Search Contact Register Login About IUOE Our Locals Hire IUOE Jobs Training IUOE Magazine Home About IUOE StopRTW What We Do History of IUOE IUOE General Executive Board IUOE Trustees IUOE Canada Union FAQs IUOE Legislative and Political Affairs Training Programs Contact Us IUOE Links StopRTW Deceptive "Right-to-Work" Laws Hurt Everyone By many measures, quality of life is worse in states with so-called "right-to-work" laws. Wages are lower, poverty levels are higher as are workplace fatality rates. States with "Right-to-Work" Laws Have Lower Wages and Incomes On average, workers in states with right to work laws make $6,109 a year (12.1%) less annually than workers in other states ($44,401, compared with $50,511).1 Median household income in states with these laws is $8,174 (13.9%) less than in other states ($50,712 vs. $58,886).2 29.6 percent of jobs in right to work states were in low-wage occupations, compared with 22.8% of jobs in other states.3 READ MORE >> “Right-to-Work” States Still Have Lower Wages, EPI, April 2015 States with "Right-to-Work" Laws Have Higher Workplace Fatality Rates "Right-to-Work" makes workplaces more dangerous. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of workplace deaths is 54% higher in right-to-work states.4 READ MORE >> Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, AFL-CIO, April 2016 States Should Decide if They Want "Right-to-Work" Every state has the right to workplace rules that work for their local economy. We don't need Washington politicians interfering to pick winners and losers. READ MORE >> A tale of two states (and what it tells us about so-called “right-to-work” laws), EPI, January 2017 READ MORE >> So-called “right-to-work” laws will lower wages for union and nonunion workers in Missouri, EPI, January 2017 1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (all industries, all establishments, average annual pay), 2014 data. Numbers are rounded ($50,510.58 and $44,401.17). 2 U.S. Census Bureau, Table H-8. Median Household Income by State: 1984 to 2014. 3 CFED, Asset and Opportunity Scorecard, Low Wage Jobs, 2013. 4 Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2014. NAVIGATE About IUOE Our Locals Hire IUOE Jobs Training IUOE Magazine Join IUOE HEADQUARTERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS (IUOE) 1125 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 202 429-9100 MEMBER BENEFITS CONTACT US Send us an email here. ©2021 International Union of Operating Engineers. All Rights Reserved. Terms Of Use Privacy Statement Sitemap