Misleading smokescreen....right to work has no bearing when there isn't enough of a manufacturing base to sustain a high level of employment.
Those states DO NOT have heavy manufacturing for reasons other than right to work, which is actually attractive to industry. So many other
factors contribute to this, it is irresponsible to blame right to work.
Texas doesn't have "heavy manufacturing"???
(Company & Employees)
Lockheed Martin
16,000
Aerospace Product Manufacturing
Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Lufkin, San Antonio
Exxon Mobil
8,600
Oil Refining and Chemical Manufacturing
Baytown, Beaumont
L-3 Communications
7,000
Aerospace Product Manufacturing
Waco, Greenville, Rockwall, Arlington
Tyson Meats
6,800
Meat Processing
Amarillo, Sherman, Center, Vernon, Seguin, Dallas
National Oilwell Varco
6,400
Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing
Navasota, Houston, Fort Worth, Burkburnett, Mineral Wells, Pampa
Dow Chemical
6,300
Chemical Manufacturing
Freeport
Texas Instruments
6,000
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Dallas, Sherman, Richardson
Pilgrim's Pride
5,600
Poultry Processing
Mount Pleasant, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Center
Bell Helicopter Textron
5,300
Aerospace Product Manufacturing
Hurst, Amarillo, Grand Prairie
Halliburton
5,200
Raytheon
5,100
Electronic Instrument Manufacturing
Garland, McKinney
Schlumberger Ltd.
4,800
Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing
Houston, Sugar Land, Rosharon
B&W Pantex
4,800
Nuclear Processing
Amarillo
Cargill Meat Solutions
4,600
Meat Processing
Friona, Waco
Baker Hughes
4,500
Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing
Houston
General Electric
4,400
Oilfield and Transportation Equipment
McAllen, Houston, Fort Worth, Austin
FMC Technologies
3,800
Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing
Houston, Stephenville, Corpus Christi
General Motors
3,500
Automotive Manufacturing
Arlington
Alcon Laboratories
3,500
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Fort Worth, Houston
Freescale Semiconductor
3,300
Marathon Oil Corp.
3,300
Oil Refining
Houston, Texas City
Toyota Motors
2,900
Automotive Manufacturing
San Antonio
JBS Swift & Company
2,900
Meat Processing
Cactus
Caterpillar
2,900
Construction and Mining Equipment
Seguin, Victoria, Denison, Waco, Schertz, DeSoto
LyondellBasell
2,900
Oil Refining and Chemical Manufacturing
Houston, Channelview, Pasadena, Bay City, Corpus Christi,
Flextronics International
2,800
Electronics Manufacturing
Austin, Plano, Longview
Alcoa
2,500
Alumina Processing and Fabricated Metals
Point Comfort, Rockdale, Wichita Falls, Waco
Samsung Semiconductor
2,500
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Austin
Sanderson Farms
2,500
Poultry Processing
Bryan, Waco
International Paper
2,500
Valero Energy Corp.
2,400
Oil Refining
Port Arthur, Houston, Three Rivers, Corpus Christi
Formosa Plastics
2,300
Plastic Resin Manufacturing
Point Comfort
Kiewit Offshore
2,200
Structural Metals Manufacturing
Ingleside
Peterbilt Motors Co.
2,200
Automotive Manufacturing
Denton
Inteplast Group
2,200
Plastic Product Manufacturing
Lolita, Seguin
Weatherford International
2,100
Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing
Houston, Odessa, Huntsville
Cameron
2,100
Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing
Houston
Triumph Aerostructures
2,100
Aerospace Product Manufacturing
Dallas
BP America
2,100
Oil Refining
Houston, Texas City
DuPont
2,100
Etc etc etc