Kentucky became a Right To Work State

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On Saturday, Kentucky became the 27th Right To Work, video from the Kentucky Governor’s Office: “Gov. Bevin signs right-to-work legislation following the first week of Kentucky’s 2017 General Assembly, on Jan. 7, 2017.” https://youtu.be/SsTswtCeRgs

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Employee Widening Compensation Advantage in Right to Work States

In States With Longstanding Right to Work Laws in 2015, Cost of Living-Adjusted Annual Pay and Benefits Per Private-Sector Employee Were $45,657, or Nearly $1200 More Than the Forced Unionism-State Average (download Fact Sheet) Today roughly 49% of Americans live in one of the 26 states with a Right to Work law on the books…

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Faster Growth in Right To Work States Benefits

Right To Work States Benefit from Faster Growth, Higher Real Purchasing Power — Summer 2016 Update (click here to download and share the Right To Work States Benefit from Faster Growth, Higher Real Purchasing Power Fact Sheet) * The term “Tax Freedom Day,” was coined and popularized by the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C. -based Tax Foundation.…

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Most Manufacturing Jobs Located in Right to Work States  

On Average, Factory-Sector Employees in Forced-Unionism States Receive Roughly $3600 Less in Cost of Living-Adjusted Annual Compensation Than Their Right to Work State Counterparts By Stan Greer (download pdf of Fact Sheet) For several decades, it was a pillar of conventional labor-policy wisdom that manufacturing jobs in the United States were overwhelmingly located in states…

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NILRR Right to Work Clipsheet March 18, 2016

Virginia, Alabama voters asked to reaffirm ‘right-to-work’ status Washington Examiner Online, March 18, 2016 “Right-to-work is popular in Alabama and protecting worker freedom has been good for Alabama’s economy, so naturally legislators in the state want to find ways to promote Alabama’s right-to-work status,” said Greg Mourad, vice president of the National Right to Work…

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Government Union Bosses’ Gloating Is Premature

Just a few short weeks ago, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing of oral arguments of a landmark case challenging forced financial support of government unions on First Amendment grounds, observers of the High Court overwhelmingly agreed it was poised to bar compulsory dues and fees in the public sector by a…

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Right to Work States Attract Job-Creating Investments From Abroad

Right to Work States Attract Job-Creating Investments From Abroad From 2007 to 2013, Total Employment at Majority-Owned U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Firms Grew by 14.4% in Right to Work States as Group, More Than Triple the Average Increase in Compulsory-Unionism States Economic analysts and elected officials across the ideological spectrum agree that the elimination of…

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Right to Work Tennessee ‘Finds Itself Home to a Larger Share of the Continent’s Automotive Jobs Than Ever Before’

  New report highlights strengthof Tennessee’s auto sector | Nooga.com Drive!Moving Tennessee’s Automotive Sector Up the Value Chain… Late last week, Tennessee news outlets such as the Chattanooga-based web service Nooga.com (see the first link above) reported on a new analysis issued by the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution (second link) regarding the Volunteer State’s remarkably…

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