Posts Tagged ‘U.S. Commerce Department’
‘Hoosiers’ Real Purchasing Power Has Increased More Rapidly’
One important reason why living standards in Indiana have improved relative to in forced-unionism states nationwide since the Hoosier Right to Work law was adopted in early 2012 is the relative reduction in Indianans’ cost of living from 2012 to 2016. In an op-ed published last weekend by the Columbia (Mo.)Tribune (see the link below…
Read MoreRight to Work States Enjoy 2-to-1 Advantage in Civilian Household Employment Growth
The five states with the highest annual salaries for nurses, in purchasing-power terms, are Wyoming, Nevada, Michigan, Texas and Arizona — all Right to Work states. Meanwhile, the five bottom-ranking jurisdictions for nurses’ purchasing power are Maryland, New York, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii — all forced-unionism. On Monday, NILRRbegan a series of…
Read MoreGrowth in Private-Sector Employment, Household Expenditures Far More Rapid in Right to Work States
Late last month, the Institute released its spring 2017 update of its triannual fact sheet comparing Right to Work and forced-unionism states according to an array of key economic criteria. In this blog post and several others to be published over the course of the next couple of weeks, I will take a closer look…
Read MoreNearly Three-Quarters of U.S. Automotive Manufacturing Jobs Located in Right to Work States
Long before the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis issued its state-by-state estimates for manufacturing output of motor vehicles, bodies and trailers and parts in 2014 early this week (see the link below for more information), it was easy to predict the data would show more than 70% of U.S. auto production that year…
Read MoreRight to Work States Represent the Future of the U.S. Automotive Industry
Long before the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis issued its state-by-state estimates for manufacturing output of motor vehicles, bodies and trailers and parts in 2013 (see the link below for more information), it was easy to predict the data would show more than 70% of U.S. auto production that year occurred in one…
Read MoreForced-Unionism Apologists Should at Least Admit Oklahoma Has Been Benefiting From Rapid Economic Growth
Today’s decision by a judge in the Dane County Circuit rejecting union officials’ request for an injunction to stop Wisconsin’s new Right to Work law from taking effect underscores the uphill battle Big Labor faces in trying to get this statute overturned in court. Nevertheless, union lawyers are sure to keep trying. National Right to…
Read MoreNine of the 10 Top-Ranking States For 2013 Cost of Living-Adjusted Disposable Income Have Right to Work Laws
Asthe AFL-CIO hierarchy and its alliespush for minimum-wage hikes in state after state, union spokesmen and their allies repeatedly invoke the high cost of living in forced-unionism states in the Northeast andin the Pacificwestern statesas grounds for hiking the amount employers are legally required nationwide to pay employees with modest experience and skills. For example,…
Read MoreRight to Work Kansas Is Eating Forced-Unionism Missouri’s ‘Economic Lunch’
Border-County Data Strengthen Case That Right to Work Law Would Boost Missouri’s Private-Sector Job Growth By Stan Greer (Download Pdf version of Fact Sheet) This winter, grass-roots proponents of making Missouri America’s 25th Right to Work state are facing off against union officials and other supporters of the current policies that empower Organized Labor to…
Read MoreTen States With the Lowest 2002-2012 Real GDP Growth All Lack Right to Work Laws
Gross Domestic Product by State On June 6, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported 2012 data for annual gross domestic product (GDP) in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, plus revised data for several previous years. The data show that, from 2002 to 2012, the combined real output…
Read MoreSeven Top-Ranking States For Cost of Living-Adjusted Disposable Income in 2012 All Have Right to Work Laws
Tell Albany: It’s Time to Raise New York’s Minimum Wage | Raise … Personal income, per capita personal income, disposable personal income, and population (SA1-3, SA51-53) Cost of Living 4th Quarter 2012 During their successful push early this year for a minimum wage hike in the Empire State, Big Labor and its allies repeatedly invoked New York’s extraordinarily high…
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