New Hampshire's Right to Work Law

Non-profit American Rights at Work sent out an email blast soliciting contributions in their efforts to vote down a Right-to-Work Bill in New Hampshire. American Rights at Work was instrumental in fighting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union bill, which was ruled unconstitutional last Friday by a federal judge, and in helping with securing a recall election for the embattled governor set for June 5th. The group has its eyes set on New Hampshire where they hope the legislature will vote down House Bill 1677 citing numerous cases of right-to-work laws hindering economic growth and lowering wages for employees in those states where right-to-work laws are on the books. Glenn Kingsbury, executive manager of the National Electrical Contractors Association wrote this letter to the NH Business Review.

"So-called "right-to-work" laws are economically destructive. According to a 2011 study by the Economic Policy Institute, union and non-union workers in right-to-work states annually earn $1,500 less and often have lesser quality benefits than their counterparts in states without such laws.

"In Oklahoma, the number of new companies has fallen by one-third and manufacturing jobs have vanished in the 10 years since the state enacted right-to-work..."

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Doing my own research, Wikipedia has a good article in reference to this issue. Here's just a couple key figures cited:

CBS (Collective-Bargaining States) all occupations average $22.73

RTW (Right-to-Work States) all occupations average $18.86 a difference of $3.87 an hour

CBS Middle School Teachers average $56,784 annual

RTW Middle School Teachers average $47,862 annual a difference of $8922