Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work laws’
Big Labor ‘Think Tank’ Ignores Large Negative Correlation Between Forced Unionism and Construction Employee Compensation Growth
In a 2010 article for the International Journal of Epidemiology, Donna Spiegelman of the Harvard School of Public Health observed: The adage ‘correlation is not causation’ has been repeated so often that another salient feature of the relationship of correlation to causation seems virtually to have been forgotten: that correlation is a necessary (but not…
Read More‘Under 18’ Population of Forced-Unionism States Sank by Nearly 1.2 Million Over Past Decade
U.S. Census Bureau released early this month (obtainable in PDF form by clicking the link in the last paragraph of the news story linked below) and earlier Census Bureau data found in the 2004-2005 edition of the Statistical Abstract (see the second link below) suggest that, from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2013, as…
Read MoreOther Things Being Equal, Poverty Is Clearly Lower in Right to Work States
If Right to Work laws had no economic impact whatsoever, the share of people residing in Right to Work states who are poor would surely be higher by roughly a percentage point than the share of people residing in states where compulsory union dues and fees are permitted. The reason is simple demographics. As a…
Read MoreBig Labor Academic Wants to Have It Both Ways With Workplace ‘Majority Rule’
Charles J. Morris on Labor Relations For a decade or more, Charles J. Morris, professor emeritus at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law and a lifelong cheerleader for monopolistic unionism, has been crusading for the expansion of “members-only bargaining” as a means for union officials who are seeking monopoly-bargaining privileges at a workplace to…
Read More‘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 forced-unionism states was widest among children aged 17 and under. In fact, the 27 states…
Read MoreAll 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 Bureau also released revised data for earlier years. In assessing each state’s economic climate, population…
Read MoreRight 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 many economists have pointed out, the decline of U.S. manufacturing employment is primarily a result…
Read MoreRight to Work Status Continues to Be Positively Correlated With Job and Compensation Growth
Right to Work States Faster Growth, Higher Purchasing Power This week, the National Institute for Labor Relations Research published the spring 2013 edition of an analysis comparing Right to Work and forced-unionism states according to 11 different economic and demographic criteria. The data analyzed come primarily from official U.S. government sources. In a couple…
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…
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