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Forbes
Red & Blue State Ballot Measures Demonstrate Contrasting Approaches To Labor Policy
“‘Right-to-work simply means that a union cannot get a worker fired for not paying dues, and the contrast between Tennessee’s and Illinois’ views of this concept is clear,’ said F. Vincent Vernuccio, a senior policy advisor with the Mackinac Center.”
Patrick Gleason, Vice President of State Affairs at Americans for Tax Reform
Bridge
Michigan Democrats Target Right-to-Work: ‘Golden Opportunity’ or ‘Nuclear War’?
“The largest public union in Michigan is the Michigan Education Association, which went from about 118,000 working members to 78,000, the free-market Mackinac Center for Public Policy reported in 2020.”
Paula Gardner, Bridge Business Editor
The Hill
A Fearful October for Entrepreneurs
“At a time of growing economic uncertainty, workers and entrepreneurs need to be confident they will have more opportunities — not get the trick of being restricted by the traditional employer-employee relationship while giving unions the treat of forced fees.”
F. Vincent Vernuccio, Senior Fellow, and Steve Delie, Director of Workers for Opportunity
Townhall
What Unions’ Radical Agendas are Costing Teachers
“These stories remind us that teachers’ dues money is misused on a regular basis, often with union leaders’ political aims in mind.”
Jarrett Skorup, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Labor Market Liberty: Where Do Michigan Cities Rank?
“What does all of this mean? Opportunity. Policymakers who want more of it for the people who elect them must practice restraint in tax, spending and labor policy. Economic liberty is associated with better outcomes.”
Michael LaFaive, Senior Director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative, and Dean Stansel, Research Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University
The Hill
Teacher Unions are the Real ‘Dark Money’ Players in School Board Races
“For decades, far-left education unions have endorsed, funded, knocked on doors for and been elected as school board members. The only difference today is that people are finally pushing back from the other side.”
Jarrett Skorup, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
