The University of Illinois and University of Michigan recently teamed up to study, what would happen if a union state like Illinois suddenly went “right to work,” weakening unions.
Here’s their conclusions:
* Wages would fall by 5-7 percent;
* Manufacturing wages would drop by 9 percent;
* Constrution worker earnings would fall by 22 percent;
* There might be a slight drop in unemployment, from 9.1 percent to 8.4 percent, but it may only be temporary;
* 107 additional constrution workers would die on the job annually, due to work-related accidents;
* After the third year of adoption, annual total worker income would drop for between $2 - $9 billion, and by $35-40 billion over the next five years;
* Illinois would have less money, because wages would decrease, meaning less tax revenue; this could mean a loss of $1.5 billion in tax revenue over five years.
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