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New Mexico and Right to Work. A Right to Work Quiz. What does Right to Work Do ?. Does Right to Work outlaw unions?. NO !. What does Right to Work Do ?. Does Right to Work outlaw bargaining?. NO !. What does Right to Work Do ?. Does Right to Work stop anyone from joining a labor union?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
New Mexico and Right to New Mexico and Right to WorkWork
A Right to Work Quiz
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work outlaw unions?
NO !
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work outlawbargaining?
NO !
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work stop anyone from joining a labor union?
NO !
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work stop anyone from paying dues to a labor union?
NO !
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work stop unions from participating in politics?
NO !
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work protect individual rights?
YES !
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work help union members hold union officials accountable?
YES !
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work help create new jobs and spur economic development?
Let’s see.
First Principle
Individual Freedom
Americans must have the right, but not be compelled to join or pay dues to a labor union as a condition of getting or keeping a job.
America’s 24 Right to Work America’s 24 Right to Work StatesStates
Samuel Gompers
“The workers of America adhere to voluntary institutions in preference to compulsory systems which are held to be not only impractical but a menace to their rights, welfare and their liberty.”
“ I want to urge devotion to the fundamentals of human liberty the principles of voluntarism.
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.”
Second Principle
Right to Work is Good for Families and the Economy
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts FamiliesFamilies
Cost of Living Adjusted Per Capita Disposable Personal Income 2011:
Right To Work States: $36,938
Forced Unionism States: $34,444
New Mexico: $31,633
Source: US Dept. of Commerce, Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC)
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts FamiliesFamiliesCost of Living Adjusted Per Capita Disposable Income 2011:
Rocky Mountain Right To Work States: $ 38,573
North Dakota $ 43,357 South Dakota 41,277 Texas 40,432 Kansas 39,710 Nebraska 41,576 Idaho 32,576 Wyoming 44,222 Oklahoma 38,095 Arizona 31,213 Utah 33,270
New Mexico: $31,633Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis. State Personal Income, BEA, MERIC
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts FamiliesFamiliesCost of Living Adjusted Wage and Salary
Disbursements Per Private Sector Employee 2011:
Western Right To Work States: $32,524
Western Forced Unionism States: $31,764
New Mexico: $30,083
Source: US Commerce Dept., US Bureau of Economic Analysis. MERIC, BEA
Real Earnings Higher inRight to Work States (evidence from the AFL-CIO!)
“The AFT’s (AFL-CIO) ‘Survey and Analysis of Salary Trends’ shows that employees in right-to-works states enjoy lower living expenses, and that, adjusting for differences in living costs, the real earning are higher in nonunion [Right to Work] states.”
Dr. Howard Nelson and Ms. Rachel Drown AFT researchers
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts Income Growth Income Growth
Growth in Real Private-Sector Employee Compensation 2001-2011:
Right To Work States: +12.0%
Forced Unionism States: 3.0%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis
Right to Work Means Jobs
New Mexico needs Jobs
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts Job GrowthJob Growth
Percentage Growth in Non-Farm Private-Sector Payroll Employment 2001-2011:
Right To Work States: +2.4 %
Forced Unionism States: -3.4 %
Source: Dept. of Labor
Best Business ClimateBest Business Climate Business Facilities Magazine
Top 10 States
2012:
1. Texas RTW
2. Utah RTW
3. Virginia RTW
4. Florida RTW
5. Louisiana RTW
6. Indiana RTW
7. South Carolina RTW
8. Tennessee RTW
9. Georgia RTW
10. Nebraska RTW
““Top States for Doing Business”Top States for Doing Business”
Area Development Site Selection
Top 10 States for Doing Business
2012:
1. Texas RTW
2. South Carolina RTW
3. Georgia RTW
4. Alabama RTW
5. North Carolina RTW
6. Louisiana RTW
7. Tennessee RTW
8. Indiana RTW
9. Mississippi RTW
10. Oklahoma RTW
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts Business RecruitmentBusiness Recruitment
Site Selection’s Top 10 States Business Climate - 2011:
1. Texas RTW
2. North Carolina RTW
3. Georgia RTW
4. Virginia RTW
5. South Carolina RTW
6. Indiana RTW
7. Louisiana RTW
8. Tennessee RTW
9. Ohio
10. Florida RTW
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts Economic OutlookEconomic Outlook
American Legislative Exchange Council
Top 15 States Economic Outlook Ranking
2012:
1. Utah RTW2. South Dakota RTW3. Virginia RTW4. Wyoming RTW5. North Dakota RTW6. Idaho RTW7. Missouri 8. Colorado9. Arizona RTW10. Georgia RTW11. Arkansas RTW12. Tennessee RTW13. Florida RTW14. Oklahoma RTW15. Mississippi RTW
35. New Mexico
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts Economic OutlookEconomic Outlook
CNBC
America’s Top States for Business
2012:
1. Texas RTW2. Utah RTW3. Virginia RTW4. North Carolina RTW5. North Dakota RTW6. Nebraska RTW7. South Dakota RTW
8. Colorado9. Georgia RTW10.Wyoming RTW
36. New Mexico
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Lack of Right to Work Hurts OutlookOutlook
Chief Executive Magazine
Best States for Business
2012:
1. Texas RTW
2. Florida RTW
3. North Carolina RTW
4. Tennessee RTW
5. Indiana RTW
6. Virginia RTW
7. South Carolina RTW
8. Georgia RTW
9. Utah RTW
10. Arizona RTW
11. Colorado
12. Nevada RTW
13. Louisiana RTW
14. Delaware
15. North Dakota RTW
33. New Mexico
Best States for BusinessBest States for Business
Forbes Magazine
Top 10 States
2012:
1. Utah RTW
2. Virginia RTW
3. North Dakota RTW
4. North Carolina RTW
5. Colorado
6. Nebraska RTW
7. Texas RTW
8. Georgia RTW
9. Oklahoma RTW
10. Iowa RTW43. New Mexico
Right to Work Helps States Right to Work Helps States ProsperProsper
Pollina Corporate Top 10 Business Rankings
2012:
The Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States study is based on 32 factors that our clients indicate are most important and more than 30 years of experience as site selectors.
1. Utah RTW
2. Virginia RTW
3. Wyoming RTW
4. North Dakota RTW
5. Indiana RTW
6. Nebraska RTW
7. South Dakota RTW
8. Kansas RTW
9. Missouri
10. Oklahoma RTW
Right to Work and Small Business
Testimony on Right to Work
“…and the fact of the matter is that these clients express a very strong interest in being in Right to Work states as a means to go to a location…
“Upon further review and discussion with our clients, approximately 75% of our manufacturing clients express an initial interest in being in a Right to Work state.”
“After further discussion with our clients, somewhere around 50% want to retain Right to Work as a pass/fail criteria.” Mark Sweeney: 2/10/2011
Missouri State Senate
"Right-to-work is vitally important," says Mark Vitner, vice president and senior economist for Wachovia. Right-to-work status enables the companies to have equal leverage [with] the unions."
David Brandon, president of The Pathfinders, a Dallas-based consulting firm, says that right-to-work status has become increasingly important for the manufacturing employers for whom he conducts location research.
"About 35-to-40 percent of manufacturing enterprises in the automotive industry insist on operating in a right-to-work state. Another 20-to-25 percent say it is a very important factor and will be used as a second- or third-tier factor in site selection. More than half of our companies either make it a threshold or a very important factor in making a decision on where to locate a factory and other operations," he says.
Businesses are increasingly considering Right to Work as a key competitive criterion when considering sites for new growth and investment. Almost three-fifths (69.5%) of business executives specify Right to Work as a very important or important factor in site selection according to the Annual Corporate Survey published by Area Development Magazine.
A vice president of Fantus told the Greater Twin Falls, Idaho Chamber of Commerce, "Approximately 50 percent of our clients … do not want to consider locations unless they are in right-to-work states. As a result, states that are not right-to-work states, and the communities in them, are eliminated from consideration in the initial phase of the site selection process, no matter how strong other advantages for a facility might be."
KPMG Business Site Consultant, Chicago:“For Iowa to be considered (for business development) based on your business climate and tax climate, ‘you better keep your Right to Work law’.”
Insight Research Corporation, one of the country’s dominant competitors in corporate relocation research:reported that 90% of their clients looking to build new facilities and create new jobs will not even consider states that do not have Right to Work laws.
International Attention
"This issue is also closely followed overseas. Many of our offshore clients are aware of the implications of U.S. right-to-work laws, and the significance of these laws in the site selection decision process has not waned.
Robert Price, director of Atlanta-based Herron Consulting, commenting on IN RTW law passage Site Selection Magazine, March 2012
OklahomaOklahoma
America’s 22nd Right to Work State
Oklahoma an Economic Oklahoma an Economic LeaderLeader
2003 - 2011Private Sector Job Growth
6.6%
Oklahoma 10.9%Source: U.S. BEA
“Since January 2011, we’ve created over 62,400 new net jobs, giving us the fourth highest growth rate in the United States. Unemployment in Oklahoma has been reduced by 30 percent, from 7 percent in 2010 to an enviable 5.1 percent today, one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. Our median household income rose in 2011 by $4,000 – placing Oklahoma at No. 1 in the country.”
Governor Mary Fallin: State of the State Address, 2/04/2013
America’s 23rd Right to Work State
Indiana
“Better than any year on record” INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 4, 2013) – The Indiana Economic
Development Corporation (IEDC) announced today that in 2012 it secured job commitments from 256 companies from across the country and around the world that project to create more than 27,600 new jobs, an increase from 19,080 in 2011 and more than any other year on record.
“From its falling corporate tax rate and recently enacted right-to-work legislation… these results are proof that companies find Indiana one of the most attractive places to
create jobs,”
Governor Mitch Daniels
“…I may have underestimated the impact, we have had a flood of calls and inquiries, starting literally the day I signed the bill. We began hearing from companies we had not heard from. We're keeping a list, because this may be important information for experts in the site selection business at some point
I'm working right now with an international company that is now specifically considering Indiana, where it wasn't previously. Right-to-work has already had an impact."
Bob Ady, president Ady International Co.
“Already had an Impact”
Where the Jobs Are:
Where the Jobs AreWhere the Jobs Are
Bureau of Labor Statistics civilian non-institutional employment data
America’s Top States in Job Creation
January 2009 – December 2012:
1. Florida RTW2. Nebraska
RTW3. North Carolina RTW4. North Dakota
RTW5. Oklahoma
RTW6. Tennessee
RTW 7. Texas RTW8. Virginia
RTW
RTW States +2.7%Forced Unionism -.3%44. New
Mexico
Third Principle
Americans oppose Forced Unionism
Public Opposition to Forced Public Opposition to Forced UnionismUnionism
Word DoctorsOctober 2010
Growing Grassroots Tidal Growing Grassroots Tidal WaveWave
New Mexico: America’s 25th Right to New Mexico: America’s 25th Right to Work StateWork State
Right to Work Right to Work
Dr. Barry Paulson Study
Forced Union DuesForced Union DuesAmerican Workers pay
$14,000,000,000 billion in forced union dues and fees Source: Unionstats.com