The positive correlation between Right to Work and domestic migration is quite robust. Of the seven states with the greatest absolute net in-migration since April 2010, six have longstanding Right to Work laws. Meanwhile, eight of the nine states with the greatest absolute net out-migration (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania) over the past four years lack Right to Work laws. And the sole exception, Michigan, has a Right to Work law that took effect only last year.) Excluding Michigan, 12 of the 13 states with the greatest absolute net out-migration are forced-unionism. Dyed-in-the-wool Big Labor apologists such as University of Oregon “labor studies” professor Gordon Lafer sometimes try to dismiss the secular influx of Americans into Right to Work states by suggesting it consists mostly of retirees seeking places with good weather rather than job opportunities. However, as Joseph Spector of USA Today acknowledged last week, retirees are not the key to the population growth even of Right to Work Florida, despite the Sunshine State’s undeniable popularity among the elderly:
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:00:01 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015