In today's WSJ, there's an op-ed by Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore concerning the Flap about Boeing thrying to build a new plant in South Carolina, a right to work state. You probably know the specifics by now, but the column points out some interesting things:
As of now there are 22 right to work states and 28 that are not. From 2000-2009 the rtw states have grown faster than their counterparts in virtually every aspect: 54.6% to 41.1% in gross state product, 53.3% to 40.6% in personal income, 11.9% to 6.1% in population, 4.1% to -0.6% in payrolls.
A 2010 study in the CATO Journal reports that between 2000 and 2008 4.8 million people have moved from a forced-union to a rtw state. And the rtw states had a 23% higher growth rate in per capita income.
Employers move out of forced-union states for other reasons besides payrolls - like avoiding having to deal with intrusive union rules, the threat of costly union stoppages, lawsuits, paying part of worker salaries and wages to union fat cats, and so on. Didja know that the last work stoppage at Bowing cost the company a billion dollars?
Seems to me a worker should have the right to unionize and get collective bargaining rights. Private unions that is. But they should also have the right to opt out and/or not pay dues if they don't like how their money is being spent, or don't want to pay dues at all.
Boeing and the Union Berlin Wall - WSJ.com
As of now there are 22 right to work states and 28 that are not. From 2000-2009 the rtw states have grown faster than their counterparts in virtually every aspect: 54.6% to 41.1% in gross state product, 53.3% to 40.6% in personal income, 11.9% to 6.1% in population, 4.1% to -0.6% in payrolls.
A 2010 study in the CATO Journal reports that between 2000 and 2008 4.8 million people have moved from a forced-union to a rtw state. And the rtw states had a 23% higher growth rate in per capita income.
Employers move out of forced-union states for other reasons besides payrolls - like avoiding having to deal with intrusive union rules, the threat of costly union stoppages, lawsuits, paying part of worker salaries and wages to union fat cats, and so on. Didja know that the last work stoppage at Bowing cost the company a billion dollars?
Seems to me a worker should have the right to unionize and get collective bargaining rights. Private unions that is. But they should also have the right to opt out and/or not pay dues if they don't like how their money is being spent, or don't want to pay dues at all.
Boeing and the Union Berlin Wall - WSJ.com
