According to the Detroit News, the Department of Labor announced $100 million worth of taxpayer-funded grants have been handed out and Big Labor unions are now flush with cash. In Missouri, the United Auto Workers received a $3.2 million grant, the Utility Workers Union of America and AFL-CIO got a $5 million grant and the Ironworkers got $2 million. The money is targeted for job training but the fact remains, there would be more jobs and more training if Big Labor would stop supporting policies that stifle economic growth and prosperity.
Fearing a well-heeled Big Labor PR campaign would scuttle Right to Work in Idaho, 1986 gubernatorial candidate David Leroy walked back from his opposition to forced unionism. Right to Work won anyway; Mr. Leroy didn’t.
U.S. Representative Eric Burlison gives a straightforward assessment of Forced Unionism Job Growth and Opportunities versus Right To Work and individual economic freedom during a recent congressional hearing.
A recent poll conducted by SurveyUSA, a national pollster rated “A” by polling aggregation site FiveThirtyEight, reveals Michiganders of all backgrounds strongly oppose overturning the state’s Right to Work law.