Most companies looking to invest their dollars in new production facilities simply aren’t willing to risk the inefficiencies and disruption caused by forced unionism, and so they build in Right-to-Work states. Kentucky, says Craig Bouchard, CEO of Braidy Industries, wasn’t even on the company’s list of possible destinations until it enacted a Right-to-Work law last […]
Progressive Government Destroys N.Y., California and Illinois
Move your business from these three nightmare states. Are you getting murdered by brutal taxes or just plain murdered, as in Chicago. The overall business climate in California, New York and Illinois, as well as in the anti-2nd Amendment, anti-growth policies of the nine Progressives running these three “train wrecks” is in a word […]
Are Unions Bankrupting the States?
According to the National Right to Work Committee, unions’ ability to elect their own bosses leaves states open to political capture. Union bosses amass huge campaign warchests which they use to fund sympathetic candidates. In fact, “in the nearly two dozen states where government-sector forced union dues and fees are still authorized and promoted, union […]
Landmark Ruling in Forced Union Dues Case at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled against public sector unions in the case of Janus v. AFSCME. The court said that employees cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. CNBC’s Tucker Higgins reports: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that non-union workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. “Compelling […]
Your Retirement Life: Cost of Living Higher in These States Part I
A recent study by the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) estimates the average annual cost of living in 2017 for all 50 states. The National Institute for Labor Relations Research used MERIC’s data to calculate the average annual cost of living in Right to Work States and forced-unionism states. As of […]
Today the Supreme Court Will Hear a Case that Could Gut Public Unions
When Governor Scott Walker signed Right to Work legislation in Wisconsin, it began a drop in union membership that has so far taken 60% of government employees off the rolls. It turns out that when employees aren’t forced to join unions to keep their jobs, they typically don’t want to. The case before the court […]
A Former Democrat Takes Missouri to the Right
Over the decades the official political affiliations of President Donald Trump have shifted at least five times according to the Smoking Gun. Now another party flipper is the governor of Missouri, Eric Greitens, and he’s becoming a GOP star. Greitens is a former Navy SEAL, who, since switching to the GOP and winning the governorship […]
Where to Live to Make a Living? Try this Southern Gem
If you’re looking for a place to live and work it’s hard to beat Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, ranking 4th for mid-sized cities in the report by Joel Kotkin of newgeography.com and Dr. Michael Shires: 2017 Best Cities for Growth. A huge bonus for South Carolina is that it’s a right to work state. Workers can’t be forced to join a […]
President Trump: Follow Scott Walker’s Lead
If President Trump wants to make an immediate impact on the economy then he should follow Scott Walker’s lead. “Contractors won’t have to work with unions on taxpayer-funded building projects…under legislation Gov. Scott Walker signed Monday,” reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Project labor agreements establish wages and other conditions for certain projects. Walker said the legislation will protect […]
After GOP Guts Unions, WI Democrats Completely Demoralized
Who said standing up to public sector unions is bad for business? As it turns out, it’s the best thing Republican Gov. Scott Walker could have done. Through his Act 10 he’s gutted union membership and as reported by the WSJ: Six years ago, as a bitter winter gripped the Upper Midwest, Wisconsin Democrats mobilized […]
