Ruger Flees to Right to Work State
Connecticut Gun manufacturer Sturm Ruger is expanding to a Right to Work state, North Carolina.
Car Industry Booms -- in Right to Work States (Except for McAuliffe's)
Business Facilities magazine finds that Right to Work Tennessee and Alabama boast the strongest auto-manufacturing industries in the country. Unfortunately for federal taxpayers and Mississippi taxpayers, Democrat Virginia Governor hopeful and…
Right to Work Gains Momentum in Washington State
Chris Sullivan argues that for Washington State to remain competitive for jobs, it needs a Right to Work law: As Boeing continues to expand its operations in South Carolina and fears the company is looking for an exit…
Monopolistic Teacher Unionism Is 'Strangling Policies That Could Help Student Achievement'
In a post for the National Review’s Corner blog this morning (see the link below), Andrew Stiles discusses a new paper by Sally Lovejoy and Chad Miller of the American Action Forum that analyzes the impact on educational outcomes of…
South Carolina Outlaws Compulsory Project Labor Agreements
From The Truth About Project Labor Agreements website: Great news out of South Carolina. Yesterday, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed S.438 into law, which will prohibit government entities in the state from requiring contractors to sign a …
Longtime Economic Laggard Indiana's Output Growth Rose to Eighth Fastest in the Nation in 2012
Freshly released U.S. Commerce Department data on 2012 economic output growth in the 50 states add to the evidence that Indiana employees and businesses are gaining ground in the wake of the enactment by the Hoosier Legislature of the 24th…
Union Bosses Busted
Thanks to the work of the National Right to Work Defense Foundation, one worker in West Virginia is getting his rights back, the Free Beacon…
Unions Squeeze Workers in Michigan
Despite passage of a Right to Work law, old habits die hard in Michigan as union bosses mislead and lie to their members about whether they can be fired for not paying tribute to the union, News Channel 3 reports:…
Monopolistic Union Contracts 'Often Limit Workers to Single, Repetitive Tasks, Increasing Labor Costs'
In the current issue of USA Today, Paul Davidson reports that, for a variety of reasons, the U.S. “is becoming a manufacturing hotbed for dozens of foreign companies in aerospace, energy, chemicals and other sectors.” (See the link below for…