Fighting Right to Work, and Math, in Michigan
Right to Work Michigan’s Factory Job Growth Over Double the U.S. Average
Right to Work States Dominate Auto Production
Excluding the four states that banned forced unionism between 2012 and 2016, the share of all automotive production occurring in Right to Work states rose from 42% in 2006 to 55% in 2016. South Carolina BMW Plant Employment Projected to…
‘Made in U.S.’ Cars & Trucks Made Union-Free
The rapid expansion of union-free automotive manufacturing employment in the U.S. over the past 35 years, and especially over the past quarter-century, has occurred overwhelmingly in states with Right to Work laws. Credit: Rogelio V. Solis-AP Market Share of UAW…
Right to Work States Dominate U.S. Automotive Manufacturing
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…
Big Labor Culpable For Rust Belt Woes
Metal Production Moves to ‘More Efficient’ Right to Work States (download the September 2016 NRTWC Newsletter) With Pennsylvania emerging as a possible “battleground” state in the fall 2016 presidential contest, the Trump and Clinton campaigns are both claiming they will,…
Seven Bottom-Ranking States For 2005-2015 Private-Sector Job Growth All Lack Right to Work Laws
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…
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…
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…
Michigan #1, Indiana #2 in Factory Job Growth
Recently-Enacted Right to Work Laws Help Revive State Economies (Source: May 2015 National Right to Work Newsletter) According to U.S. Labor Department data released this spring, Michigan and Indiana, which had…