From 2006 to 2016, civilian household employment grew by more than twice as much in the 22 states that had Right to Work laws on the books for the entire decade as in the 24 states that imposed forced union…
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…
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…
Yesterday the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) issued its initial estimates for total 2014 private-sector, nonfarm employment in the 50 states. The BEA simultaneously released revised estimates for overall state personal income and an array of specific…
Voluntary Unionism Also Linked to More Rapid Compensation Growth (Click here to download the April 2015 National Right To Work Newsletter) On March 17, the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of…
(Click here to download the May 2015 National Right To Work Newsletter) Obama NLRB Targets Right to Work Movement – Bureaucrats Scheme to Impose Compulsory Union Fees Nationwide Union…
Compulsory Unionism a Major Hurdle to State’s Economic Revival (Article first appeared in the September 2014 National Right To Work Committee Newsletter) From January 2009, just a few months before the trough of the…
The Investor's Business Daily confirms that enacting Right to Work laws is a recipe for jobs and economic growth: The business world is abuzz over the National Labor Relations Board's complaint vs. Boeing's new South Carolina production line. For NLRB critics, the case boils down to one thing: "right-to-work" laws. Right-to-work states have generally lower unemployment, higher job growth, lower taxes and better business climates. They have growing populations and have been attracting businesses from other states. In most states, once a workplace is unionized, employees are required to join the union or they can't work there. But 22 states, including South Carolina, have passed laws that give employees the right not to join. Hence the term "right-to-work." Unions dislike these laws for the obvious reason: It reduces their membership.