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Center Featured in West Virginia Media

West Virginia could become 26th right-to-work state

… to become the nation's 26th right-to-work state, the Mackinac Center’s … of life in other states: Right-to-work has helped other states. They … lower unemployment. Almost all right-to-work states have lower workplace …

Right-to-Work Laws Produce Greater Economic Growth

New study compares states vs. how they would have performed without right-to-work laws

… 989-698-1914 MIDLAND — States with right-to-work laws over the past six decades … would have experienced without right-to-work, according to a new Mackinac … most recent state to adopt a right-to-work law, we thought it …

Center Right-to-Work Research Cited in Bloomberg

Research by Mackinac Center scholars on right-to-work laws was cited recently in Bloomberg Businessweek. The article also cites a University of Oregon …

School Districts Closed Because Of Excessive Teacher Absences Over Right-to-Work

Students suffer because 'several hundred' teachers call in sick to attend right-to-work protest in Lansing

… vacation day to protest proposed right-to-work legislation, which is expected … not the teachers, made the right call. "I think that political … in Lansing against proposed right-to-work legislation. Taylor School …

Right-to-work States Do Not Have Lower Wages

New study debunks union claim about right-to-work laws

… oft-touted claim by unions that right-to-work laws result in lower wages for workers. "Right-to-Work States Do Not Have Lower Wages," … frequently cited to criticize right-to-work laws. Douglas’s analysis …

LaFaive Cited on Indiana Right-to-Work Battle

If Indiana passes right-to-work legislation as expected, it could force Michigan … of grass-roots activity promoting (right-to-work) here,” Michael LaFaive, director of …

Mackinac Research Cited by Wall Street Journal

Two articles examine right-to-work in West Virginia and across the country

… to become the nation’s 26th right-to-work state, cites Mackinac Center … impact on jobs and income. Right to work isn’t a panacea, but it can help. Michigan adopted right to work in 2012, and the Mackinac …

Vernuccio's Wisconsin Senate Committee Testimony Video

Why right-to-work is right for Wisconsin

… the Wisconsin Senate labor committee. Wisconsin is currently considering right-to-work for the public and private sectors. You can watch his testimony below or …

State, National Media on SEIU's Downward Spiral

Right-to-work rescues 44k from stealth unionization scheme

… the stealth unionization should not have happened in the first place and right-to-work will help prevent future, similar schemes.

Private sector employees would be affected if right-to-work repealed in Michigan

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling gives public employees, such as schoolteachers, the right to opt out, but employees at private firms like Ford would be affected by a right-to-work repeal

… Hills Schools and because of a right-to-work law that went into effect in … each year on family needs. Right-to-work means workers cannot be forced … keep their job. Michigan’s right-to-work law was signed in December …

But I Thought That Went Without Saying ...

Right-to-Work Is Very Much a Live Issue

… drew cheers by pledging to “work to make sure Michigan never becomes a right-to-work state.”[*] Now how that will … the fact that it apparently worked — Leyton got the convention’s … nomination — tells you that right-to-work is on the minds of …

Center Expert Outlines Right-to-Work Issue

… Policy Initiative, explains in a Bay City Times Op-Ed why Michigan needs a right-to-work law.

Show Me the Worker Freedom

Right-to-Work Vote in Missouri

… are seriously considering right-to-work. In early April, right-to-work legislation won majority approval … recess now, any potential right-to-work legislation will need …

It's Official: Indiana Is a Right-to-Work State

Congratulations are in order for our Hoosier neighbors

… benefit to Indiana's workers. Right-to-work laws are associated with faster … that as Michiganders see what right-to-work protections bring to Indiana, … Michigan may become the 24th right-to-work state, perhaps as early …

Then and now, polling on right-to-work in Michigan shows it is popular

A dozen polls over 20 years, and almost all show broad support for the law

… the past 20 years shows that right-to-work is extremely popular in Michigan. Right-to-work laws make it illegal to require … union contracts. Michigan’s right-to-work law was passed in December …

Survey: Teachers in Right-to-Work States Live Quite Comfortably

However, teachers' union still pushing stories that claim right-to-work linked to poverty, problems

… Dennis bemoans “life in a right-to-work state” in a story in the recent … Carolina, which already was a right-to-work state. Dennis lamented in … however, about low pay and right-to-work are contradicted by …

Right-to-Work States Have Lower Workplace Injury Rates

Big Labor’s fatal error on state employee afflictions

… Big Labor that becoming a right-to-work state will result in lower … Consider Oklahoma, which became a right-to-work state in 2001. From 2000 to … than in Michigan. Overall, right-to-work states have a slightly …

Indiana Democrat: Right-to-Work Bill 'One of the Worst ... In a Generation'

GOP Senator: Dems 'would do anything' to stop right-to-work legislation

… the leading proponents of right-to-work legislation in Indiana says … Indiana from becoming the 23rd right-to-work state in the nation,” Sen. … lawmakers who did not show up for work last week, denying the House …

Hohman in Wall Street Journal

Right-to-work states enjoy higher per capita income

… week. The article, titled "The Right-to-Work Advantage," discusses the economic … that lead states to adopt right-to-work policies. Hohman’s research found that “right-to-work states have 4.1 percent …

Michigan Democrats go 0-6 in predictions on right-to-work’s economic effects

In the decade of right-to-work in Michigan, dire predictions have not panned out

… gan’s legislators approved right-to-work in 2012 over the objections … Representatives Journal: So-called ‘right-to-work’ legislation will not boost … economies throughout our state. ‘Right to work’ erodes the financial …