{"id":812,"date":"2023-03-10T07:10:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/?p=812"},"modified":"2023-03-10T07:10:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:10:28","slug":"leader-hall-blasts-efforts-to-repeal-worker-freedom-make-michigan-less-competitive-after-costly-ford-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Leader Hall blasts efforts to repeal worker freedom, make Michigan less competitive after costly Ford deal<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/kgop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RTW-Press_Hall_0323_9-scaled-1-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RTW-Press_Hall_0323_9-scaled-1-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RTW-Press_Hall_0323_9-scaled-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RTW-Press_Hall_0323_9-scaled-1-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kgop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RTW-Press_Hall_0323_9-scaled-1-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kgop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RTW-Press_Hall_0323_9-scaled-1-2048x1463.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELEASE <em>March 9, 2023<\/em>     Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/gophouse.org\/member\/repmatthall\/posts\">Matt Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republican Leader Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, on Wednesday issued the following statement after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill to help fund $1.8 billion in incentives for a Ford plant, the same day as House Democrats prepare to repeal Michigan\u2019s right-to-work law that has helped attract business investments and workers to the state:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe rushed Democrat pay cut plan, which would repeal Michigan\u2019s right-to-work law, will steer workers and businesses away from our state, when we\u2019re already falling behind. The latest economic development efforts came about because Gov. Whitmer lost a Ford plant to Tennessee with its more competitive business climate. For the governor\u2019s new deal, Michigan will dole out a whopping $720,000 in incentives to secure each job \u2014 jobs that pay far too little in light of taxpayers\u2019 mammoth investment. With more competitive tax and regulatory policies, Tennessee paid only $147,000 per job for its Ford plant. We need to do better, and right-to-work is one factor that has helped draw new investment to Michigan communities. Ditching this successful, pro-worker policy will only slash workers\u2019 wages and drive up the price tag needed to land future manufacturing projects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governor Wednesday morning signed a $1.3 billion spending bill that included funds for a planned Ford electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall, a project that will receive a total of roughly $1.8 billion in state incentives to create 2,500 jobs. Of the jobs, 1,900 are projected to pay only $41,600. House Democrats are expected to ram through legislation to repeal Michigan\u2019s freedom-to-work law later Wednesday, the same day the bill first came up for a vote in committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RELEASE March 9, 2023 Contact: Matt Hall House Republican Leader Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, on Wednesday issued the following statement after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill to help fund $1.8 billion in incentives for a Ford plant, the same day as House Democrats prepare to repeal Michigan\u2019s right-to-work law that has helped attract business [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}