http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/28/michigan-governor-admits-right-to-work-wasnt-about-improving-the-economy Comments On: Michigan Governor Admits Right-to-Work Wasn't About Improving the Economy by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "Unions are a matter of pitting one group of workers against other workers; it is not a worker versus manager phenomenon. Successful unions are those which are able to exclude workers, and the unions most able to exclude workers are those composed of skilled workers. Skilled workers are more difficult to replace than unskilled workers and thus are better able to succeed in a strike. As Milton Friedman has stated, "unions don’t cause high wages, high wages cause unions".

So them unions probably forced the Governor's hand in the matter, just to give the little guy a fighting chance!
Posted by treacle]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:09:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by who you]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:37:56 -0800 The Stranger
Right now it's shorting conservative austerity policies in the UK and in MI.

Time for them to grow up.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:31:50 -0800 The Stranger
He said: “Over 90 percent of the jobs that you’re looking at aren’t going to be in a situation where right to work is even relevant,” - that is, lower wages in Michigan (and other right-to-work states) aren't due to right to work laws, because 1) you probably shouldn't compare wages where there aren't unions (such as professional jobs like lawyer/doctor/upper management); and 2) any measure about wages will be skewed if New York and California are on the other side of the balance. Concluding that Right-to-Work depresses wages because RTW states have lower wages than non RTW states is the height of uncritical thinking.

If you want to attack RTW laws on their merits, do it. But not with lazy infographics. It's a discredit to the party.
Posted by fetish]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:31:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:16:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by smade]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:56:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TechBear]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:44:21 -0800 The Stranger