Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work’
Will Anti-Right to Work Proposal 2 Backfire on Big Labor in Michigan?
Forget Republicans: Unions could destroy Democratsagain (Susan J. Demas column) As recently as 1980, a candidate for U.S. President could carry every single Right to Work state and still amass just 173 electoral votes, or nearly 100 fewer than the 270 needed to secure the nation’s highest office. But this year, a presidential candidate sweeping…
Read MoreCompetition Is Good For Business People and Workers
GUEST COMMENTARY: Theethical case for right-to-work For decades, federal and state labor laws that compel the individual employee to allow an unwanted union to negotiate his or her terms of employment have been defended by many of their proponents on the grounds that such statutes promote “democracy” in the workplace. This contention cannot withstand more…
Read MoreCollege Graduates and High School-‘Only’ Graduates Alike Are Flocking to Right to Work States
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_S1501&prodType=table States Perform  Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex and Age Forget Red vs. Blue — It’s Slave States vs. Free States in 2012  Federal data on the American workforce and employment and unemployment rates show that, even over the course of the most severe recession in decades and three years of pathetically…
Read MoreNew Hampshire Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Totally Wrong About Right to Work Laws
NH gubernatorial debate at New England College Maggie’s statement on the “Right to Work” vote- Maggie Hassan… Â Over the years, union-label politician Maggie Hassan, formerly the state Senate majority leader and now the 2012 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, has tried again and again to justify her opposition to grass-roots efforts to make New Hampshire a Right…
Read MoreRight to Work States Have Superior Job Growth
Total full-time and part-time employment by industry (SA25, SA25N) Compensation of employees by industry (SA06, SA06N) On September 25, 2011, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) issued its estimates for total 2011 private-sector, nonfarm employment in the 50 states. The BEA simultaneously issued revised data for overall state personal income and an…
Read MoreNone of the 13 States With the Greatest Total Public Debt Per Capita Has a Right to Work Law
State Budget Solutions’ third annual State Debt Report shows total … Â Just before Labor Day, the nonpartisan taxpayer watchdog group State Budget Solutions (SBS) issued its third annual report on state public debt, which calculates “the total amount of debt each state faces.” (See the link above.) The new report compiles data on every state’s “regular…
Read MoreMark Mix Affirms Economic Benefits of Right to Work Virginia
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: In America, one of the keys to success is the ability to compete on a level playing field. And states looking for a competitive advantage in this lagging economy should look to Virginia as an example. Virginia ranks 10th in the nation in unemployment (5.9 percent in July), had a budget…
Read MoreFor Unions, Labor Day Is About Grabbing More Power
Mark Mix president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, writes in investors.com Labor Day editorial: Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But that won’t stop Big Labor’s apologists from seizing the spotlight to demand more power. Fact is, modern unions are built on the legal…
Read MoreIs the Last Refuge to Which Forced Unionism Clings, ‘It’s Good For Barack Obama’?
The national, non-union, conventions Even if you fail to notice the days are getting shorter and the leaves are beginning to change color, you can always tell summer is coming to an end when fusty “mainstream” newspapers like the LA Times turn their op-ed pages over to a high-ranking union official or an academic apologist for…
Read MoreBarack Obama’s top 10 most outrageous Big Labor paybacks
Mark Mix, president of National Right to Work, explains President Obama’s Big Labor Paybacks The Daily Caller has the complete story: After Big Labor spent nearly $1 billion to get President Obama and his forced-unionism allies elected in 2008, Obama did not disappoint. Here is a breakdown of the top 10 most outrageous Big…
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