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Study: Right-to-work states underperform on many social, economic metrics

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States that have adopted “right to work” laws, which prohibit union contracts from requiring non-member workers to share in the cost of bargaining efforts on their behalf, lag behind other states in a broad range of social and economic indicators, a study released this week says.

The study from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning research group, examined 20 different factors over an eight-year period, from every state in the country.

 

By Mike Dennison/MTN News

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