Wednesday, March 11, 2015

First WI casualty of Right to Work, Major company moving to Minnesota


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/10/1369994/-First-WI-casualty-of-Right-to-Work-Major-company-moving-to-Minnesota?detail=email
Hoffman Construction, a major road building and mining company is abandoning Wisconsin because of the Right to Work legislation just passed.  
According to Duluth News Tribune "Hoffman said Monday night that the reason is twofold: he believes the right-to-work law will ultimately cost his company money, and he sees Minnesota’s proposal to increase transportation funding as offering greater business opportunities."
Some companies realize that union work is an advantage to companies. Working together on problems, joint safety committees, agreeing on other items like seniority, vacation, health care can only make a company stronger.
sense and sensibility although the republicans are for big business the operative word being big not all business will do good under their restrictions/regulations as expressed by Hoffman more need to if they can relocate show their employees and future ones they care and offer a friendly work environment that is the way to attract quality workers along with insurance on job learning reasonable hours and livable wage.  those smaller businesses that adhere to the right wing philosophy may some day find themselves with one worker themselves.