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Worker wages better in right-to-work states

Influential study has fatal errors, analysis confirms

… Democrats to repeal the state’s right-to-work law. They succeeded, and the … in states that did not have right-to-work laws. The Economic Policy … believes that any analysis of right-to-work’s effects on the average …

Ohio jobs head for right-to-work states

Michigan and Indiana build manufacturing

… employment impact of state right-to-work laws at the county level. Right-to-work laws simply say that no worker … Buckeye State, which lacks a right-to-work law. As we looked …

Kersey Cited in Washington Times

… Mackinac Center, on the benefits of right-to-work laws for job growth. The author referred … Kersey, which makes the point that right-to-work laws create more jobs.

Rumors of Unions' Post-Right-to-Work Death Exaggerated

'Unions have seen very little decline in membership'

… looking at the impact the 2012 right-to-work law had on unions in the state … story on Michigan passing its right-to-work law with a title that read: “Right to Work Won’t Doom Michigan’s …

Right-to-Work States Continue to Enjoy Significant Economic Advantages Over Michigan and Other Non-Right-to-Work States, According to New Report

Right-to-work states are creating jobs faster than Michigan and will soon surpass the state in per-capita disposable incomes

… Analyst 989-631-0900 MIDLAND — Right-to-work states continue to outperform … last five years states with right-to-work laws experienced stronger economic … Michigan, that lack such laws. Right-to-work laws establish that …

Michigan voters reject repeal of right-to-work law

Even a liberal poll finds a minority want the law overturned

… lawmakers to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work law, according to two recent … was administered. But on right-to-work issue, only 42% supported repealing … poll, repealing Michigan’s right-to-work laws was the least …

Majority of States in Country Are Now Right-to-Work

West Virginia Legislature overrides Governor’s veto

… legislation that will make the state right-to-work, meaning unions will soon no … will be the country’s 26th right-to-work state, following Wisconsin and Michigan, which became right-to-work in 2015 and 2012, respectively. …

Michigan Democrats are wrong on right-to-work

New majority should not trade job growth to reward unions

… priority: repealing the state’s right-to-work law. They should reconsider, as right-to-work laws are better for workers, … unions, and for the economy. Right-to-work laws are simple: private …

Michigan Right-to-Work Repeal Bills Are Unconstitutional

Janus v. AFSCME protects public sector workers

… repeal to the state’s 2012 right-to-work law for public sector employees … Bill 4005, which would repeal right-to-work for private sector employees. … have left their unions since right-to-work passed in 2012. If …

Repealing Right-to-Work is a bad deal for Michigan autoworkers

Why does the governor want to take away my rights to free speech and free association?

… fairness law – also called Right-to-Work. The law went into effect in … workers received under our Right-to-Work law. The new leadership announced … you must understand that our Right-to-Work law benefits individual …

Follow the Money

… employment. Unless a state has a right-to-work law, federal law imposes the … not pay dues, and under a right-to-work law their ability to engage … bargaining is in no way diminished. Right-to-work simply means that both …

Right-to-Work Laws Work

New study shows economic advantages

… Public Policy released a new right-to-work study titled, "Economic Growth and Right-to-Work Laws" in which these authors find that states with right-to-work laws do better economically …

Right-to-Work Means Right-to-Freedom

Workers deserve more opportunity and control

… profound misunderstanding of right-to-work laws. At the April 1 summit … The nonunion worker is in a right-to-work state where they can't even get the right to join a union, so what would …

The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Economic Development

The right to decide for yourself whether or not to support a … officials dismiss it as "the right to starve", but for the last thirty years Right-to-Work states have been outperforming … productivity give workers in Right-to-Work states the edge in …

Unions Would Benefit From a Right-to-Work Law

… he was probably doing the right thing by all of them. But … for Public Policy support right-to-work legislation, I'd like to look … agreement that is prohibited in right-to-work states and extremely common …

Fighting For a Teacher’s Right to Work

… years after Michigan passed right-to-work and three contract agreements … local affiliates to admit that right-to-work applies to teachers, too. That’s … exercise his freedom under right-to-work to opt out of union …

Free The Unions — Let Workers Who Don't Pay Represent Themselves

Labor unions who complain about right-to-work 'freeloaders' should free them

… She blames it on Michigan’s right-to-work law. Taylor is the president … next two years. She calls right-to-work the “right-to-freeload.” ForTheRecord …

Michigan Teachers Union Suffers Important Court Defeat

State Court of Appeals says right-to-work law means what it says on compulsory union dues and fees

… ruled that a teacher has the right to stop paying fees to the … further enhances Michigan’s right-to-work law. “The court ruled that … exercising their rights under the right-to-work law,” Derk Wilcox, an attorney …

School Union Proposes 9-Year Contract To Prevent Members From Exercising Right To Not Pay Dues

Berkley Education Association tries to avoid right-to-work law

… its members from having the right to opt out of the union.  … would allow the union the right “to pursue any other lawful … benefiting from the state's new right-to-work law, which gives workers the right to not pay dues or fees as …

Right-to-Work Will be Blamed

If Gov. Snyder loses re-election

… his support and enactment of right-to-work. Blaming a Gov. Snyder loss on right-to-work would, of course, be totally … asked the Legislature to pass right-to-work in late 2012; it did …

Michigan Is a Right-to-Work State

Violent union protest outside leads to vandalism, damaged equipment, a tent pulled down onto children and an assault

… has become the nation’s 24th right-to-work state. Gov. Rick Snyder signed … this is pro-worker." Under right-to-work laws, no employee is forced to … week. House Bill 4003 applies right-to-work to government unions, …

Work Slowdowns and 'Free Riders'

… threats of violence over a work slowdown. With a possible Michigan right-to-work law in the news, it’s worth … problem it raises Opponents of right-to-work laws claim they permit workers …

Union is violating teacher’s right-to-work

… service fee, despite Michigan’s right-to-work law, because of an unusually-long … before Michigan’s newly enacted right-to-work law became effective on March … after the effective date of right-to-work. Yet, the Letter of …

West Virginia Right-to-Work May Turn on Supreme Court Race

Possible backtracking on worker freedom if union-endorsed candidate elected

… could leave the state’s new right-to-work law in peril. On that day, … striking down the state’s right-to-work protections. As I explained … AFL-CIO, that argued that the right-to-work law took their property …

Mackinac Center in WSJ: Indiana Benefits from Becoming a Right to Work State

Manufacturing jobs share grows in states with worker freedom

… demonstrated the advantages of right-to-work laws in a recent Wall Street … at Ball State University, worked together on a study analyzing … for states that have enacted right to work laws. To try and determine …

Bouchard Embraces Right-to-Work

… for governor to campaign on right-to-work legislation when he announced … it. Twenty-two states have right-to-work laws that allow employees to … "Twenty two states have a right-to-work law and their unemployment …

Right-to-Work in Michigan

Happy one-year anniversary!

… higan embraced worker freedom one year ago today with the adoption of a right-to-work law, becoming the 24th state in the nation to do so. Mackinac Center analysts …

Right-to-Work Laws Are Not Inspired By Hitler

The Nazis saw government as the absolute authority

… NSING — While at the union right-to-work protests this past month, there … strange: Is allowing workers the right to choose whether to financially … salaries and take away their right to strike," Levine quoted. … production, at the same time setting work rules and compensation, why …

Center Analyst Discusses Right-to-Work Issues

… "The Lynn Rivers Show" on WEMU Public Radio, where he discussed several right-to-work issues, including a proposed union-backed ballot initiative that he has …

Celebrating 10 Years of Right-to-Work in Michigan

… strongly supported Michigan's right-to-work law. With right-to-work, no person can be compelled … union in order to hold a job. Right-to-work states see faster job …

A Model Right-to-Work Amendment to the Michigan Constitution

… foundational legal concepts and sets forth model language for a legally sound right-to-work amendment to the Michigan Constitution.

Right-to-Work Laws Influence Migration

People flocking to RTW states

… that critics who claim that right-to-work laws reduce economic opportunity … in that decade, six have a right-to-work law and a seventh — Colorado … non-members in a workplace. (Right-to-work laws do not affect …

Right-to-Work States Enjoying Faster Job Growth

Establishing a right-to-work law, by which employees in unionized … legislators considering their own right-to-work law this month and similar … arises: What is the effect of right-to-work on the creation of …

Michigan Voters Favor Right-to-work Law by a 2-1 Margin

New statewide poll from Target Point Consulting is the latest showing strong support

… voters support the state’s right-to-work law by a 2-to-1 margin, a new … while only 29% oppose it. Right-to-work laws make it illegal to require … to labor unions in order to work, even if a person works in …

The Impact of Right-to-Work Laws: A Spatial Analysis of Border Counties

… growth but are unrelated to right-to-work, we also included the 2017 … that counties in states with right-to-work laws had higher employment … counties. That is, counties in non-right-to-work states that bordered …

Republicans Against Right-to-Work

Four Michigan Senators voted against worker freedom

… two years, many doubted a right-to-work bill had enough support in … becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state made headlines across … most by voting against the right-to work legislation. He represents …

The Economic Effects of Right-to-Work Laws: 2007

… financial support of, a union that they individually oppose. Enacting a right-to-work law abolishes agency fees and allows workers themselves to decide if a union …

Democrats make right-to-work repeal a 2023 priority

New poll shows voters want to keep worker protection law

… contemplating a repeal of the state’s right-to-work law following midterm elections … commissioned a poll on Michigan’s right-to-work law, which freed workers from … wording. Michigan passed a “right-to-work” law 10 years ago. …

Michigan Union Membership Reached Historic Low In 2019

Right-to-work law accelerated an ongoing trend

… entering its eighth year as a right-to-work state. Figures show that unions … 2013, the year Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect. Jarrett … decades, but the state’s 2012 right-to-work law has certainly accelerated …

The Michigan Miracle

Celebrating 10 Years of Right-to-Work in Michigan

… Michigan the 24th state to have a right-to- work law. What was unthinkable a … proposal that would have outlawed right-to-work. It would go even further, … widely seen as a referendum on right-to-work. Thankfully, freedom …

Tea Party Groups Engaged In Battle For Right-To-Work

… how to deal with a possible right-to-work bill and union executives have … voices are heard regarding the right-to-work discussion in Lansing. "We're … seen today as a number of right-to-work supporters are scheduled …

Time for The MEA To Recognize Right-To-Work

Media covers new Mackinac Center lawsuit

… years after Michigan passed right-to-work, it’s time for the Michigan … preventing him from exercising his right not to belong to the union. … charge centers on Michigan's right-to-work law and when the Ann Arbor …

West Virginia Could Become 26th Right-to-Work State

Unions unhappy, orchestrate protests

… Wednesday night to protest right-to-work and other items on the Legislature’s … becoming the nation's 26th right-to-work state. Indiana, Michigan, … Wisconsin have all passed right-to-work laws since 2011. If …

Michigan Incomes Up Strong After 4 Years of ‘Right-to-Work-for-Less’

Law says employers can't make paying the union a condition of employment

… rise faster. (Indiana adopted right-to-work a year before Michigan.) In … anniversary of when Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect. The law … was that the new law was “right-to-work-for-less.”

At Least 90 School Contracts Expire This Month, Allowing Teachers To Leave Union

August is the only month for school employees to exercise right-to-work rights

… school teacher. When the right-to-work law was signed, teachers wanting … contracts past the date in which right-to-work took effect. Derk Wilcox, … Michigan Capitol Confidential Right-to-Work Coverage Michigan …

Hydra-Lock employees vote to decertify their union

Forced into a union by the repeal of right-to-work, they opted out

… year’s repeal of the state’s right-to-work law. Maintenance and production … decertify the union. The National Right to Work Foundation aided Woody’s effort. … repeal of Michigan’s popular right-to-work law,” Patrick Semmens, …

Union Rates Not Dropping Faster In RTW States

… states that have adopted ‘right-to-work’ laws.” The fact that unionization … difference in these trends between right-to-work and non-right-to-work states. It makes intuitive …

Despite Media Claims, Michigan Among Highest Job Growth States

Top jobs producing states are right-to-work

… Snyder’s policies such as right-to-work and cutting business taxes … states except Colorado are right-to-work states*. Michigan's performance … comment. (*Michigan has been a right-to-work state since the end …

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Breakdown of States by Region and Right-to-Work Status, 2002

… South Midwest West Total Non-right-to-work 11 2 7 8 28 Right-to-work 0 12 5 5 22 Total 11 14 12 … Wyoming West Virginia NOTES: Right-to-work states denoted in bold. …

Kersey Cited in Wall Street Journal

… economic prosperity enjoyed by right-to-work states as compared to non-right-to-work states. Kersey found that the economies of right-to-work states between 2001 …