NRTWC Federal Candidate Survey Mobilizes Millions
Program Maximizes Right to Work Gains in ‘Year of Opportunity’ (Source: November-December 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) Thanks to National Right…
Anti-Worker States Not in the Top Ten, Freedom Dominates 2014
Without Right to Work, States Did Not Make Top Ten Ranking This Year Freedom from compulsory unionism known as Right to Work is one major attribute shared by all of this year’s Chief Executive Magazine’s rankings of Top Ten…
What the Fahrvergnügen? VW Union Boss Says U.S. Southern States Worse Than North Korea
In the 1990s, Volkswagen (VW) ran an advertising campaign with Fahrvergnügen, a mysterious German word that seemed to have no equivalent in the English language. Maybe, Detlef Wetzel, Germany’s IG Metall Union Chairman…
Georgia Bans Wasteful PLAs
Good news out of Georgia. State Bans on Government-Mandated PLA’s 2013 Gov. Nathan Deal signed S.B. 179, which prohibits government entities from requiring contractors to sign a project labor agreement (PLA) or other agreements with labor unions…
'I Think We're Very Happy to Have the Jobs Back; 300 Jobs Is Better Than Zero Jobs'
It seems that, even in the America of 2013, a country in which consumers are substantially more apt to be health conscious, culinarily “sophisticated,” or both, than they were four or five decades ago, workers can still be profitably employed…
Right to Work -- Right for Jobs
CNBC’s 6th annual study of America’s Top States for Business finds, once again, that Right to Work…
Right To Work All Top 10 vs. Compulsory Unionism All Bottom 10
In Chief Executive Magazine's Best and Worst States for Business, all the top ten were from Right To Wok States. Unsurprisingly, Compulsory Unionism States took all bottom ten positions. States ranking from 1-10 are: Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Utah, Arizona. States ranked from the worst, 50-41: California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Hawaii. From the Chief Executive: 2012 Best & Worst States for business. Source: Chief Executive Magazine
Right to Work Wins Again
Development Counselors International (DCI) ranked the top five and the bottom five states, in terms of what states provide an economic climate most favorable to business. The rankings show that states following right-to-work laws held the top five spots, while states following more union-friendly rules held the bottom five spots. DCI asked corporate executives and representatives to name the three states they thought provided the "most favorable business climates," and the three states least favorable to business. Texas ranked #1 in the final survey results, while California ranked dead last at #50. DCI provided this commentary on the results: Common themes of low operating costs and a pro-business environment emerge for the top five [original emphasis]. Positive responses emphasized costs, low taxes and incentive offerings, while negative opinions cited high taxes, anti-business climates and fiscal problems/state deficits. Here are the top five states, in order: Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida. Here are the bottom five states, starting with with the worst ranked: California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan.
Five Right To Work States Top List of Best States for Job Location, Compulsory Union States At Bottom
Indiana has already blown its chance to move to the top five next year, but New Hampshire, Missouri, and Maine still have the opportunity to turn their migration around. For the seventh year in…