- Right-to-work states have added 1.3 million jobs since 2020, while non-RTW states lost 1.1 million jobs, according to a study by economist Todd Nesbit and public policy analyst Michael LaFaive.
- Right-to-work laws prevent employees from being terminated for refusing to pay union dues.
- “During the pandemic, there was a huge out-migration from states like Illinois, New York, New Jersey and California into the southern states like Texas, Florida, North Carolina an others, and all of those states happen to be right-to-work,” said Lee Schalk, vice president of policy at the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Schalk also points out Illinois recently lost such major companies as Caterpillar and Boeing to right-to-work states.
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Jobs Continue To Flow From Pro-Union To Right-To-Work States
Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows the migration of job from such states as Illinois to states including Florida and Texas
