NH Business Review Highlights NECRTW at House Hearing

Covering House Bill 238's House Labor Committee hearing, Michael Kitch for the New Hampshire Business Review reported on testimony from McKayne Boedeker, current Executive Director of your New England Citizens for Right to Work, as well as testimony by John Kalb -- who held the position formerly, but is today Vice President of State Legislation with the National Right to Work Committee. 

Kitch reported:

"...Advocates of right-to-work laws present two major arguments, one contending that fees infringe on the rights of employees by charging those who choose not to join a union a fee as a condition of their employment. At the same time, they argue that right-to-work laws foster more business formation, increased employment opportunity, higher wage rates and more robust economic growth...

...John Kalb, vice-president of the National Right-to-Work Committee, said economic growth in states with right-to-work laws has outpaced that of states without them. Since the pandemic, he said right-to-work states have experienced job growth of 16% compared to the 5% in posted by New Hampshire.

McKayne Boedeker, executive director of New England Citizens for Right-to-Work, cited a report that claimed right-to-work led to increases of $2,900 per person per year, amounting to more than $10,000 per year..."

Read more in the January 31, 2025 edition of the New Hampshire Business Review:
New Hampshire Business Review