Meals
      • American
      • Italian
      • Desserts >
        • Cakes
        • Cookies
        • Pies
        • Squares
        • Other
    • Traditions
  • The II
    • Church
    • Movies >
      • Movie Reviews (2018)
      • Previous Movie Reviews
      • The Grading Scheme
      • Favourites >
        • Best Guy Movies
        • Best Girl Movies >
          • Hall of Fame >
            • Movies of the Year
            • You Have to See This
            • Good For A Rainy Day
            • Not Worth Seeing
        • Our Favourite Movies
        • YouTube Hall of Fame
    • Games >
      • Game Reviews >
        • Game Reviews (Early Access) >
          • Creativerse
          • Folk Tale
        • Game Reviews (2014) >
          • Banished
          • Divinity: Original Sin
          • Dragon Age: Inquisition
          • Endless Legend
          • Might and Magic X: Legacy
        • Game Reviews (2013) >
          • Dead Island: Riptide
          • Fire Emblem: Awakening
          • Gears of War: Judgment
          • The Banner Saga
        • Game Reviews (2012) >
          • Diablo 3
          • Farcry 3
          • XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within
        • Game Reviews (2006) >
          • Company of Heroes
        • Game Reviews (1997) >
          • Final Fantasy VII
      • Guides/Walkthroughs >
        • DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN EE
        • Battle Brothers
        • Fire Emblem: Awakening
        • Mount and Blade: Warband Viking Conquest
      • Favorite Games >
        • Best Co-op Games
        • Best RPG's
        • Best FPS's
        • Best Board Games
        • Other Good Games
      • Gaming World >
        • Gaming Pictures
        • Gaming Blog
    • Music >
      • Music Reviews (2015) >
        • Music Reviews (2014)
      • Lifehouse >
        • No Name Face
        • Stanley Climbfall
        • Lifehouse
        • Who We Are
        • Smoke & Mirrors
        • Almeria
      • Best Soft Music
      • Best In Between Music
      • Best Hard Music
      • Our Wedding Music
    • Books >
      • Book Reviews (2016) >
        • Book Reviews (2015)
        • Book Reviews (2014)
        • Book Reviews (2013)
      • Favourite Writings
      • Best Religious Books
    • TV Shows

What is the CHurch's Standpoint and View On: Right to Work Laws (Unions)?

"No one…can deny that in many places and under adverse conditions labor must have some organization in order to protect its members against exploitation. Furthermore, labor is entitled to a fair return for its work. What is a fair return is not a fixed sum, but is dependent upon the economic conditions of a given time and in a given place. It can never be an amount that does not leave some profit to the owner else the owner closes up and labor is without work. But labor is not compelled to work…the opposite of this principle is also true: Every man has a right to work…Labor may not legally, nor in wisdom for themselves, engage in sabotage. Labor may not legally, nor in wisdom for labor, intimidate or coerce the worker. The worker must be left free to work when he will, be idle when he will, and to work for what he wishes, when he wishes, and where he wishes…there must be no 'closed shop' because this means the denial of the divine right to work. It is not necessary for the protection of labor and sets up a labor tyranny which too often falls under the direction of concepts, ideals, and pernicious practices… Sabotage, intimidation, coercion, the 'closed shop' are un-American, un-democratic, uneconomic, criminal and wholly contrary to the principles upon which any stable society can and must be organized. No true patriot can foster, promote, or take part in any such activities or in any organization making use of them. No Church member can engage in any such activities thereto and yet maintain in his heart the spirit of the Master…" 
                                                                                                                                  -The First Presidency, The Deseret News, November 1941

"While there is no reason why workmen should not join together for their mutual protection and benefit, there is every reason why in so doing they should regard the rights of their fellows…It is not easy to see how the Latter-day Saints can endorse the methods of modern day labor unions…" 
                                                                           -Joseph F. Smith, August and June of 1903; included by First Presidency in later statement 

"Latter-day Saints should avoid affiliation with any committee, any group, any union that would, through coercion of force, deprive a person of the free exercise of his or her freedom of choice. It is understood, of course, that any person is free to join a union, when to do so favors his best interests; but no one should be compelled to join, or be deprived of any right as a citizen, including the right to honest labor, if he chooses not to become a member of a union or especially organized group." 
                                                                                                                                                              -David O. McKay, Conference, April 1940

"We believe it is fundamental that the right to voluntary unionism should once again be re-established in this nation and that State right-to-work laws should be maintained inviolate..." 
                                                                                                                                                      -David O. McKay, Church News, June 26, 1965
© Ashley and Micah English and The II, 2019. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Ssenkrad_II and The II with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.