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Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine - Forbes
What’s more, a new econometric analysis reported in the Fraser study “finds that RTW laws in the US increase economic growth by about 1.8% and employment by about 1% in the states enacting such laws.” (Writing at the American Enterprise Institute blog shortly after President Obama’s reelection, economist Mark J. Perry noted that, since 2009, RTW states created four times as many jobs as forced-union states—employment growth which, ironically, may have helped Mr. Obama get re-elected.)
As for manufacturing in particular, the authors of the Fraser study say “the scholarly literature finds that RTW laws have the effect of increasing manufacturing employment and output. Oklahoma is a particularly interesting case … The data suggest that the faster manufacturing growth observed in Oklahoma after 2001 was due, to some substantial degree, to the adoption of a RTW policy.”
Keep in mind that during that time period North and South Dakota benefited from an unprecedented oil boom. Carl Marx himself could have been running those states and people's wages still would have gone up.Wow, what a load.
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine - Forbes
What’s more, a new econometric analysis reported in the Fraser study “finds that RTW laws in the US increase economic growth by about 1.8% and employment by about 1% in the states enacting such laws.” (Writing at the American Enterprise Institute blog shortly after President Obama’s reelection, economist Mark J. Perry noted that, since 2009, RTW states created four times as many jobs as forced-union states—employment growth which, ironically, may have helped Mr. Obama get re-elected.)
As for manufacturing in particular, the authors of the Fraser study say “the scholarly literature finds that RTW laws have the effect of increasing manufacturing employment and output. Oklahoma is a particularly interesting case … The data suggest that the faster manufacturing growth observed in Oklahoma after 2001 was due, to some substantial degree, to the adoption of a RTW policy.”
Yes, I am aware.Keep in mind that during that time period North and South Dakota benefited from an unprecedented oil boom. Carl Marx himself could have been running those states and people's wages still would have gone up.Wow, what a load.
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine - Forbes
What’s more, a new econometric analysis reported in the Fraser study “finds that RTW laws in the US increase economic growth by about 1.8% and employment by about 1% in the states enacting such laws.” (Writing at the American Enterprise Institute blog shortly after President Obama’s reelection, economist Mark J. Perry noted that, since 2009, RTW states created four times as many jobs as forced-union states—employment growth which, ironically, may have helped Mr. Obama get re-elected.)
As for manufacturing in particular, the authors of the Fraser study say “the scholarly literature finds that RTW laws have the effect of increasing manufacturing employment and output. Oklahoma is a particularly interesting case … The data suggest that the faster manufacturing growth observed in Oklahoma after 2001 was due, to some substantial degree, to the adoption of a RTW policy.”
Moreover, once a state rejects compulsory unionism, that signals to investors that the redistributionists are no longer in complete control of the state and thus their capital will earn a better return. RTW, after all, usually goes hand-in-hand with other tax and regulatory policies that attract rather than repel business.
Wow, what a load.
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine - Forbes
What’s more, a new econometric analysis reported in the Fraser study “finds that RTW laws in the US increase economic growth by about 1.8% and employment by about 1% in the states enacting such laws.” (Writing at the American Enterprise Institute blog shortly after President Obama’s reelection, economist Mark J. Perry noted that, since 2009, RTW states created four times as many jobs as forced-union states—employment growth which, ironically, may have helped Mr. Obama get re-elected.)
As for manufacturing in particular, the authors of the Fraser study say “the scholarly literature finds that RTW laws have the effect of increasing manufacturing employment and output. Oklahoma is a particularly interesting case … The data suggest that the faster manufacturing growth observed in Oklahoma after 2001 was due, to some substantial degree, to the adoption of a RTW policy.”
The basic point of "right-to-work" laws can be seen by a quick look at two U.S. industries that have competing Union and Non-Union segments.
The steel industry used to be dominated by "integrated steel mills," which are mills that produce iron in blast furnaces, convert it to steel, and then make round and flat products. ALL of these companies (USSteel, Bethlehem Steel, J&L Steel, Midland, Inland, etc) were strongly-union, and basically all of them went bankrupt (except USS) when we forcibly entered the global marketplace.
Running in parallel with the integrated steel mills, we have dozens of "mini-mills," which buy and melt scrap, then treat it for appropriate chemical composition, then use it to produce round and flat steel products. The dominant player among the mini-mills in NUCOR, but there are many many others, most of whom are run by people who got their start in the integrated steel mills. NONE of the mini-mills is "organized." They are generally profitable; their employees make a decent buck, often get incentive bonuses, and have benefits that are comparable to good light-manufacturing companies.
There is a similar situation in the auto industry. The "Big Three" have long been under the thumb of the UAW, and all have been bankrupt, although Ford was able to avoid filing for bankruptcy by hocking all of the plant assets in exchange for cash. All have dramatically implemented automation and other productivity measures in order to minimize the deleterious effects of union wage rates, benefit costs, and, almost as importantly, work rules. Without extreme and unprecedented government intervention, both GM and Chrysler would be history.
At the same time, we have a thriving auto industry existing primarily in "right-to-work" states, with NO UNIONS, good pay and benefits, profit sharing, excellent reputations for quality, and so on.
Would you rather be a highly-paid but unemployed UAW/USW person, or an employed steel or auto worker in a RTW state?
You make the call.
Wow, what a load.
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine
Right-To-Work Laws Help States Like Oklahoma Shine - Forbes
What’s more, a new econometric analysis reported in the Fraser study “finds that RTW laws in the US increase economic growth by about 1.8% and employment by about 1% in the states enacting such laws.” (Writing at the American Enterprise Institute blog shortly after President Obama’s reelection, economist Mark J. Perry noted that, since 2009, RTW states created four times as many jobs as forced-union states—employment growth which, ironically, may have helped Mr. Obama get re-elected.)
As for manufacturing in particular, the authors of the Fraser study say “the scholarly literature finds that RTW laws have the effect of increasing manufacturing employment and output. Oklahoma is a particularly interesting case … The data suggest that the faster manufacturing growth observed in Oklahoma after 2001 was due, to some substantial degree, to the adoption of a RTW policy.”
REALLY? NOT OIL/GAS BOOMS? lol
It's really, really hard - maybe even impossible - to single out the effects of this just one law.
INSKEEP: Why would that be?
WESSEL: Well, because there's simply too many other things going on at the same time. I mean, think about what happened after World War II. There was a huge shift of population and employment to the states in the South - many of which have right-to-work laws. But a lot of other things were going on. There was the spread of air conditioning, differences in the price of energy, improvements in transportation, housing price divergences, different zoning and environmental regulations, tax rates, quality of education and so on. It's really hard to tease out this one factor.
INSKEEP: OK, so it's true that right-to-work law states have grown more quickly than other states. It is impossible to say if there's any connection between the two things, though. Is there any impartial scholarship that does try to pinpoint the effect of right-to-work laws?
WESSEL: There is some. It's clear that states with right-to-work laws have lower rates of union membership and weaker unions and tend to have lower wages. Now, there's a long academic literature trying to identify the effects of right-to-work laws. In a 1998 peer-reviewed article by Thomas Holmes of the University of Minnesota, he described the academic evidence on the proposition that pro-business policies help build jobs as mixed. His comparison of states, some with right-to-work laws, some without, found substantially more manufacturing job growth in those with right-to-work laws. But he stressed that his results don't mean that adopting such a law and doing nothing else would do much for employment. More recent research suggests his estimates might be overstated. In a 2009 analysis, by a Hofstra professor, found little or no gain in employment or growth in states with right-to-work laws.
Examining Right-To-Work Laws Impact On Income And Economic Growth NPR
The Truth about “Right to Work” Laws
Also, the frequent claim by proponents that right to work laws will encourage
more economic development is highly questionable
.http://umaine.edu/ble/files/2011/01/RighttoWork_Laws.pdf
"usinesses prefer locating in states where costs are low and rules are lax — something I think we all knew already. Of course that's what businesses prefer. But it says literally nothing at all about whether the United States as a whole would have higher or lower growth if every state either did or didn't have right-to-work laws."
A 2011 study by the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute found that wages and benefits are lower in right-to-work states than in non-right-to-work states. Oklahoma has actually seen a reversal of the initial growth in manufacturing jobs since its right-to-work law passed in 2001. The EPI report found that in the cases of "higher-tech manufacturing, to 'knowledge' sector jobs, or to service industries dependent on consumer spending in the local economy—there is reason to believe that right-to-work laws may actually harm a state's economic prospects."
Right-to-Work Laws Explained Mother Jones
Is there anything wrong with unions? Hell no, I support them whole heatedly..
Anything that is done that is not voluntary is totalitarian. That is all there is to it.
I'll admit, there may be some truth in what you say. However, the fact of the matter is, forcing ANYONE, to involuntarily give over of their paycheck in order to work, is, philosophically wrong.
Is there anything wrong with unions? Hell no, I support them whole heatedly. I am angry with the union busting activities of corporations such as Walmart. I find it very unAmerican. However, I think it is also unAmerican to FORCE people to belong to unions against their will. Anything that is done that is not voluntary is totalitarian. That is all there is to it.
Is there anything wrong with unions? Hell no, I support them whole heatedly..
me too we need more unions to violently raise wages and make us even less competitive with China and India and Brazil!!
Anything that is done that is not voluntary is totalitarian. That is all there is to it.
actually unions rely 100% on govt violence to get higher wages!! Did you know that?
I'll admit, there may be some truth in what you say. However, the fact of the matter is, forcing ANYONE, to involuntarily give over of their paycheck in order to work, is, philosophically wrong.
Is there anything wrong with unions? Hell no, I support them whole heatedly. I am angry with the union busting activities of corporations such as Walmart. I find it very unAmerican. However, I think it is also unAmerican to FORCE people to belong to unions against their will. Anything that is done that is not voluntary is totalitarian. That is all there is to it.
They're not giving that money away. It's an investment in the Representation thst Union provides.
Right to Work also means Right to be Fired without cause. I guarantee you no Union.Steward or Local is going to help ANY non - represented employee. Hell, we'll hang them out to dry.
Civil pressure is, I will admit, often applied. That is not officially sanctioned government violence. .