Right to Work Movement Gains Ground : Wisconsin Votes Today

How novel an idea - if you don't want to join a union, you can not be forced to do so. Wow, is this really America? Apparently. Even in Wisconsin that is voting today on a 'right to work' vote legislation like more then a dozens other states that have done so and have seen an not so surprising up-tick in jobs and increased revenue to those states.

Still, given the amount of push back from the progressive socialist democrats and their union friends that contribute million of pension dollars to democrats, it seems strange that the democrats and union would so bold in exposing themselves to ridicule as being so out of touch and lacking in common sense of the Constitutional law of freedoms that are explicit in the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.

The freedom to chose is basic in obtaining the American dream.

Texas' Economy Thrives Despite Unionism
Source: Stanley Greer, "State Labor-Management Policy and the Texas Model," Texas Public Policy Foundation, February 2015.

March 4, 2015

Increasingly, studies have shown workers of all classes are benefitting from the low cost environment in Texas. Many social scientists and lawmakers point to this being one of the principle reasons why Texas is experiencing growth that consistently outperforms the national average. As a result, Texas has been the primary destination for domestic migrants since 2006.

Additionally, while Texas boasts lows costs, low taxes and plenty of jobs, what the Lone Star state does not have much of, however, is unions

Keeping unionism voluntary is beneficial but additional safeguards are now needed. Several safety measures include:

• Prohibit the automatic deduction of union dues from public workers' paychecks.
• Empower employees to go to court to seek injunctive relief against union officials and employers who violate Texas' Right to Work law.
• Eliminate all practices and re­peal all provisions in Texas law that are inconsistent with Texas' ban on exclusive union bargain­ing for public employees, such as the "exclusive consultation" loophole used by some school districts and provisions that al­low collective bargaining of cer­tain municipal employees.
• Prohibit employers from hand­ing over employees' names, ad­dresses, and other personal in­formation to union organizers.
• Specify that union officials may not accompany government employees on inspections of private businesses without the consent of the owner unless the union is already established as front-line employees' exclusive bargaining agent.

Considering Texas' current growth and the prosperity, lawmakers could secure economic stability by not electing to adopt policies that enable unionization.