This summer, law enforcement officials in Stamford, Conn., responded to a sharp increase in drug overdose deaths in their jurisdiction by furnishing police with Narcan kits, which can be life-saving in emergency situations caused by opioid abuse. But government union…
Here is where you can find a summary and a pdf version of the September 2017 National Right To Work Newsletter.
This month Toyota employees began moving into the automotive company’s new North American Headquarters in Right to Work Texas. The company’s decision to move its North American home from forced-unionism California to a state where the individual employee’s freedom to…
From 2005 to 2015, Right to Work Texas led the nation for growth in automotive factory output, with production in constant dollars skyrocketing from $4.07 billion to $13.17 billion. Image: Smiley N. Pool/Dallas Morning News Yesterday, the U.S. Commerce…
In a recent commentary, economist and former U.S. House Ways and Means Committee staffer Joanne Butler persuasively argued that, if American Apparel had chosen a number of years ago to site its factories exclusively in Right to Work states, it…
While presidential candidate Barack Obama promised to increase access to private health insurance, since the year he first captured the White House the number of people with private health coverage has actually fallen in states that still lacked Right to…
From 2005 to 2015, total private-sector, nonfarm employment increased by 15.4% in Right to Work states, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. That increase is nearly 50% greater than the aggregate percentage gain for forced-dues states. Image: AP Photo/Charles Krupa/File…
When National Public Radio reporter Lisa Autry acknowledged in a report on labor policy last year that “income and job growth” have long been “faster” in Right to Work states than in forced-unionism states, militantly pro-forced unionism listeners howled in…
In successfully pushing for passage of a Right to Work measure early this year, West Virginia Senate President Bill Cole (R-Mercer) suggested it would help boost job growth in his economically struggling state. Just-released U.S. Labor Department employment data reinforce…