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The Gate is the priorities companies have when deciding where to relocate or expand

This is a story about a gate and a gate keeper. The Gate is the priorities companies have when deciding where to relocate or expand. Gate Keeper is the Business Site Selector who helps companies decide where the best place to relocate or expand. Business Site Selectors who help

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The Gate is the priorities companies have when deciding where to relocate or expand

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  1. This is a story about a gate and a gate keeper The Gate is the priorities companies have when deciding where to relocate or expand

  2. Gate Keeper is the Business Site Selector who helps companies decide where the best place to relocate or expand

  3. Business Site Selectors who help businesses decide where to expand or relocate say that the majority of businesses have Right-to-Work on their priorities checklist as item 1 or 2

  4. Confirmed by the Illinois Policy Report (66% all businesses) and the NERA Economic Consultants – Economic Evidence, the Sandoval Economic Alliance CEO Steve Jenkins, and by Mark Sweeney of McCallum Sweeney Consulting a leading business site selector who spoke at a recent NAIOP meeting. When Mr. Sweeney was asked what percentage of business won’t consider non-RTW states, his response was 100% for manufacturing and up to 50% of other businesses. 100% OF MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES WON’T CONSIDER NON-RTW

  5. More Jobs Growing Economy Favorable Tax Climate Skilled craftsmen Infrastructure New construction Work force Training Best Schools Life Style Amenities Right To Work New Mexico High Poverty High Unemployment Low Pay

  6. Right To Work • Right-to-Work merely allows workers the freedom to choose union membership and pay dues or not. It does not forbid anyone from joining a union or prohibit unions from organizing. • It enhances the freedom and prosperity of individuals and communities which is why more than half of the states have passed some version of Right-to-Work. • The Sandoval County proposed RTW ordinance does NOT impact government unions or existing union contracts.

  7. Right To Work States Colorado’s Labor Peace Law is more stringent than Right to Work laws as it is illegal to force payment of Union dues unless the STATE conducts TWO elections and requires 75% approval of workers for union representation.

  8. Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Utah are enjoying great economic growth while people are leaving our state to find good jobs • New Mexcio is an Island of High Poverty, High Unemployment • and Lower Pay

  9. The Republic | azcentral.com Feb. 21, 2017 Arizona's gross domestic product rising 3.6 percent in 2017 "Employers are attracted by Arizona’s lower business costs, particularly relative to other West Coast states,“ July 26, 2017 (CNSNews.com) - Texas had the fastest growing economy in the nation in the first quarter of this year with its state GDP growing at a real annual rate of 3.9 percent, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis 2017 Report to the Governor by the Utah Economic Council The Utah economy remains healthy. Every major industrial sector expanded in 2016, contributing a total of 49,500 new jobs over the year. An annual employment growth rate of 3.6 percent was ….among the strongest in the nation.  Denver Business Journal Feb 2, 2017 Colorado's gross domestic product -- -- jumpedat an annual rate of 5.1 percent in the third quarter of 2016, the fourth-highest growth rate in the nation,… Forbes November 2016 New Mexico ranks in the bottom six overall for a fourth straight year….lousy current economic climate…..worst employment growth in the U. S.

  10. Unemployment Rates By State – 2017 Arizona 5.1% Colorado 2.4% New Mexico 6.3% (Sandoval County is 7.1%) Texas 4.3% Utah 3.5% https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm

  11. Wage Rates By State • Hourly Rate Median Avg Income $ Arizona 17.05 46,290 Colorado 19.09 52,710 New Mexico 15.82 44,190 Texas 17.06 47,770 Utah 16.83 45,490 https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm 2016 report

  12. NERA Economic Consultants - Summary of Studies Private Sector Employment Growth (2001-2013) RTW 17.4% Non RTW 8.2%

  13. NERA Economic Consultants - Summary of Studies Change in Real Private Sector Output (2001-2013) RTW – 30.3% NON –RTW 20.3%

  14. NERA Economic Consultants - Summary of Studies Change in Real Manufacturing Output (2001-2013) RTW 35.4% Non RTW 19.5%

  15. NERA Economic Consultants - Summary of Studies Change in Real Personal Income (2001-2013) RTW 27.7% Non –RTW 15.3%

  16. NERA Economic Consultants - Summary of Studies Change in Number of Firms (2001-2013) RTW – 5.6% NON RTW -0.8%

  17. Right-to-work laws do not diminish a union’s ability to organize a workplace or a worker’s ability to become a union member and pay dues. • United Auto Workers report for 2015 that membership grew 1.3 percent …. a substantial number of UAW members work in right-to-work states like Michigan • US. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that in 2015, unions in what were then 25 right-to-work states gained more members than in states without RTW. • 125,000 in right-to-work states • only 91,000 in non-right-to-work-states 

  18. RTW might actually makes unions stronger • To win new members and keep current ones, unions in right-to-work states need to be more attentive and responsive to what workers care about most. In some ways, these unions face similar incentives to meet workers’ needs as any other business in the service industry does. • Some union officers even say right-to-work helps their recruitment efforts. Gary Casteel, now the UAW secretary-treasurer, said in 2014, when he was in charge of organizing Southern auto plants, “This is something I’ve never understood, that people think right-to-work hurts unions.”  • …“it helps them. You don’t have to belong if you don’t want to. So if I go to an organizing drive, I can tell these workers, ‘If you don’t like this arrangement, you don’t have to belong.’ Versus, ‘If we get 50 percent of you, then all of you have to belong, whether you like to or not.’ I don’t even like the way that sounds, because it’s a voluntary system, and if you don’t think the system’s earning its keep, then you don’t have to pay.”

  19. Right-to-Work as a Local Ordinance Kentucky counties passed local Right-to-Work ordinances 2014 Excerpt from the federal judge ruling in the Kentucky case.  "“We conclude that [the NLRA]‘s use of ‘state’ includes political subdivisions and that Hardin County’s right-to-work protection is included in 14(b)’s exception from preemption.” 11/20/2016

  20. Warren County, Kentucky, • Since Right-to-Work passed in 2014 • over $1 billion in new capital • investment • thousands of new jobs • unemployment went from 6.9 • percent to 4.6 percent

  21. Court Upholds Sante Fe Wage Ordinance Landmark Ruling Confirms Power of Cities to Raise Pay for Low Wage Residents Santa Fe, New Mexico - In a sweeping decision, New Mexico state court Judge Daniel Sanchez today upheld the Santa Fe minimum wage ordinance — one of the nation’s first local laws raising the minimum wage for workers at all large private businesses in the city. June 25, 2004 This is the same authority Sandoval County is using to pass RTW.

  22. If business site selectors won’t • Consider Non RTW states for business • relocation then they will never get to • see some of our Sandoval County • Advantages. • And Sandoval County residents will lose • out on new good job opportunities.

  23. Sandoval County Advantages • The best schools, • Over 300 days of sunshine with four distinct, moderate, seasons, allowing for year-round activities. • Satisfactory tax climate, and is ranked as one of the most affordable places to live, offering a broad range of amenities and lifestyle options: mountains, river, golf course, historic, or a comfortable suburban setting. • Available work force and training programs for new industries • Skilled and well trained craftsmen building industry • A collaborative team of city and county leaders work with businesses to make a smooth transition to our community.

  24. Let’s discuss the outside money issue. Opponents to • RTW frequently complain of Koch Brothers money • supporting the RTW efforts, yet the head of • the NM AFLCIO, threatens the County Commission • with law suits which he states will be funded by the • national AFLCIO. • Considering that a series of union law suits in Wisconsin, • Michigan, West Virginia and most pertinent to our situation, Kentucky, have failed wouldn’t it be better for the unions to stop wasting union dues on law suits and instead redirect those funds to the benefit of current members and to attract future union members.

  25. Sandoval County Taxpayers Won’t be Paying for Union Lawsuits! Pro Bono attorneys will handle RTW legal issues. New and Expanding Businesses Will Bring New Jobs to Sandoval County

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