… non-prevailing wage labor to save money. The other good news is that Michigan is a right-to-work state. No worker can be forced to pay union dues and fees in order to have …
… fray. But other forces are at work, and for the most part, our … out. They have all enacted right-to-work laws that give teachers the … are typically not fans of right-to-work or the GOP. While labor unions …
… to “slavery” because they have to represent workers who exercise their right-to-work freedoms.
… Vernuccio writes in the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader about the benefits a right-to-work law would bring to Missouri. He testified on the same subject before a committee …
… belief that MERC should overturn that prior ruling or that Michigan’s new right-to-work law supersedes that ruling.” (Editor's note: One of the Mackinac Center …
… of the Union Month' For Teachers The Union 'Free Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Union Will Use 'Any Legal Means' To Combat Members Who Want To L …
… for Public Policy is informing teachers of their rights under Michigan's right-to-work law. Teachers who belong to the MEA but do not want to support the union …
… “It was either that or find employment elsewhere,” O’Neil said. When right-to-work became law in March of 2013, O’Neil thought she was free to leave the Michigan …
… occupational licensing. In the early stages of their work, McGrath recalls using research from the Mackinac … “There are about 20 bills that we’re involved with right now across the country, all with beauty and barbering … advocating for policies that promote greater access to work and remove redundant restrictions, the Institute …
Charles Williams II speaks at a union protest against right-to-work legislation in Lansing, Michigan. Williams introduced two Democratic state representatives …
… approving a side agreement to deny them their freedom under Michigan's right-to-work law.
… dues and prevents teachers from exercising their freedom under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The Detroit News also editorialized against the agreement.
… laws, including the power to coerce employees to pay dues (at least in non-right-to-work states). Furthermore, we have a labor establishment that has abused its …
… extension that circumvent Michigan’s new right-to-work law aren’t breaking any laws, but they … supporting their unions for up to 10 years. Right-to-work gives employees the freedom to decide …
… rights under the Michigan right-to-work law enacted in December 2012. … union. In defiance of the right-to-work law, the district and union … losing dues money because of right-to-work,” Steffke wrote. “We …
… Pure Michigan-like campaign will not work, if the past is any guide. Pure Michigan … such as Detroit and Flint. It did not work. A wise person who considers moving … entering a career field. Reinstate right-to-work, which provides better economic outcomes …
… 31. 2012, issue of National Review about Michigan's journey to become a right-to-work state. Labor Policy Director F. Vincent Vernuccio and President Joseph …
… freedom rights. The MEA's insistence that its bylaws trump Michigan's right-to-work law have also been the subject of recent hearings before a special committee …
… groups in several states to talk about Michigan’s experience in getting a right-to-work law.
… was signed before Michigan’s right-to-work law took effect. But even though … Despite being signed before right-to-work, the contract didn’t take effect … bargaining agreements before the right-to-work deadline, but have …
… freedom of religion and the right to trial by jury. Such rights … employee also has a personal right to decide which groups to associate … clarify the reasoning behind a “right to work” statute, a law which this … initiative would prohibit. A right-to-work law prevents employees …
… that counties in states with right-to-work laws had higher employment … counties. That is, counties in non-right-to-work states that bordered right-to-work … comparison, border counties in non-right-work states had just 0.8% higher …
… that counties in states with right-to-work legislation observe higher … it would have been without right-to-work laws. The most interesting … in their policies regarding right-to-work. In most union-dense …
… of the debate surrounding right-to-work laws has focused on their impact … however, to the benefits of right-to-work laws that are either unrelated … have consistently shown that right-to-work is associated with …
… Michigan Legislature passing right-to-work. Today marks the one-year anniversary … must by law surrender their right to represent themselves regarding … resign from the union under right-to-work laws,” Wilcox said. Teamsters …
… LaFaive, “Economic Growth and Right to Work Laws” (Mackinac Center for … https://perma.cc/4BPC-TXDD. 2 Michael LaFaive, “Right-to-Work, Tax Rates Paint Interesting Picture Right-to-Work, Tax Rates Paint Interesting …
… affirm its status as the 21st right-to-work state. Idaho, which at the … voters followed suit, approving right-to-work legislation in 2001. Currently, 22 states are covered by right-to-work laws. Unfortunately, …
A common argument against right-to-work is that by weakening unions, right-to-work laws drive down compensation. … 2002, Wilson observed that right-to-work opponents "have often …
The impact of right-to-work on county-level employment share … respect to the impacts of right-to-work are color coded. Dark green … that counties in states with right-to-work legislation observe …
… 20 years, which came to fruition in December 2012 with the passage of a right-to-work law. The other finalists are: Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo, …
… performance measures between right-to-work states and non-right-to-work states. Doing so helps scholars … economic growth or employment in right-to-work states versus non-right …
… analyzed the impact of adopting right-to-work laws in Michigan and Indiana … positive results from adoption of right-to-work laws in Michigan, although … relatively recent adoption of right-to-work in Great Lake States. …
… 2002 study, "The Effect of Right to Work Laws on Economic Development." … that report, Wilson compared right-to-work and non-right-to-work states on basic measurements …
Right-to-work laws change the incentive structure for unions. Because a union in a right-to-work state must persuade individual … As a consequence, unions in right-to-work states are less of …
… Wilson titled "The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Economic Development." … compared states that had enacted right-to-work laws and those that had not … was found that states with right-to-work laws had outperformed …
Michigan’s new right-to-work law has reignited several debates … weigh in on the impact that right-to-work laws have on everything from … aims to measure the impact of right-to-work laws on states’ economic …
… study, Bill Wilson found that right-to-work states had historically been … 6.7 percent on average in right-to-work states, compared with a reduction of 2.0 percent in non-right-to-work states.[28] During …
… opportunity to testify here today on right-to-work. This policy will give workers … considered the state Legislature’s right-to-work proposal to be anti-union. … characterization. He said right-to-work laws are not anti-union; …
… hospital cafeteria. Michigan's right-to-work law no longer requires workers … union, Shannon Leonard, has worked at the medical center for … 'Free Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Union Will Use 'Any …
… News on March 19, 2014.) As I studied Michigan’s right-to-work law in March of 2013 and looked ahead to my retirement … Throughout my career, I made it a priority to work with my students and give them all the information …
… research done on the subject of right-to-work laws and their impacts on everything … the Mackinac Center’s 2013 right-to-work study was published, which … Donald Lacombe’s 2006 paper, “Right to Work Laws and Manufacturing …
Right-to-work laws have shown themselves to be useful economic … economic gains from adoption of right-to-work laws. In this study we investigated … industrial sectors. The effects of right-to-work adoption on these employment …
… Michigan, where Gov. Rick Snyder signed right-to-work legislation in 2012 after voters soundly … the midterms two years later. “From right-to-work not even being a major issue in the …
… employees full-time — not to work for the jobs they were hired to work in, but to go and work full-time for a public labor … employees being released to work for private labor unions on … function. Most of them do it right and want to do it right. They …
… state of Michigan adopted a right-to-work law in 2012. It became effective in 2013. A right-to-work law prohibits employers — as … one through compulsory dues. Right-to-work’s impact on state economic …
… states, only Ohio did not have right-to-work legislation passed by 2018, … sample. The direct effect of right-to-work laws on a typical right-to-work county in this sample …
… believe the union and management work together to target certain … like using her computer at work to go on the Internet during … union rights under the new right-to-work law. Davenport also did not … Davenport said the union did work to help her at one time, but …
… nearly half again as fast in right-to-work states. This trend was particularly … jobs reached 4.4 percent in right-to-work states versus 2.5 percent in non-right-to-work states.[12] Since …
… attempts to measure the impact of right-to-work laws on states with such laws … only the effect of passing right-to-work laws in a state, but also the … of adjacent states adopting right-to-work, for example). The …
… forthcoming 22-page decision in favor of these teachers’ right to resign. “The MEA should stop trying to ruin … MERC believes that a resignation window can trump right to work. Other government unions should take heed and not …
… as a surprise, then, that right-to-work states, with their higher rates … of 2.9 percent annually in right-to-work states, versus 2.0 percent in non-right-to-work states and 1.5 percent …
… Such provisions are known as "right-to-work" laws, and if Michigan chooses … narrow or nullify the law. The right-to-work language presented here — see … a statute. One value of a right-to-work provision is the message …
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's right-to-work legislation stayed put today … place, as the Democrats pulled a work stoppage for the fifth time … will become the nation's 23rd right-to-work state. Under the legislation …
… re are now 27 states with “right-to-work” laws. These laws prohibit … Virginia and Kentucky — adopt right-to-work legislation, in that chronological … compared counties in states with right-to-work laws to counties they …
… anniversary of Michigan’s right-to-work law, we should acknowledge … action to make Michigan a right-to-work state. We first formally called … of likely voters favored a right-to-work law, including 42% …
Another benefit of right-to-work is the incentive it places … for their members. In a non-right-to-work state, unions can require workers … as nonmembers. Thus, in non-right-to-work states, the group of …
… study examines the impact of right-to-work laws on three measures of state-level … isolate the specific effect right-to-work laws had on individual states. … following the Taft-Hartley Act), right-to-work laws had very little …
… Rick Snyder’s signature on right-to-work legislation stunned many outside … worker freedom. The Mackinac Center worked with a broad coalition of … choice. 2013: Michigan’s right-to-work law goes into effect. Some …
… level. Candidates who supported right-to-work were widely successful, and … governors who support passing right-to-work legislation and possibly other … labor reforms. Opponents of right-to-work in West Virginia failed …
… host of other positive results. But today the right to earn a living is becoming more difficult. In … required to have this special government permission to work. Licensing requirements typically include mandated … regulatory infrastructure of occupational licensing. Her work explores the antitrust implications of professional …
… than that commonly known as “right-to-work.”[1] It was passed in December … state with such a law.[*] Right-to-work laws prohibit employers from … the debate in Michigan over right-to-work laws was the dispute …
… attempting to measure the impact of right-to-work laws on state economic performance, and right-to-work is thought to impact the behavior … Labor Research, titled “How Right-to-Work Laws Affect Wages,” …
… Michigan potentially becoming a right-to-work state. Capitol City Recap … inquiries as to what changes a right-to-work law would bring about, Swift … avoided the word "fee." A right-to-work law prohibits contracts …
… than Michigan's becoming a right-to-work state. “[T]here was a whole … more serious, honestly, than right-to-work; denying them the right to collective bargaining.” …
… factors that have affected the right to work states, mostly in the Southeast, … the political reality that right to work would never pass the current … the report, The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Economic Development, …
… Hicks, who found no effect of right-to-work on manufacturing income, employment … through 1970 the presence of right-to-work laws played no significant … Moreover, the existence of right-to-work laws in adjacent states …
… empirically test the effects of right-to-work legislation on employment trends … interested in the effect of right-to-work legislation, we must also control … state which has opted for right-to-work legislation might also …
… estimate the relationship between right-to-work laws to three economic variables: … evaluate both the impact of right-to-work on these variables and how … economic well-being, and that right-to-work laws affect them through …
… 2001 and 2006, the average right-to-work state saw its gross state product … versus 13.6 percent for non-right-to-work states.[3] During that same … West Virginia, another non-right-to-work state, managed GSP …
… unemployment rates in non-right-to-work states. This held true between 1978 and 2000: right-to-work states had an average unemployment … percent versus 6.3 for non-right-to-work states. Michigan, in …
… anniversary of Michigan’s right-to-work law. The law was subject to … signaled an intent to repeal right-to-work, and Democratic lawmakers have … governorship, the debate surrounding right-to-work is more relevant than …
… 2013, Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in the nation. With the … almost exactly the same in right-to-work states as non-right-to-work states. Unions still …
… neither Ohio nor Illinois had right-to-work legislation passed by 2018, … sample. The direct effect of right-to-work in a given county is estimated … spillover effect on other non-right-to-work counties — is estimated …
… of Michigan’s 10-year-old right-to-work law. A right-to-work state does not compel workers … moved from states without right-to-work protections to right-to-work …
… study, “Economic Growth and Right-to-Work Laws,” has been well received. It examines the impact of right-to-work laws in 48 states over 64 years. Its technical work was recently extended and published …
… empirically test the effects of right-to-work legislation on employment trends … interested in the effect of right-to-work legislation, we must also control … A state that has opted for right-to-work legislation might tend …
… forced to pay money to unions as a condition of employment, opponents of right-to-work laws often claim that workers who exercise their rights under the law are …
… the authors conclude that right-to-work laws do not contribute to the … employment and found that right-to-work laws exert a statistically … (1984) extends the earlier work and offers evidence that the …
… between 2001 and 2006. But right-to-work states saw much less severe … 1979. Between 1990 and 2000 right-to-work states experienced an average … manufacturing employment, but non-right-to-work states saw annual declines …
… reports on prevailing wage and right-to-work. In celebration of Labor Day, … Kersey, "The Economic Effects of Right-to-Work Laws: 2007." This paper was … disposable income to compare right-to-work and non-right-to-work …
… to become the nation’s 26th right-to-work state when the General Assembly approved a right-to-work bill. However, the stroke of … and 23 votes, respectively. Right now the country is split down …
… climate — the absence of a right-to-work statute. Right-to-work laws, which simply say no worker … yet been finalized. How do right-to-work states fair economically? …
In his study “Right To Work, The wrong answer for Michigan’s … companies that chose Michigan over right-to-work states. Lafer wrote, “Indeed, … continue to prefer Michigan over right-to-work competitors …” But …
… variability with regard to right-to-work and the presence of changes … which to test the effect of right-to-work laws on employment earnings … is little expectation that right-to-work laws devolve upon states …
… declared any provision of the right to work law unconstitutional. Instead, … have merely held that the right to work law does not apply in certain … invalidation of any of the right to work law’s provisions. ... …
… that employees won't be able to exercise their right to opt out of the union and not financially support its … expires. Late last year Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in the nation. The law gives workers the …
… Manny Lopez, “Videos: Union Right-to-Work Protest Goes Violent” (Michigan … Jack Spencer, “Michigan is a Right-to-Work State” (Michigan Capitol Confidential, … list: gun control, tax cuts, Right-to-Work repeal” (Bridge Michigan, …
… worker freedom rights after Michigan’s right-to-work law took effect and now choose not … four employees — each of whom has worked for the city of Dearborn for at least … must still, by law, surrender their right to speak on their own behalf regarding …
… the decision could: Provide right-to-work protection for all public employees in the country. Right to-work means a union cannot get a … workers, whether they are in a right-to-work state or not, have …
… Determinants and Effects of Right-to-Work Laws: A Review of the Recent … "Membership and Wage Impact of Right-to-Work Laws," Journal of Labor Research … at Will, Job Security, and Work Incentives" (paper presented …
… jobs out of Michigan and to right-to-work states is one reason Michigan … coming Labor Day. In 30 years, right-to-work states have gained 1.4 million … 100,000 such jobs. Passing a right-to-work law would be the ultimate …
… those speaking their mind on right-to-work in Michigan. “My great grandparents … been based here ever since. Right now with my family, Michigan … __________________ “I look at it [right-to-work] and how it’s going to affect …
… situation that occurs in both right-to-work and non-right-to-work states. In right-to-work states, a union cannot …
… by having the state adopt “right-to-work” provisions — laws that prevent … indicated that he would support a right-to-work ballot initiative to amend … Michigan Constitution.[1] Right-to-work bills have been submitted …
… proposal to permanently lock right-to-work out of Michigan spoke out Thursday … steps of the State Capitol. A right-to-work law would prohibit workers … of Michigan voters support right-to-work in Michigan. A coalition …
… morale, time off and flexible work schedules. In terms of pay, … unemployed or not looking for work. “Pro-employment policies, … example, a 2016 paper finds that right-to-work states have more productive … population growth than non-right-to-work states.[66] Researchers …
… in a big way, Michigan must work harder to ensure a business … statesincluding twenty-one with right-to-work lawshave an advantage over … They are as follows: Pass Right-to-Work legislation. Twenty-one other …
… national power would be a right-to-work state today. In four minutes … has problems bigger than a right-to-work law can solve. I have to say … Michigan can achieve freedom to work — if Washington state can expand …
… Association.” Under the Michigan right-to-work law enacted in 2012, workers … March 2013 must expire for the right-to-work law to take effect. Mary McGee-Cullen, … was wrong. “MEA officials worked to keep contract language …
