Right To Work Success Offers Lessons For Washington State

We have 50 states in America (I know, I checked) but do you know how many of them are “right to work” states? Right to work means a union cannot get a worker fired for not paying union dues and it also means joining a union is voluntary in the first place.  Seems to me that ought to be the way it should be everywhere but only 26 states have adopted right to work legislation.

Our consultant, businessman, blogger buddy Tim Bryce takes on right to work in his most recent column.   Here’s one of the convincing statistics from his article.  “In contrast, an article in the "Wall Street Journal" ("An Inspiration and a Warning From Michigan"; Dec 14, 2012) claims that "between 1980 and 2011, total employment in right-to-work states grew by 71%, while employment in non-right-to-work states grew 32%. Sadly, employment in Michigan increased just 14% during that time. Since 2001, right-to-work states added 3.5% more jobs, while other states decreased by 2.6%. Similarly, inflation-adjusted compensation grew 12% in right-to-work states, but just 3% in the others."

Those number and more make a pretty good case for the title of his blog – Right To Work Equals Prosperity.  Check it out and then recheck your position on closed shop states. href="http://www.timbryce.com/">timbryce.com