turkey club. the fastest pencil sharpener. the fastest elevator. the fastest speed dial. the fastest office plant. so why wouldn t i choose the fastest wifi? i would. switch to comcast business internet and get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. so what are they trying to opt out of? the michigan teachers union making them pay up. reportedly, seeking bill collectors to go after teachers who haven t paid their dues. what is that going to do to their credit? retired teacher lisa who s been dealing with this mess and from the mackinac center for public policy. lisa, what happened? explain what happened. well, basically, neil, i
director of labor policy at the mackinac center for public policy, the group that did this most recent study. good morning to you vinnie. thanks for having me on. absolutely. tell us a little bit about what you make of these numbers. because i want to put these two up here. it s a chart after 2000 that really shows how things began to change now people in right-to-work states are getting a lot more bang for their bucks. tell me a little bit more about this study. that s right. what you are talking about is cost of living. when you factor in cost of living, workers in right-to-work states actually are making about 4% more than workers in forced unionism states. let s talk about what is cost of living? you are in a right to work state, things are actually cheaper so your dollar goes further. and you are in new york. you know how insanely high ranks is there. you compare that rank which in average in manhattan is about 3400 bucks. two ground will get you a
you admit to that this seems to be an aid to correct some of that disorganization? how so? well, what we are doing, we have become the collection point believe it or not, those 100,000 members. about 50,000 of them are actually not technically a member of a tea party. they have joined us because they believe in the tea party platform. the tea party values. and this is the new collection point where we can organize. we can put our thoughts together. group, and we have got the site broken down into state hubs when you join. you join your state hub. and then our state hub directors are going to be the organizational leaders for what we re going to do in 14. the web site is the tea party community. what s the exact url, ken? tea party community.com.
these numbers and the findings are really interesting because unions like to be tricky. they say it s a right-to-work for less state. right-to-work simply means that a union can t get a worker fired for refusing to financially support them but that worker could still collectively bargain for almost anything else. it s one the main points the union narrative that workers are making less in these right-to-work states and when you factor in that cost of living, that narrative is simply untrue. vinnie thank you so much for your time today. also, this is pretty interesting to me. your study found in 2001, right-to-work states added 1.7 million jobs as opposed to 2.1 million were lost. in non-right-to-work state. a lot of great information for us. thank you so much and enjoy the super bowl tomorrow. hey, you too. thanks for having me on. 20 minutes after the hour now. coming up on fox & friends. fed up with facebook? now one group is launching its own social media site.
wherever you are. did you pour me one? no. how many cups of coffee do you drink in the morning joining us i think i m on cup number seven with this one right now. we have to tell you about this very peculiar part of the teacher s union contract out of michigan, this is the bay city public schools and this outfit called the mackinac center for public policy has read through the teacher s contract and unearthed something shocking almost to the point you can t believe it. renegotiating this contract right now. what has expired at the end of june are these provisions which could come back in to effect. this is mind blowing, okay? these are the rules for teachers who are under the influence of alcohol in the classroom. this is five strike rule. five strikes. first offense receive a written reprimand. second offense three day suspension if you are drunk in a classroom. then the third offense you get a five day suspension without pay. and mandatory counseling counseling. a fourth of