Right-to-Work is essential to maintaining Virginia’s economic competitiveness in attracting and retaining businesses.

• Repealing Right-to-Work will make Virginia less competitive in attracting development and investment – particularly compared with states to the south such as North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, all of whom are RTW states.
• Virginia has regularly been ranked among the top states for business and RTW is an important part of that success.
• Repealing Right-to-Work will increase costs for existing businesses and make them less likely to increase investments and hire new employees in Virginia.

Repealing Right-to-Work would disproportionately harm Virginia’s small businesses.

• Small businesses are the most sensitive to cost increases and many are already struggling with economic uncertainty.
• A loss of Right-to-Work could undermine the unique benefit structures and culture that small businesses provide to their employees.
• Employers of union workers are often unable to make special accommodations for employees who need flexibility in their hours or benefits.
• Small businesses are particularly vulnerable because they often lack the expertise and experience negotiating with organized labor and do not have the infrastructure to deal with issues if a union is established.
• These businesses would be forced to increase costs for the infrastructure needed to deal with grievance procedures and other elements of a union.

Repealing Right-to-Work would increase costs forVirginians in a variety of ways, including housing, food and transportation.

• By increasing the costs of doing business, repealing RTW will increase the prices consumers pay for groceries, home maintenance services, dining out, hotels, and other goods and services.
• With inflation and other economic pressures, Virginians cannot afford to continue seeing the costs of everyday goods and services increase.
• Repealing Right-to-Work will increase the costs of priorities such as affordable housing units, transportation construction and public education.

Unions can serve a valuable purpose and Right-to-Work does not stand in the way of unions playing an important role in Virginia.

• Individuals should have the freedom to determine whether joining a union is the right choice for them.
• Unions can offer training programs, workforce development and other benefits to employees, and workers should have access to these opportunities if they choose to do so.
• Union membership in Virginia has climbed in recent years, indicating that unions can grow with RTW in place.