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Tweet This excerpt appeared in a letter in The Spokesman-Review in Idaho. Idaho is a Right To Work State “Twenty-five years ago the citizens of Idaho passed the so-called “Right to Work” law. They were told that the law was needed to prevent them from being required to join a union as a condition of employment. [...] Tweet From The Daily Kos It’s not enough for today’s Republicans that the richest 1% of the population takes in 24% of the nation’s income. Not enough for them that 20% of the population holds 85% of the wealth. Not enough for them that: median weekly wages, when adjusted for inflation, fell slightly for both [...] Tweet Professors from Western Michigan University discuss the devastating effects of so-called “Right to Work” laws. Tweet On February 9th some Republicans introduced legislation to create Right To Work zones in Michigan. Apparently this is political payback for campaign contributions made by Big Business and Wall Street. Creating Right To Work zones is like putting a fence around a bunch of working poor people and run parts of the state like [...] Tweet Many of the Right To Work proponents are saying we must enact this law in order to create jobs. This is not a true statement. The Economic Policy Institute, a non profit public policy think tank, has released state by state job loss data. The data shows that since 2007 “right to work” states [...] Tweet A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, which is a non profit public policy think tank, shows public employees are underpaid as they are compared to the private sector. Some elected officials are promoting public employee pay freezes and major benefits reductions as the antidote to the alleged overpayment problem and the [...] Tweet In the Lansing State Journal on Feb 2, 2011 “Right to work legislation is not the right to work, but is an attack on our communities. It needs to be recognized as such. It goes against common sense to believe that legislation that is designed to lower wages and strip workers of their benefits [...] Tweet Re posted here is an article from the Iron Mountain Daily News which encapsulates the Right To Work issues in excellent fashion. “EDITOR:Several state representatives have introduced a house bill in Lansing that would allow, cities, counties, or school districts to create “Right To Work” zones in Michigan. Sounds good, doesn’t it? After all, [...] Tweet Proponents of Right to Work admit the goal is to reduce labor costs The excerpt below is from a January 21, 2011 article published at American Thinker. What should these governors and legislatures do? They should act in concert, not in competition, and create an oasis of business-friendly government in a region which desperately [...] |
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