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…
According to U.S. Commerce Department data released on June 10, last year a record 47.9% of the entire U.S. manufacturing output, measured in current dollars, occurred in states that had prohibited compulsory union dues and fees. (A link to the entire…
Area Development, one of America’s leading publications focusing on site-selection issues, recently surveyed the states of the South Atlantic region, and found that Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are benefiting enormously from their Right to Work laws.
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…