Because workers’ organizing rights are diminished in states with
Right-to-Work laws, an average worker earns about $7,131 a year less than
workers in free bargaining states ($30,656 versus $37,787).1
Across the nation, union members earn $9,308 a year more than nonunion members
($41,652 versus $32,344).2
Clearly these laws only provide a right to work for less
