New Mexico and Right to Work
A Right to Work
Quiz
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work outlaw unions?
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work outlaw
bargaining?
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work stop anyone
from joining a labor union?
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work stop anyone
from paying dues to a labor union?
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work stop unions
from participating in politics?
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work protect
individual rights?
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work help union
members hold union officials
accountable?
What does Right to Work Do ?
Does Right to Work help create new
jobs and spur economic
development?
First Principle
 Individual Freedom
Americans must have the right, but not
be compelled to join or pay dues to a
labor union as a condition of getting or
keeping a job.
America’s 24 Right to Work States
Samuel Gompers
 “The workers of America adhere to
voluntary institutions in preference to
compulsory systems which are held to
be not only impractical but a menace to
their rights, welfare and their liberty.”
“ I want to urge devotion to the
fundamentals of human liberty the
principles of voluntarism.
No lasting gain has ever come from
compulsion.”
Second Principle
Right to Work is Good for
Families and the Economy
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Families
 Cost of Living Adjusted Per Capita Disposable
Personal Income 2011:
 Right To Work States:
$36,938
 Forced Unionism States:
$34,444
 New Mexico:
$31,633
Source: US Dept. of Commerce, Missouri Economic
Research and Information Center (MERIC)
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Families
Cost of Living Adjusted Per Capita Disposable Income 2011:
 Rocky Mountain Right To Work States:
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Idaho
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico:
Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis. State Personal
Income, BEA, MERIC
$ 38,573
$ 43,357
41,277
40,432
39,710
41,576
32,576
44,222
38,095
31,213
33,270
$31,633
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Families
 Cost of Living Adjusted Wage and Salary
Disbursements Per Private Sector Employee 2011:
 Western Right To Work States:
$32,524
 Western Forced Unionism States:
$31,764
 New Mexico:
$30,083
Source: US Commerce Dept., US Bureau of Economic
Analysis. MERIC, BEA
Real Earnings Higher in
Right to Work States
(evidence from the AFL-CIO!)
“The AFT’s (AFL-CIO) ‘Survey and Analysis of Salary
Trends’ shows that employees in right-to-works states
enjoy lower living expenses, and that, adjusting for
differences in living costs, the real earning are
higher in nonunion [Right to Work] states.”
Dr. Howard Nelson and Ms. Rachel Drown AFT researchers
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Income
Growth
 Growth in Real Private-Sector Employee
Compensation 2001-2011:
 Right To Work States:
 Forced Unionism States:
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis
+12.0%
3.0%
Right to Work Means Jobs
New Mexico
needs Jobs
Lack of Right to Work Hurts Job
Growth
 Percentage Growth in Non-Farm Private-Sector Payroll
Employment 2001-2011:
 Right To Work States:
+2.4 %
 Forced Unionism States:
-3.4 %
Source: Dept. of Labor
Best Business Climate
 Business Facilities
Magazine
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Top 10 States
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2012:
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Texas
Utah
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Florida
Louisiana
Indiana
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Nebraska
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“Top States for Doing Business”
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 Area Development Site
Selection
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Top 10 States for Doing
Business
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2012:
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Texas
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Indiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
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Lack of Right to Work Hurts Business
Recruitment
 Site Selection’s Top 10
States Business
Climate - 2011:
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Texas
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Indiana
Louisiana
Tennessee
Ohio
Florida
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Utah
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Lack of Right to Work Hurts
Economic Outlook
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 American Legislative
Exchange Council
Top 15 States Economic
Outlook Ranking
2012:
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35. New Mexico
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South Dakota
Virginia
Wyoming
North Dakota
Idaho
Missouri
Colorado
Arizona
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Florida
Oklahoma
Mississippi
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Lack of Right to Work Hurts Economic Outlook
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 CNBC
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America’s Top States for
Business
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2012:
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36. New Mexico
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Texas
Utah
Virginia
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Georgia
Wyoming
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Lack of Right to Work Hurts Outlook
 Chief Executive Magazine
Best States for Business
2012:
33. New Mexico
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Texas
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Florida
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North Carolina
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Tennessee
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Indiana
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Virginia
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South Carolina
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Georgia
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Utah
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Arizona
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Colorado
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Nevada
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Louisiana
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Delaware
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North Dakota
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Best States for Business
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 Forbes Magazine
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Top 10 States
2012:
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43. New Mexico
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Utah
Virginia
North Dakota
North Carolina
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas
Georgia
Oklahoma
Iowa
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Right to Work Helps States Prosper
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 Pollina Corporate Top 10
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Business Rankings
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2012:
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The Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business
States study is based on 32 factors that our clients
indicate are most important and more than 30 years
of experience as site selectors.
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Utah
Virginia
Wyoming
North Dakota
Indiana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Right to Work and Small Business
Testimony on Right to Work
 “…and the fact of the matter is that these clients express a
very strong interest in being in Right to Work states as a
means to go to a location…
 “Upon further review and discussion with our clients,
approximately 75% of our manufacturing clients express an
initial interest in being in a Right to Work state.”
 “After further discussion with our clients, somewhere around
50% want to retain Right to Work as a pass/fail criteria.”
Mark Sweeney: 2/10/2011 Missouri State
Senate
 "Right-to-work is vitally important," says Mark Vitner, vice
president and senior economist for Wachovia. Right-to-work status
enables the companies to have equal leverage [with] the unions."
 David Brandon, president of The Pathfinders, a Dallas-based
consulting firm, says that right-to-work status has become
increasingly important for the manufacturing employers for
whom he conducts location research.
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"About 35-to-40 percent of manufacturing enterprises in the
automotive industry insist on operating in a right-to-work state.
Another 20-to-25 percent say it is a very important factor and will be
used as a second- or third-tier factor in site selection. More than half
of our companies either make it a threshold or a very important
factor in making a decision on where to locate a factory and other
operations," he says.
 Businesses are increasingly considering Right to Work as a key
competitive criterion when considering sites for new growth and
investment. Almost three-fifths (69.5%) of business
executives specify Right to Work as a very important or
important factor in site selection according to the Annual
Corporate Survey published by Area Development Magazine.
 A vice president of Fantus told the Greater Twin Falls, Idaho
Chamber of Commerce, "Approximately 50 percent of our
clients … do not want to consider locations unless they are
in right-to-work states. As a result, states that are not right-towork states, and the communities in them, are eliminated from
consideration in the initial phase of the site selection process, no
matter how strong other advantages for a facility might be."
 KPMG Business Site Consultant, Chicago:
“For Iowa to be considered (for business
development) based on your business climate and
tax climate, ‘you better keep your Right to Work
law’.”
 Insight Research Corporation, one of the
country’s dominant competitors in corporate
relocation research:
reported that 90% of their clients looking to build
new facilities and create new jobs will not even
consider states that do not have Right to Work
laws.
International Attention
"This issue is also closely followed overseas. Many of
our offshore clients are aware of the implications of
U.S. right-to-work laws, and the significance of these
laws in the site selection decision process has not
waned.
Robert Price, director of Atlanta-based Herron Consulting, commenting on IN
RTW law passage Site Selection Magazine, March 2012
Oklahoma
America’s 22nd Right to Work State
Oklahoma an Economic Leader
2003 - 2011
 Private Sector Job Growth
6.6%
 Oklahoma
10.9%
Source: U.S. BEA
 “Since January 2011, we’ve created over 62,400 new net
jobs, giving us the fourth highest growth rate in the
United States. Unemployment in Oklahoma has been
reduced by 30 percent, from 7 percent in 2010 to an
enviable 5.1 percent today, one of the lowest
unemployment rates in the nation. Our median
household income rose in 2011 by $4,000 – placing
Oklahoma at No. 1 in the country.”
Governor Mary Fallin: State of the State Address, 2/04/2013
Indiana
America’s 23rd Right to Work State
“Better than any year on record”
 INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 4, 2013) – The Indiana Economic Development
Corporation (IEDC) announced today that in 2012 it secured job
commitments from 256 companies from across the country and around
the world that project to create more than 27,600 new jobs, an increase
from 19,080 in 2011 and more than any other year on record.
 “From its falling corporate tax rate and recently enacted right-to-work
legislation… these results are proof that companies find Indiana one of
the most attractive places to create jobs,”
Governor Mitch Daniels
“…I may have underestimated the impact, we have had a
flood of calls and inquiries, starting literally the day I
signed the bill. We began hearing from companies we
had not heard from. We're keeping a list, because this
may be important information for experts in the site
selection business at some point
“Already had an Impact”
I'm working right now with an international company
that is now specifically considering Indiana, where it
wasn't previously. Right-to-work has already had an impact."
Bob Ady, president Ady International Co.
Where the Jobs Are:
Where the Jobs Are
 Bureau of Labor Statistics
civilian non-institutional employment data
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America’s Top States in Job
Creation
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January 2009 –
December 2012:
44. New Mexico
Florida
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
+2.7%
Forced Unionism -.3%
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Third Principle
 Americans oppose Forced
Unionism
Public Opposition to Forced Unionism
Word Doctors
October 2010
Growing Grassroots Tidal Wave
New Mexico: America’s 25th Right to Work State
Right to Work
Dr. Barry Paulson Study
Forced Union Dues
Source: Unionstats.com
American Workers pay
$14,000,000,000 billion in forced
union dues and fees