Dear Conservatives,
Teamster union chief Jimmy Hoffa recently boasted in a TV interview that Big Labor is "the backbone of the Democratic Party."
"We have the organization. We have money. We have boots on the ground. And it's going to show this time in the election," Hoffa continued.
Hoffa and other union bosses also have a direct line to union-label incumbent President Barack Obama, who is more than happy to implement their forced-unionism agenda and repeat their lies and talking points.
Take, for example, Obama's recent parroting of a union-boss lie about the effects of Right to Work laws on wages.
Big Labor -- and Obama -- want the American people to believe that giving workers the freedom to choose for themselves whether to support a union is bad for workers.
You see, the union bosses think they know better than the workers themselves.
But as I demonstrate in my latest column in the Washington Times, the numbers simply don't support Big Labor's lie:
Teamster union chief Jimmy Hoffa recently boasted in a TV interview that Big Labor is "the backbone of the Democratic Party."
"We have the organization. We have money. We have boots on the ground. And it's going to show this time in the election," Hoffa continued.
Hoffa and other union bosses also have a direct line to union-label incumbent President Barack Obama, who is more than happy to implement their forced-unionism agenda and repeat their lies and talking points.
Take, for example, Obama's recent parroting of a union-boss lie about the effects of Right to Work laws on wages.
Big Labor -- and Obama -- want the American people to believe that giving workers the freedom to choose for themselves whether to support a union is bad for workers.
You see, the union bosses think they know better than the workers themselves.
But as I demonstrate in my latest column in the Washington Times, the numbers simply don't support Big Labor's lie:
Of the 22 Right to Work states, 19 had private-sector wage and salary growth greater than the national average over that period. Meanwhile, 12 of the 13 states that suffered declines lacked Right to Work protections for employees. (Because Indiana did not adopt its Right to Work law until February, it is counted here as a forced-union state.)Click here to read the rest of the column.
Some Big Labor apologists concede that wage and salary growth is far more rapid in Right to Work states but insist that voluntary unionism is nevertheless a bad idea because the average employee in a forced-union state supposedly has higher wages.
Unfortunately for union propagandists, workers in forced-union states suffer from lower pay as well as slower-growing wages once interstate differences in cost of living are taken into account. Adjusting for regional differences in living costs with the help of indices created by the nonpartisan Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, the average wage and salary compensation per private-sector employee in Right to Work states in 2010 was $33,893, slightly higher than the $33,789 average for forced-union states.
Of course, the union bosses are right about one thing: They have the money, thanks to their government-granted forced-dues power.
That's why, with your continued support, we're fighting back.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
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