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Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) Archives

Least Affordable States All Permit Forced Dues
April 14

Least Affordable States All Permit Forced Dues

On average, forced-unionism states are 24.7% more expensive to live in than Right to Work states. And forced-dues states’ cost-of-living disadvantage has widened over the past decade.

Fighting Right to Work, and Math, in Michigan
March 13

Fighting Right to Work, and Math, in Michigan

Right to Work Michigan’s Factory Job Growth Over Double the U.S. Average

Paychecks That Buy Less Turn Off Employees
April 30

Paychecks That Buy Less Turn Off Employees

Consequently, as a group, forced-unionism states have a 28.8% cost of living than Right to Work states.

Right to Work Households Have More to Spend
January 18

Right to Work Households Have More to Spend

A National Institute for Labor Relations Research analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (BOC) data shows that the mean cost of living-adjusted, after-tax household income in Right to Work states in 2019 was $64,572, roughly $4,300 higher than the forced-dues state average.

Right to Work Edge: More Money in Your Pocket
December 9

Right to Work Edge: More Money in Your Pocket

Compulsory Unionism Correlated With Lower Real Compensation Pro-Right to Work citizens emphatically believe that the individual employee should be free to choose which private organizations, if any, he or she financially supports, regardless of what the government, the business owner,…

People In Right To Work States Have More Money to Buy Presents for Loved Ones
December 17

People In Right To Work States Have More Money to Buy Presents for Loved Ones

According to Census data that have been available for years, poverty adjusted for geographic differences in housing costs is higher in forced-unionism states than in Right to Work states. Big Labor apologists simply ignore such data. Forced-Dues State Households Have…

October 26

Big Labor Bosses Target Nevada Right To Work Law

Right to Work ‘May as Well Be’ on the Ballot   Silver State’s 66-Year Ban on Compulsory Union Dues in Jeopardy Union bosses are publicly boasting that their successful campaign to overturn Missouri’s 18-month-old Right to Work law this…

Cost More to Live and Work in Non-Right To Work States
April 19

Cost More to Live and Work in Non-Right To Work States

All of the 13 most affordable states last year had adopted Right to Work laws. But not one of the 14 least affordable states had done so. (Shown above are the 10 most/least affordable states.) Least-Affordable States Are All Forced…

New Right to Work Laws Already Boosting States
March 26

New Right to Work Laws Already Boosting States

BOURBON AND BATTERIES: Gov. Matt Bevin thanked EnerBlu executives for bringing good-paying jobs to Pike County, Ky., then handed them a bottle of whiskey’s “sweet spot,” for which the Bluegrass State is world-famous. Credit: Missouri Times But Missouri Job Creation…

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