{"id":938,"date":"2012-12-10T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T12:11:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:27:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:27:46","slug":"debunking-the-economic-case-against-right-to-work-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/debunking-the-economic-case-against-right-to-work-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Debunking the Economic Case against Right to Work Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nAs the fight over Michigan’s Right to Work legislation heats up, many pro-forced unionism journalists and media outlets have suggested that a law protecting worker freedom would jeopardize the state’s economic prospects. The case for Right to Work has always rested on the importance of defending worker freedom, but Right to Work laws also have a proven track record of encouraging economic growth. In fact, the National Institute for Labor Relations Research recently put together a blog post debunking a particularly misleading column making the economic case against a Michigan Right to Work law:\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tMr. Gallagher\u2019s column left out several obvious and relevant facts. For example, he suggested Right to Work laws somehow lower incomes without acknowledging the basically undisputed fact that on average the cost of living is significantly lower in Right to Work states than in forced-unionism states.\n\t<\/p>\n

\tAs the National Institute for Labor Relations Research pointed out in a fact sheet published last month, in 2011 the cost of living in states where forced union dues are permitted was nearly 20% higher than in Right to Work states.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nRead the whole thing here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nAs the fight over Michigan’s Right to Work legislation heats up, many pro-forced unionism journalists and media outlets have suggested that a law protecting worker freedom would jeopardize the state’s economic prospects. The case for Right to Work has always rested on the importance of defending worker freedom, but Right to Work laws also have a proven track record of encouraging economic growth. In fact, the National Institute for Labor Relations Research recently put together a blog post debunking a particularly misleading column making the economic case against a Michigan Right to Work law:\n<\/p>\n

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For example, he suggested Right to Work laws somehow lower incomes without acknowledging the basically undisputed fact that on average the cost of living is significantly lower in Right to Work states than in forced-unionism states.\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nDebunking the Economic Case against Right to Work Laws - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/blog\/debunking-the-economic-case-against-right-to-work-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debunking the Economic Case against Right to Work Laws - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the fight over Michigan's Right to Work legislation heats up, many pro-forced unionism journalists and media outlets have suggested that a law protecting worker freedom would jeopardize the state's economic prospects. 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