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National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix’s brief summary of how Michigan became a Right to Work state with the UAW’s help...
National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix’s brief summary of how Michigan became a Right to Work state with the UAW’s help...
Right after Michigan legislators heeded their freedom-loving constituents and defied Big Labor by passing private- and public-sector Right to Work measures in 2012, and Gov. Rick Snyder promptly signed both bills into law, union bosses vowed to exact their political…
Back in the “old days,” that is, well under two decades ago, when newspaper print editions were the only kind available, an angry reader who disagreed with an op-ed contribution, but had no ready answers for the facts and arguments…
The AFL-CIO is putting a target on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and five other Republican governors in the 2014 election, WHTC reports: The union’s Political Director Michael Podhorzer told the audience at a breakfast in Washington, D.C. Tuesday the organization will go after…
James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation looks at big labor’s campaign to force private day care providers into paying union dues: As union membership has fallen, union organizers have become increasingly aggressive. They have now turned to organizing…
The ink was barely dry on Michigan’s new Right to Work law when forced-union apologists began to insist state workers were exempt from the law. They argue that a commission, the Civil Service Commission — whose appointees were all picked…
Speaking at a rally, a union militant threatened Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s daughter — “We’lll be at your daughter’s soccer game,” they promised.
Speaking at a rally, a union militant threatened Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s daughter — “We’lll be at your daughter’s soccer game,” they promised. …
Shikha Dalmia of Reason looks at big labor's effort keep Michigan a second rate economic state through a series of referendums on the statewide ballot next month: We've seen Gov. Scott Walker's battle in Wisconsin and the Chicago Teachers Union strike next door. Now in Michigan comes another Midwestern political showdown that will carry enormous implications for the role of unions in American life. [media-credit name=" " align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit]The Michigan Supreme Court recently approved the placement of a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot. If passed by voters, the so-called Protect Our Jobs amendment would give public-employee unions a potent new tool to challenge any laws—past, present or future—that limit their benefits or collective-bargaining powers. It would also bar Michigan from becoming a right-to-work state in which mandatory union dues are not a condition of employment. The budget implications are dire. Michigan public unions began pushing the initiative last year, shortly after Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder—facing a $2 billion fiscal hole—capped public spending on public-employee health benefits at 80% of total costs. This spring, national labor unions joined the amendment effort after failing to prevent Indiana from becoming a right-to-work state. Bob King of the United Auto Workers said that Michigan's initiative would "send a message" to other states tempted to follow Indiana's example. The UAW, along with allies in the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters, poured $8 million into gathering 554,000 signatures—some 200,000 more than needed—to put Protect Our Jobs on the Michigan ballot.