(From the diaries. More on this topic here. - promoted by lpackard)
There is a scam afoot in Michigan. “Right to Work,” is a false slogan that does NOT guarantee anyone the “right” to gainful employment and does not protect any worker from being laid off or fired. The Mackinac Center, the Michigan Right-to-Work Committee, and outside special interests are gearing up to put an initiative on the ballot that would make Michigan a so-called “Right-to-Work” state.
These special interests want to destroy the quality of life we all hold sacred. Workers in Right to Work states earn on average $6,590 less than workers in free-bargaining states. That’s the equivalent to a 17% pay cut! On average, Right to Work states have a 16% higher poverty rate and job fatality rates are also 54% higher. The average employee in a free bargaining state is 24.1% more likely to have health insurance than a worker in a Right-to-Work state. These statistics are staggering and we cannot afford to be fooled by a false slogan that is being forced on us by outside special interests. The University of Michigan Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations calls Right to Work “a veiled assault on wage-earners.”
While this initiative threatens our families and our interests, we can do something about it.
Visit www.wrongformichigan.org and learn the truth about this scam for Michigan workers. Tell your neighbors and friends how “Right to Work” will hurt our state and devastate our economy. Below is an interesting video about how women earn 12% less in Right to Work states:
