Monday, September 12, 2022
Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill to Bolster Union Power – Mother Jones
Several studies have found that worker wages suffer in right-to-work states. A 2011 Economic Policy Institute (EPI) paper found that wages in these states were 3.1 percent lower, after controlling for outside economic factors, like higher cost of living in some states. A study from EPI five years later found that the decline in union power in the US was tied to a decrease in wages of up to 8 percent. A analysis from Rep. Sherman's office found that in 2020, annual wages in right-to-work states were about $11,000 less on average than in states that don't have this kind of union-weakening legislation...
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