Michigan

Michigan has the highest unemployment rate among the states. The Executive Director of a Michigan organization called the Small Government Alliance claims overwhelming public support in the state for passage of a right to work law. This post seems in line with Nate Silver's analysis of Gallup's survey on union decline. Both discussed here.

Union's support declines

UPDATE In August, Gallup released its annual survey on unionization. Labor has experienced a huge drop in support since the 2008 survey. For the first time since the survey began in 1936, fewer than half of Americans (48%) approve of labor unions. In August 2008 the approval rate was 59%. At 538, Nate Silver's statistical analysis correlates the support to the rate of unemployment. When unemployment rises, support for unions falls.