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Should right to work become law in Indiana, the implications for its neighbor to the north are stark. It is impossible to predict how many current and potential new manufacturers Michigan might lose to a RTW Indiana, but some sources suggest that over time the number is likely to be significant. Here's what we know about Indiana's attempt to become a right-to-work state:
Dems Don't Run: Standoff Ends — Indiana Right-to-Work Obstacle Cleared
Title: The Economic Effects of Right-to-Work Laws: 2007
Publication: Aug. 28, 2007, Mackinac Center study
Author: Paul Kersey, Mackinac Center senior labor analyst
Title: A Model Right-to-Work Amendment to the Michigan Constitution
Publication: Aug. 29, 2007, Mackinac Center study
Author: Patrick J. Wright, Mackinac Center senior legal analyst
Title: Union Spending in Michigan: A Review of Union Financial Disclosure Reports
Publication: Aug. 28, 2008, Mackinac Center study
Author: Paul Kersey, Mackinac Center senior labor analyst
Right-to-Work Dashboard
Up to date economic indicators showing how Michigan fairs against right-to-work states.
Michigan needs voluntary unionism.
Lawrence W. Reed on Changing Michigan's union work laws.
Detroit Free Press
Momentum is building for Michigan to become a right-to-work state. "It Takes a Recession."
Lawrence W. Reed on making Michigan a right-to-work state.
The Wall Street Journal
How right-to-work laws protect employees and can help jump-start Michigan’s stalled economy. “Job creation over that past 30 years, especially in manufacturing, has been overwhelmingly in right-to-work states.”
Lawrence W. Reed explains the benefits of right-to-work laws.
“The Greg Marshall Show” - WMKT
Paul Kersey explains the benefits of right-to-work at WWJ’s on-line "Daily Dash."
Understanding the need for right-to-work legislation: "Changing the law empowers individual workers with a choice, which makes union leadership more accountable."
Ending forced unionism creates more prosperity: Making Michigan right-to-work would increase jobs
The Detroit News
By Lawrence W. Reed
The Detroit News says: "Currently, 22 states have right-to-work laws.Michigan should join them. Freeing workers from compulsory union membership would send an important signal that Big Labor no longer dictates policy and controls politics in Michigan."
Right-to-work legislation and economic development: "for the last 30 years right-to-work states have been outperforming compulsory unionism states such as Michigan ... individual freedom and higher productivity give workers in right-to-work states the edge in job opportunities, employment, and purchasing power."
Restoring Balance to Labor Law
By Paul Kersey
The Right-to-Work Advantage in Economic Growth: A Look at Past Performance
By James Hohman
Wage Law: The Right-to-Work
By Steven Thomas
New Data Bolster Finding of Right-to-Work Report
By Paul Kersey
Is right to work legislation a hot topic? You bet it is!
Watch the Mackinac Center’s former Director of Labor Policy debate right-to-work with a Michigan legislator.
The Mackinac Center’s call for right-to-work legislation
2007: https://www.mackinac.org/8189
2006: https://www.mackinac.org/8014
2005: https://www.mackinac.org/7015
2004: https://www.mackinac.org/6467
2003: https://www.mackinac.org/5937
2002: https://www.mackinac.org/4527
2001: https://www.mackinac.org/3354
1999: https://www.mackinac.org/1603
1998: https://www.mackinac.org/473
1997: https://www.mackinac.org/576
1996: https://www.mackinac.org/74
1994: https://www.mackinac.org/112
