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Home Front: Culture Wars
Michigan Legislature Passes Right-to-Work law
2012-12-07
Gov to sign next week, unless the thugs have their way.
Michigan's GOP-dominated statehouse voted Thursday in lame-duck session in favor of right-to-work laws that critics say would limit workers' unlimited rights and weaken all-powerful unions.

The Senate passed two bills, one affecting private workers and the other public workers. The Evil, Rovian, Bushitler Republicans control both chambers.

After Senate Bill 116 passed by a vote of 22-16, the chamber's 12 Democrats decided not to participate further and left the building; the remaining senators then passed House Bill 4003 by 22-4, McCann said.

Union drones People in the gallery could be heard chanting, "Shame on you!"

Under the bills, the right to strike and picket would be limited; membership and paying dues into the union could not be a condition of employment.

Sen. John Gleason, (D), said the laws were referendum-proof - voters could not overturn them - because they were put in a million-dollar appropriations bill.
Voters with courage could overturn them. Complainers say they are bullet-proof.
He accused the Republicans of having rushed it through "so that the public has no opportunity to look at it or debate the issue."
Took a lesson from the Obama playbook, did they?
Posted by:Bobby

#4  Never underestimate the devotion of Michiganders to unions, especially their public ones. Maybe after Detroit dissolves in a major financial disaster, the Michigan electorate will see their error of their evil ways. But I doubt it.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-12-07 20:11  

#3  Sucks to be you, unions.

So stop sucking on the public tit.

Thank you.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-12-07 11:29  

#2  Good move on the part of Michigan. Maybe some industry will return.

Read yesterday somewhere that a judge may yet have something to say about the GM bailout. GM trustees are suing GM over the bailout. I know the bond holders got screwed but the unions made out. The article said GM is in worse shape than it was before the bailout. Well, at least Osama Bin Laden is still dead--we hope.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-12-07 10:19  

#1  Union drones People in the gallery could be heard chanting, "Shame on you!"

Luckily for them, there is always the.... move to Illinois option.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-12-07 07:19  

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