Wherever Big Labor wields the power to collect forced union dues, union bosses funnel a large share of the confiscated money into efforts to elect and reelect business-bashing politicians. Employment growth tends to lag as a consequence.
Six of the bottom seven states for purchasing power are forced-unionism states, highlighting the economic impact of compulsory union membership.
For years, states with Right to Work protections for employees have been driving U.S. factory job growth.
Big Labor bosses will eagerly advance agendas that lower real incomes and destroy jobs if they simultaneously fatten union coffers. But neither rank-and-file union members nor union-free workers share that perspective!
On average, forced-unionism states are 23.2% more expensive to live in than Right to Work states. And decades of academic research show that compulsory unionism actually fosters a higher cost of living.
Big Labor Michigan politicians like Betsy Coffia arrogantly dismiss the expertise of independent-minded workers
16 of the 28 RTW states have now fully recovered the jobs lost during the pandemic. Of the non-RTW states, only two have recovered all the lost jobs.
Mr. Biden remains as grimly determined as ever to destroy the Right to Work protections, currently enshrined by law in more than half of the 50 states
Recently released data from the IRS indicate the cost of forced unionism soared by more than 50% in the Tax Filing Year 2019, as compared to the year before.