Economics of Right-to-Work Law : WSJ

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Neil Shah and Ben Casselman, 'Right-to-Work' Economics; States That Bar Mandatory Union Dues Tend Toward More Jobs but Lower Wages, Wall Street Journal, Dec 15, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 79603136860138.html
("Some economists say when differences in cost of living are taken into account, wages are roughly the same—or even higher—in right-to-work states")

Note:
(a) Casselman is "Americanized or older spelling of the German habitational name Kasselmann, denoting someone from Kassel."
(i) Kassel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassel
(spelled Cassel until 1928; a town; section 1 History: The city's name is derived from the ancient Castellum Cattorum, a castle of the Chatti, a German tribe that had lived in the area since Roman times)
(ii) The castellum is Latin for fortification or fort.
(b) right-to-work law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law