‘Right to Work’ Laws Increase Poverty, Decrease Productivity

By Darrell Minor, Columbus State Community College On February 1, 2012, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels signed a “right-to-work” (RTW) provision in the state’s labor laws, making Indiana the twenty-third RTW state in the nation and the first in more than a decade to pass a law undermining the ability of unions to organize and represent [...]