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NILRR Weekly News Clips — June 21, 2013

‘Under 18″² Population of Forced-Unionism States Sank by Nearly 1.5 Million Over Past Decade National Institute for Labor Relations Research, June 16, 2013, U.S. Census Bureau data released last week (see the link above) show that, from 2002 to 2012,…

Fastest-Growing Cities are in Right To Work States

Tom Gantert has the story in Michigan Capitol Confidential. The city of Cedar Park in Texas was the fastest growing city in terms of percentage growth from 2010 to 2012 when it increased 12 percent to 57,957 people, according to…

‘Under 18’ Population of Forced-Unionism States Sank by Nearly 1.5 Million Over Past Decade

2012 State Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin U.S. Census Bureau data released last week (see the link above) show that, from 2002 to 2012, as in previous 10-year periods, Right to Work states’ population-growth advantage over…

All 10 States Suffering Young-Adult Population Declines Over Past Decade Lack Right to Work Laws

2012 State Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin U.S. Census Bureau data released this past week (see the link above) report for the first time on age-aggregated population totals for the 50 states in 2012. The Census…

Right to Work States’ Real Manufacturing GDP Increase For 2002-2012 More Than 50% Greater Than Forced-Unionism States’ Gain

Real GDP   Even before the Great Recession of 2008-2009 brought a long period of low national unemployment rates in the U.S. to an abrupt end, concerns about a secular employment decline in the manufacturing sector were widespread. However, as…

Ten 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…

Maryland’s Fair Share Act is misnamed

Marta Mossberg of the Baltimore Sun shows why the Fair S hare Act is misnamed. The only people who call forced dues “fair share” are union officials. Contrary to union officials’ statements at the time of the law’s passage that…

Forced-Unionism Apologists Try to Hide Big Labor’s Segregationist Past

TimHudakTakes a Page Out of the U.S. Labour Policy Playbook As a forthcoming fact sheet contributed to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research by Stacy Swimp, president and CFO of the Flint, Mich.-based Frederick Douglass Society reminds us, race-based…

The Price of NLRB Defiance

The Wall Street Journal’s Review and Outlook section discusses the effect of the NLRB’s power and arrogance. Cablevision is petitioning the D.C. Circuit to issue a writ of mandamus–a direct court order–prohibiting the NLRB from proceeding with unfair-labor-practice complaints against…

NILRR Weekly Clipsheet June 1, 2013

    NILRR FACT SHEET May 2013 Right to Work States Benefit From Faster Growth, Higher Real Purchasing Power – May 2013 Update SHERK: A union of one Washington Times Online, May 24, 2013 The latest example is Minnesota. The…

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