Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).[1] The definition of marriage varies not only between ...
When Being Contacted by a Union Organizer: About Joining a Union When being contacted by a union organizer about joining a union in a Right-to-Work state, it is your legal right to refuse to join the union or pay membership fees. The same is true for states without Right-to-Work laws.
Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ran for U.S. president as a States' Rights Democrat in 1948. Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library. Governmental rights granted to individual states in a country by a federal constitution are called states' rights.On Feb. 19, 1985, the United States Supreme Court ruled that federal minimum wage laws apply to employees of state and local governments.overnmental rights granted to individual states in a country by a federal constitution are called states' rights.