Union-Only Port Terminal Suspends Operations
Committee President Mark Mix: “If I were a Leatherman dockworker, I certainly wouldn’t count on Longshore Union bosses to show any flexibility” to get the terminal reopened and “save my job.”
Michigan Workers Forced to Join
Jared Rodriguez, writing in the Detroit News, outlines the need for workers choice and a Right to Work law in Michigan:
States that allow more flexibility for workers in their choice to join a union have experienced tremendous growth and lead the nation in worker productivity, job creation and personal income growth. What can this be attributed to? I argue an overall less-hostile labor-management environment.
Eliminating forced union membership, commonly referred to as a Right to Work initiative, through new legislation or a ballot initiative is a bold policy to encourage businesses to invest in Michigan and create jobs. In a Right to Work atmosphere, workers are given the freedom to decline union representation and avoid having dues forcibly deducted from their paychecks.
