The governor of Michigan is signing on with Governor Nikki Haley's State of the State doctrine that corporations will not relocate and pay as little as possible unless the statte takes the lead in ensuring that workers expect to be paid as little as possible:
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Gov. Rick Snyder in a speech to the Michigan Press Association dismissed concerns about a deflating effect of right to work on labor wages, focusing instead on his effort to play matchmaker between “talent” supply and demand.Two of the four questions Snyder took after speaking Friday, Jan. 25, at a luncheon in Amway Grand Plaza Hotel dealt with the controversial bill that the Republican-led state Legislature passed in lame-duck session last month. The gist of his responses: Michiganders aren’t going to be working union jobs anyway, so stop making right to work a divisive, political issue.“Over 90 percent of the jobs that you’re looking at aren’t going to be in a situation where right to work is even relevant," Snyder said in the hotel’s Ambassador Ballroom. "Let’s keep in mind what the economy is really about. Why not embrace the great things going on and be more positive?“Let’s not live in the Michigan of the past where we fought. Let’s learn from it and recognize that we’re in the Michigan of 2013, but let’s be planning for the Michigan of 2025 and a great place for all of these young people.”RELATED: Recap Snyder's speech hereSnyder said he discounts data that suggests workers in right-to-work states have lower incomes “because it’s just conflicted studies done by special interests on either side” of the issue. Instead, he characterized right to work as a simple matter of worker rights: “I call it ‘freedom to choose.’”Michigan should focus its energy on matching “talent” demand to “talent” supply, Snyder said. He plans to convene an economic development summit in March to talk about the demand side of the equation. Then, at an education summit in April, he plans to address the supply side.
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