September 2016 National Right to Work Newsletter Summary
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Half of Schoolchildren Now Live in Right to Work States
Because of the passage of new state Right to Work laws as well as the massive out-migration of families with school-aged children from compulsory-unionism states, teacher union czarina Randi Weingarten’s forced-dues empire is in jeopardy. Photo: Aaron Bernstein/Getty Images Over…
April 2016 National Right to Work Newsletter Summary
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Employee Compensation Growth Is Faster in Right to Work States
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…
Right to Work States Lead U.S. in Job Growth
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…
Right to Work State Residents Far Less Apt to Need Welfare
So far, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released data for the first nine months of Fiscal 2015 reporting the average number of residents in each state…
Last Year, Private Health Coverage Expanded by 4.0% in Right to Work States, Nearly Twice as Much as in Forced-Unionism States
The plethora of regulations and subsidies imposed on the American health-care system by Obamacare since its main provisions began to take effect in 2013 have resulted in many disruptions and fostered enormous uncertainty regarding the future of private medical insurance…
Five Top-Ranking States For 2004-2014 Private-Sector Job Growth All Have Right to Work Laws
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…
Most of U.S. Manufacturing GDP Now Emanates From Right to Work States
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…