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For some time now, we have highlighted the immense advantages<\/a> Right to Work states<\/a> have over forced unionism states. But one particular Midwestern state just keeps inching its way back into the limelight \u2013 and not in a good way: Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Workers in this struggling, economically-depressed state have been forced to pay tribute to a union in order to get or keep a job for years. Correspondingly, the data shows the state\u2019s economy is one of the worst in the nation and has a 7.7 percent unemployment rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this Grand Rapids Press<\/i><\/a> piece, Paul Kersey (director of labor policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy) tells Michiganders that it\u2019s time to take a long, hard look at and the vice grip that compulsory unionism has on workers. Kersey writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\t\u201c\u2026it’s time we made union dues optional and let workers decide whether the union is representing them well. States that make union dues optional have been outperforming Michigan for better than 30 years.\u201d \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No person should be compelled to pay dues to a union if they don\u2019t want to and Michigan\u2019s situation proves forced unionism doesn\u2019t pay off. Only when the payment of union dues is strictly voluntary, maybe then Michigan\u2019s economy will see prosperity<\/a> like Oklahoma<\/a>, which was the most recent state to pass a Right to Work law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some time now, we have highlighted the immense advantages<\/a> Right to Work states<\/a> have over forced unionism states. But one particular Midwestern state just keeps inching its way back into the limelight \u2013 and not in a good way: Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Workers in this struggling, economically-depressed state have been forced to pay tribute to a union in order to get or keep a job for years. Correspondingly, the data shows the state\u2019s economy is one of the worst in the nation and has a 7.7 percent unemployment rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this Grand Rapids Press<\/i><\/a> piece, Paul Kersey (director of labor policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy) tells Michiganders that it\u2019s time to take a long, hard look at and the vice grip that compulsory unionism has on workers. Kersey writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

\t\u201c\u2026it’s time we made union dues optional and let workers decide whether the union is representing them well. States that make union dues optional have been outperforming Michigan for better than 30 years.\u201d \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No person should be compelled to pay dues to a union if they don\u2019t want to and Michigan\u2019s situation proves forced unionism doesn\u2019t pay off. Only when the payment of union dues is strictly voluntary, maybe then Michigan\u2019s economy will see prosperity<\/a> like Oklahoma<\/a>, which was the most recent state to pass a Right to Work law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nAnother Expert Says Union Dues Should Be Optional - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/another-expert-says-union-dues-should-be-optional\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another Expert Says Union Dues Should Be Optional - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For some time now, we have highlighted the immense advantages Right to Work states have over forced unionism states. 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