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Right-To-Work

Right-To-Work. Bad for Education. What is RTW? – Public Sector. An employee cannot be required to join the union. If an agency fee provision is negotiated into the contract the employee who chooses not to join must pay an agency fee that covers contract negotiations and administration.

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Right-To-Work

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  1. Right-To-Work Bad for Education

  2. What is RTW? – Public Sector • An employee cannot be required to join the union. • If an agency fee provision is negotiated into the contract the employee who chooses not to join must pay an agency fee that covers contract negotiations and administration.

  3. What is RTW? • RTW law states that a worker can get all the benefits of having a union without having to pay any dues or agency fees. • RTW forces unions to spend resources and members’ dues dollars on “free loaders.”

  4. What is RTW? • RTW weakens the union’s Power • Collective Bargaining • Contract Protections • Political and Legislative Action

  5. Non-Right to Work States The National Landscape Jk:uawlocal760aflcio

  6. New England – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Mid Atlantic – New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania East North Central – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin Pacific – Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington West North Central – Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, N. Dakota, S. Dakota South Atlantic – Delaware, D. C., Florida, Georgia, Maryland, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia East South Central – Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee West South Central – Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas Mountain – Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming RTW - Bad for Education Non-RTW States 28 + D.C. RTW states 22

  7. New England $12.41 Mid Atlantic $12.85 E. N. Central $12.72 Pacific $12.99 W. N. Central $11.84 S. Atlantic $10.64 E. S. Atlantic $ 9.92 W. S. Central $10.08 Mountain $ 8.87 RTW - Bad for Education Teachers’ Aides Non-RTW RegionsAverage Full-Time Hourly Earnings RTW/BlendedAverage Full-Time Hourly Earnings (National $11.31) AFT PSRP Compensation Report, 2005

  8. RTW - Bad for Education Secretaries Non-RTW RegionsAverage Full-Time Hourly Earnings RTW/BlendedAverage Full-Time Hourly Earnings New England $18.22 Mid Atlantic $18.30 E. N. Central $16.22 Pacific $18.47 W. N. Central $15.32 S. Atlantic $15.29 E. S. Atlantic $14.12 W. S. Central $14.19 Mountain $14.94 (National $16.41) AFT PSRP Compensation Report, 2005

  9. RTW - Bad for Education Teachers Non-RTW RegionsAverage yearly salary RTW/BlendedAverage yearly salary New England $49,684 Mid Atlantic $55,194 E. N. Central $49,916 (Michigan 53,959) Pacific $50,389 W. N. Central $39,164 S. Atlantic $40,455 E. S. Atlantic $40,100 W. S. Central $39,850 Mountain $40,313 (National $47,602) AFT Survey & Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends, 2005

  10. RTW - Bad for Education University 9/10 Month Faculty Salary Michigan Average Salary RTW Average Salary Michigan Universities $78,941 20 Universities of States & State Universities (2 per region) $68,909 AFT LeaderNet Higher Education Data Center

  11. RTW - Bad for Education Community College 9/10 Month Faculty Salary Michigan Average salary RTW Average salary 24 Institutions $66,234 20 Institutions (2 per region) $39,485 AFT LeaderNet Higher Education Data Center

  12. RTW - Bad for Education General Wage Comparison Michigan Average Yearly Earnings RTWAverage Yearly Earnings $39,443 $31,632 2005 State Rankings, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau

  13. RTW – Bad for Education FACT RTW will not help Michigan’s manufacturing crisis. • RTW State N. Carolina had a greater loss of manufacturing jobs than Michigan. (1994-2005) • N. Carolina between June and July, 2007 lost more jobs than any other state in the nation including Michigan. • Oklahoma lost over 22,000 manufacturing jobs after RTW took effect in 2001

  14. RTW – Bad for Education FACT RTW will not help Michigan’s economy. • Union membership means higher wages, higher unionization within a community means consumers have more to spend. • That’s good for Michigan’s economy, local business and education.

  15. RTW – Bad for Education Percentage of population without Health Insurance Non-RTW Michigan RTW 13.4% 11.6% 15.4% Percentage of people younger than 65 with employment based health insurance is lower in RTW States 62.1% vs. 70% in Michigan AFL-CIO

  16. RTW – Bad for Education State Poverty Rates Non-RTW Michigan RTW 11.9% 12.3% 13.8% National 12.6 U.S. Bureau of the Census 2006

  17. RTW – Bad for Education RTW states spend $2,260lessper PreK-12 pupil per year.

  18. Why Are Unions Important? • Education Funding • Child Labor Practices • Worker Safety Laws (workplace deaths are 41% higher in RTW states) • Negotiated higher wage raises societies standard of living • Protection of Worker Rights • Prevents wage and benefit discrimination • FMLA • Fair Labor Standards Act (1928) • Est. minimum wage • Time and a half overtime

  19. RTW – Who’s Behind It Nationally? • Wal-Mart • Holland Coors of Coors Beer • U.S. Chamber of Commerce • Grover Norquist of American’s for Tax Payer Reform & the anti-union Alliance for Worker Freedom

  20. RTW – Who’s Behind It In Michigan? • Mackinac Center • Dick & Betsy DeVos • Michigan Chamber of Commerce • The Detroit Newspapers (primarily The Detroit News) • CEO, David Brandon, Domino’s Pizza • Karmanos

  21. RTW in Michigan RTW in Michigan • Bills have been introduced - H.B. 4454-4455 Offered by JackHoogendyk(R-Kalamazoo) and KevinEisenheimer (R-Bellaire) Co-sponsored by: Steil (R-Grand Rapids), Agema (R-Grandville), Palmer (R-Romeo), Garfield (R-Rochester Hill), Knollenberg (R-Troy), Opsommer (R-Dewitt), Wenke (R-Kalamazoo), Sheen (R-Plainwell), Meltzer (R-Clinton Twp), Acciavatti (R-Chesterfield), Meekhof(R-West Olive), Amos (R-Waterford) S.B. 607-608 Offered by Nancy Cassis (R-Novi)

  22. RTW in Michigan • Potential November 2008 Ballot Proposal • Should know by January 2008

  23. RTW – Michigan Poll If the vote were held today - Union Members Only • 21% support RTW • 67% oppose • 12% are undecided

  24. RTW – Michigan Poll If the vote were held today • 49% support RTW • 40% oppose • 11% undecided

  25. RTW – What You Can Do. • Member to Member flyer • Speak to the issue regularly and often to members, neighbors, family & friends. • Invite a speaker to a meeting • Messages in e-news and/or newsletters • Letters to the editor • Let people know what your union is doing; for families, community, schools

  26. RTW – Cost • Preliminary Campaign: 13th dues check to the State AFL-CIO (AAUP/AFT 6075 covered this for all AFT Michigan locals) • If there is a petition drive - -MILLIONS! (Anti-voucher campaign cost $5-6 Million seven years ago)

  27. RTW – Timeline • October • Kickoff at Presidents Council • October - January • Member-to-Member information campaign • Speakers • January - July • Do Not Sign campaign • Member-to-Member information campaign • July • We should know if RTW will be on the ballot

  28. What is RTW? “Right-to-Work…provides no ‘rights’ and no ‘work.’ … Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining….” Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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