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Best Workforces Are In Right-To-Work States, Survey Finds

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  June 30th, 2011 at 04:30 PM  | 

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This may just be a coincidence but, out of the 50 states, there are 22 states that do not force people to pay union dues as a condition of employment. Workers in these states are often viewed derisively by union extremists as being somehow inferior to their union counterparts. However, a new study published by CNBC may blow that myth out of the water.

When it comes to America’s Top States for Business 2011, when it comes to a quality workforce, 18 out of the top 20 states are Right-to-Work states. Moreover, all 22 Right-to-Work states are in the top 25 states for having the best workforces.

CNBC defines its criteria as this:

Many states point with great pride to the quality and availability of their workers, as well as government-sponsored programs to train them. We rated states based on the education level of their workforce, as well as the numbers of available workers. We also considered union membership. While organized labor contends that a union workforce is a quality workforce, that argument, more often than not, doesn’t resonate with business. We also looked at the relative success of each state’s worker training programs in placing their participants in jobs.

Since nine out of 10 of the states cited for having the best education are not right to work states, it appears that those who receive their educations in forced-union states get smart, pack up and leave, leaving the not-so-smart union extremists to invent myths about their own superiority while they pay their forced union dues.

Of course, it could all just be a coincidence but it does make one wonder: Who really has the low, sloping foreheads?

[Map via National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.]

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  • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

    18 out of the 20 best business locations are RTW. I guess President Obama will have to fight against all that employment.

  • juumanistra

    Delaware’s non-RTW, and yet, there it is at #19 on the Workforce tab. The survey’s obviously flawed to have come up with such a result, given my day-to-day experiences with the workforce.

    Then again, the Quality of Life score for Delaware’s just about right, so perhaps this’ll just get chalked up to the utterly schizophrenic culture that dominates this state.

  • lineholder

    (lineholder does Snoopy-style calypso dance with a little fist-pumping thrown in for good measure)

    This does not surprise me at all. We don’t have all the Union rules and regulations to contend with in RTW states. Employees are allowed the opportunity to cross-train, take on greater responsibilities, learn new things, etc. without having all the “it’s not my job” nonsense getting in the way. Those opportunities encourage commitment, dependability, reliability, conscientiousness, business awareness, initiative…all excellent qualities.

    And the mentality of those at a management level tends to be different as well. Personally, I like the leadership mentality better than the management mentality, because leaders usually set a better example that inspires those under their authority to succeed. Managers tend to go overboard with “management philosophies” rather than using common sense.

    And I can’t help but a go into rant for a moment…begging your apology, LUR. Obama’s leadership skills stink. But after watching how he has dealt with the current debt-ceiling crisis, he doesn’t even have solid management skills.

    The stakes are high. Time is short. The people under his authority have hit a stalemate. And does he respond maturely by attempting to act as a facilitator? NO, He cops out, big-time, leaving even the Dems who still bow down to worship at his altar hanging in the wind.

  • gunslingr45

    Indiana is still under the union thumb. Thanks Mitt and other weiners in his package. And here everyone thought Indiana was a red state, turns out we are yellow.

    “A Liberal/ is a person who will give away everything he doesn’t own.”
    Which includes other people

  • Wayne

    isn’t it?

  • Next93

    Is George Orwell working as a union PR man these days? That statement is surpassed only by naming card-check the “Employee Free Choice Act”.

    In my experience, the purpose of the union is to make sure that no one works any harder than absolutely necessary to keep from being fired, and to make sure that the standard for getting fired is set lower and lower each year.

    A union workforce is a bastion of mediocrity.

  • MF

    Great info as usual LUR. One suggestion I have, however: For your map, you should have chosen to color the forced-unionism states PURPLE, and then the Right-to-Work states could have been RED. Although maybe you didn’t want to use red because it doesn’t necessarily mean Republican. Any other contrasting color would work. How about GREEN, as in the color of money???