Right to work laws good for employers, not for workers

Michigan became the 24th state in the union to ban requirements that a worker pay union dues as a condition of employment passing the so called "right to work" legislation.

From The Week, 12/21/12, "Michigan weakens unions"

"But it’s workers that get hurt, said Harold Meyerson in The Washington Post.Studies show that right-to-work laws do not lead to higher employment rates; instead, they simply result in lower wages, as workers lose leverage to demand raises. Today only 7 percent of private-sector workers are unionized, which is why the gap between the incomes of owners and workers is larger than at any time since the New Deal. “Right-to-work laws simply redistribute income from workers to owners.”

Editor's note: Most of the union employees in Brockport work for government such as at the college, at the Brockport Central School, the College, and the Brockport DPW and the Brockport Police Department's Stetson Club. New York is a Right-To-Work state.