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Ten reasons why Michigan’s right-to-work law matters

Jennifer Rubin posts: Thesmack-down of Big Labor is noteworthy in a number of respects: 1. Union thugs resorted to violence that the mainstream media largely ignored and the White House refused to condemn. The association with union thuggery is a…

Forced-Unionism Apologists Ignore Fact That Employees Often Have ‘Fundamental Differences of Interest’

“Right to work” push guarantees all out war in Michigan   In reporting on union-label politicians’ last-ditch effort to block enactment of a Michigan Right to Work law, pro-forced unionism Washington Post contributor Greg Sargent has just uncritically repeated a common,…

Five Reasons Why Michigan Should Enact a Right to Work Law

  1.  Freedom to Associate Also Means Freedom Not to Associate 2.  Right to Work Bolsters Job Creation, Personal Income Growth 3.  Right to Work’s Benefits Reach Citizens at All Income Levels 4.  Without a Right to Work Law, It…

Detroit Free Press Writer’s Anti-Right to Work Diatribe Leaves Out Key Facts

Economists: Right-to-work states have lower-income residents, poor labor relations Does Compulsory Unionism Make You Poorer?   State Annual Personal Income & Employment   Just last month, the voters of Michigan rejected by a wide margin a Big Labor-backed ballot measure designed…

Right to Work Laws’ Economic Benefits Easier to Discern Than Michigan Pundit Supposes

Interest high in Right to Work; gains unclear Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population   Median Age and Age by Sex – U.S. Census Bureau   Michigan pundit Rick Haglund purports to be having a hard time telling how Michigan would benefit economically from…

Michigan Union Bosses Would Have a Good Point — If Americans Weren’t Free to Move From State to State

Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage Firefighters, Nurses and Working Families Ask State Senators to Avoid Divisive Politics     Since the early 19th Century, federal courts have recognized freedom of movement as a right protected by the U.S.…

Illinois’s Pension ‘Squeeze’ Is Only a Symptom — Monopolistic Unionism Is the Disease

KEEGAN: Hey, Quinn, it’s not a cute pension python – it’s fiscal …   Next School Crisis for Chicago – Pension Fund Is Running Dry …   In early 2011, after ramming through the Illinois Legislature a multi-billion-dollar tax hike, Big Labor Gov. Pat Quinn (D)…

‘Responsible’ Big Labor Governor Drives Connecticut Into Fiscal Ditch

E.J. Dionne Jr. -No glory for governors trying to do theright fiscal   Connecticut’s Fiscal Mess- National Review Online   Wisconsin budget projections show surplus   In early 2o11, journalistic apologists for compulsory unionism relentlessly vilified Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker…

Top Electrical Workers Union Bosses Admit Their Agents Sought Forced-Dues Windfall as Hurricane Sandy Threatened Northeastern U.S.

Amid Sandy’s devastation, Long Island union sent … – The Daily Caller Setting the Record Straight on Hurricane Sandy Response     At the beginning of this month, an array of news outlets reported about how the forced-unionism demands of International Brotherhood…

Private Health Insurance Coverage Bounces Back in Right to Work States

Michigan should avoid right-to-work sideshow Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage Big Labor’s allies sometimes concede that states with Right to Work laws, which bar the firing of employees for refusal to pay union dues or fees to…

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