Absolutely! It has worked everywhere it has been tried. Rust belt states like Michigan have lost jobs to Right-to-Work states like Texas. From the Great Depression to the early 1980s recession to the Obama Administration-prolonged Great Recession of 2008, workers migrate to where the work is.

This is a freedom issue. Freedom to associate or not to associate with a union. Public sector union membership has steadily declined over the years as workers have decided not to join unions. It’s a free country, folks, last I checked. Workers are free to leave their jobs and find better ones.

The private sector is forced to compete in the marketplace to sell products, while public sector employees and “non-profits” like Planned Parenthood use tax money to lobby for more tax money from parents for education, etc. As jobs have been lost in high cost states, workers have migrated to lower cost states, where there is more economic growth.

This so-called War on Middle Class Families is really a war on the Union Leadership that the hard-working families support with their union dues. Enough of the class warfare; let’s focus on real private sector economic growth policies, not government growth policies.

Public sector union membership has increased, as teachers and other government workers fight to keep their right to organize. States like Wisconsin have survived bitter fights against conservative governors who try to limit their power. As their policies have taken effect, the voters kept Governor Walker by a larger margin than he won by in the first place. Let’s hope Michigan learns from Wisconsin’s recent troubles and its own past decades of suffering and has a more civil transition to a new era of growth.

http://troy.patch.com/blog_posts/public-sector-unions-the-next-budget-challenge

Everywhere they have been tried, conservative policies work for growing the private sector. Socialist Big Government policies result in growth too: public sector growth. It would be nice if we had an unlimited deep pocket – but we do not. We are overspending by 40% and are on a fast track toward Greece unless we solve our overspending problem.

Meanwhile our leaders in Washington play chicken with the fiscal cliff, establishment Republicans compromise and kick conservatives off committees as President Obama plays chicken with our country’s future, ready to blame Republicans if things go wrong, which they certainly will if we go off the cliff. While Obama points his finger at conservatives for obstructing “progress”, three are pointing back at himself.

Dale, be prepared for your nice salary at GM to be reduced even further. You do know that the reason you earn what you earn is due to unions in this state. You support making that degree you earned worthless. This is an effort to drive down wages across the board, further benefiting the wealthy and hurting everyone else. Not sure why so many of the have nots work to make their situation worse. I am educated,hardworking, heavily honored in my field employee, but I understand I am not in control and that we do need protection in the workplace. I had a boss who would have fired me because he didn't believe women with children should work - thank God for the union and other managers who stopped him. Not all bosses care about hard work and efficiency, so have personal agendas they take out on their workforce. I guess if you are young and don't have relatives that fought for unions in the 30s and 40s you are doomed to have history repeat itself.