Posts tagged wage growth
New Study Finds Unions Promise More, Deliver Less for Workers
August 29, 2025 // From 2015 to 2024, wages in most unionized NLRA jobs grew by 26%. In contrast, the least unionized NLRA jobs grew by 36%, the fastest growth of any group studied. “These findings underscore that over the past decade workers have not realized gains from aggressive union leader tactics” said Eric Hoplin, CEO of NAW. “In fact, the opposite trend is clear: the least unionized workers have seen greater wage growth.”
Podcast: Championing Worker Freedom Across The States: Alan Jernigan and Vincent Vernuccio on ALEC TV
August 23, 2025 // As debates over worker rights ripple across the country, one message continues to echo from state to state: workers deserve the freedom to choose the work arrangements that fit their lives best. But how should lawmakers turn that principle into policy?
Free the Economy podcast with Vinnie Vernuccio of the Institute for the American Worker
March 27, 2025 // Our interview for Episode 116 of the Free the Economy podcast is with Vinnie Vernuccio of the Institute for the American Worker. We talk about labor unions, independent contractors, right-to-work laws, port automation, and the future of the American workforce. Free the Economy is hosted by Richard Morrison. Our co-producer and editor is Destry Edwards. Keep up with new episodes by following us on Twitter at @freethe_economy and read our episode summaries, with links to the stories we cover, at cei.org/blog.
From the Rust Belt to the Ports: A Warning About Extortive Union Demands
October 4, 2024 // Not all labor unions are ‘pro-worker.’ With 36 ports striking today, the International Longshoremen Association is threatening other jobs, “I will cripple you, and you have no idea what that means."
OPINION: Teamsters boss’ RNC speech reveals his precarious hold on members’ loyalty
July 11, 2024 // A March poll from Quinnipiac showed Biden with a mere 9-point lead among Michigan union households, a far cry from his 25-point lead there in 2020. The Teamsters union has had a front-row seat to this transformation. While the party affiliation and preferences of its members aren’t publicly available, the union represents a wide variety of working-class voters — the type of workers who have suffered greatly under Bidenomics, hit hard by soaring inflation and slow wage growth. On the other hand, these workers fondly remember the Trump boom years, which were the direct result of policies that the Teamsters’ leadership opposed, including the 2017 tax cuts and regulatory reforms that gave workers and job creators more freedom.
Right-to-work was key to pandemic recovery
September 11, 2023 // Workers themselves have more flexibility to switch jobs, move within companies, and start businesses, all of which have economic as well as personal benefits. Job creators find it easier to expand and hire more people, and other companies are more likely to move from out-of-state, creating more jobs. These benefits have been clear for decades. Right-to-work states see more jobs created, faster-growing wages, and higher personal income growth than states that force workers to pay unions they don’t support. The pandemic clarified the need for this policy like never before, as government lockdowns, economic mandates, and supply-chain issues caused countless businesses to cut jobs or even shut down for good. Workers and job creators needed all the help they could get, and right-to-work was a huge source of relief. In fact, it still is, with some of the pandemic’s negative effects still lingering.
Vincent Vernuccio: Time to celebrate and protect worker freedom
March 17, 2022 // A right-to-work law simply means that a union cannot get a worker fired for not paying them. In states without right-to-work laws unions can require private-sector workers to pay union fees just to keep their jobs.
The Jobs Report Came in Strong. Don’t Celebrate Yet.
February 7, 2022 // The Biden administration is celebrating the better-than-expected 467,000 January job-creation numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the new data put the Federal Reserve even further behind in fighting inflation, potentially setting up a 50 basis point increase in March, rather than the 25 basis point increase markets are primed for. That could send equities further down.