Tyranny Triumphs in the Great Lakes State
Ignoring ample evidence of forced unionism’s unfairness and its damaging impact on jobs and incomes, Big Labor Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Right to Work destruction in 2023.
A new study by a group of Stanford University graduate students, the shortfall facing California’s public pension systems could reach more than half a trillion dollars over the next decade and a half. Government employee unions are amongst the most powerful in the state and have driven the benefits for workers well beyond what the state can afford. The iron grip of power has prompted upstart Democratic candidate for Senate Mickey Kaus to say “I’ve been arguing that Obama’s national Democratic party is less beholden to the unions than our state Democratic party. That’s true…”
Ignoring ample evidence of forced unionism’s unfairness and its damaging impact on jobs and incomes, Big Labor Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Right to Work destruction in 2023.
California’s Big Labor-concocted A.B.5, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019, made it almost impossible for workers and firms to bounce back after 2020’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Now Biden bureaucrats want to federalize A.B.5!
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.