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Fairness Integrity Job Growth Right To Work

Fairness Integrity Job Growth Right To Work. Right To Work. RTW is the freedom for any Hoosier to be hired only on the merits of his or her ability. RTW protects every worker’s right to join, or not to join, a union.

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Fairness Integrity Job Growth Right To Work

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  1. FairnessIntegrityJob GrowthRight To Work

  2. Right To Work • RTW is the freedom for any Hoosier to be hired only on the merits of his or her ability. • RTW protects every worker’s right to join, or not to join, a union. • This fundamental principle prohibits forced membership or dues in any organized body and instead provides choice.

  3. Why it works for Hoosier workers • Employees can stop supporting a union without being forced to quit their jobs. • RTW makes union officials more responsive to rank-and-file members. • Various Mackinac/Zogby Polls (2004, MRI 1993) have shown that over 50% of rank-and-file union members support RTW laws. • Union officials are forced to bargain for the immediate interests of all members.

  4. Why we need Right to Work • The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 grants the right to join unions, but fails to protect the right to not join a union. • The “collective bargaining” power of a union stifles certain interests while claiming to speak for all.

  5. The Oklahoma Experience The state went from below-average job growth to first in the nation within months of implementing Right to Work. • Incomes Rise • Health Coverage Expands • Poverty Falls

  6. At least one-third of businesses looking at expansion sites Do Not Even Considernon-Right-to-Work States.

  7. The Impact of RTW onIndiana’s Counties The “Beltway Effect” & The statistical impact on borders between RTW & non-RTW states

  8. The Beltway Effect An Allegheny Institute report shows a correlation between Right to Work states and beltway (or “functional equivalent”) data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Functional equivalents” include a series of major arterial roads that facilitate commuting and surface transportation.

  9. The Beltway Effect

  10. The Border Effect In non-RTW states, the percentage growth in manufacturing jobs decreases as you get closer to a neighboring RTW state. From the Mackinac Center for Public Policy www.mackinac.org

  11. The Border Effect

  12. The Border Effect Job growth declines in a non-RTW state as distance decreases to the state boundary with a RTW state. Job growth increases on the other side of the non-RTW/RTW state boundary.

  13. According to site selection experts, 33-50% of expanding businesses will not consider locating to compulsory union states. Source: 2011 Indiana Interim Committee on Employment

  14. Indiana’s Neighbors “We know there is about a quarter of the opportunities that won’t look at us because of the lack of this law…The reason is specifically to bring more jobs here, I think we have to look at it.” - Governor Mitch Daniels • Michigan is currently making a push to adopt RTW legislation. • Wisconsin and Missouri are considering the move to RTW legislation..

  15. Union Membership as a % of Workforce in Non-RTW Midwest States Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Includes public and private sectors

  16. Union Membership as a % of Workforce in Right to Work States Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Includes public and private sectors

  17. Right To WorkIt’s a Matter of Jobs.It’s a Matter of Fairness.

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