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I'm not exactly sure what it means for a state to grow economically but I suspect Mr. Fisher is correct... I would think jobs would grow more rapidly in a right to work state but to say that is better for the people who live and work there might not be exactly correct as I do believe the growth in job numbers will be piggy backed with lower wages, why else would employers and republicans push for this legislation unless it is a way to improve the bottom line.... There are a lot of web pages that support whatever opinion a person might have so posting links is kinda fruitless, I will post a quote from one of them that I believe to be the truth and I do believe the lower we see wages in the middle class drop the worse our economy will get.



“Right to work” means a dive to the pay scale’s bottom. The long-term impact doesn’t make a state more economically competitive. Instead, it’s a huge cost-shift, making moderate and low income workers pay more while receiving lower wages as a state’s highest income earners receive the benefit.
The average worker in a right to work state makes about $5,333 a year less than workers in other states ($35,500 compared with $30,167). Weekly wages are $72 greater in free-bargaining states than in right to work states ($621 versus $549). Working families in states without right to work laws have higher wages and benefit from healthier tax bases that improve their quality of life.
The Data I saw on RTW factory jobs is quite a bit different than your 5,333 difference.......That number I've seen on quite a bit of progressive websites, and I've seen that as a poster child for the arguments by the AFL/CIO.....

BUT Census data from RTW states versus non RTW states proves differently.

Again, believe what you want, but I personally think that it should be ILLEGAL everywhere to force someone to join a collective to be employed. Maybe employed by the only opportunity in a particular area.

Think of joe factory worker in middle america. Suppose the only factory going is Widgets Incorporated, and the ONLY WAY to get a job there is to be in the union. If I live in middle america and I have a family and I NEED a job, then I might join the union JUST to get a check. That my friend, is the single highest level of coersion that I can think of........

RTW doesn't mean the union no longer exists..........IT MEANS that the union cannot force someone to join the collective if they don't want to.

You know, the words fascist and communist and socialist get thrown around quite a bit in internet sites. I think unions embody those words.....unions eliminate a persons opportunity to think and act for themselves. Maybe they were needed at one time, but I don't think they are in today's world.

Maybe I'm wrong, and every factory out there will become a sweat shop and death trap. I highly doubt it, since non union shops are thriving all over the country......

Later,

Geo