The Michigan legislature is considering making their state the 24th right-to-work state. Right-to-work is very pro-freedom legislation, forbidding unions from taking money from non-union workers’ paychecks against the workers’ wishes. Unhappy that the state’s elected leaders might pass the law, union protesters showed up at the capital in Lansing today and tried pushing their way past state troopers who had ordered them to stop.
State Police Inspector Gene Adamczyk said eight people were arrested for resisting and obstructing when they tried to push past two troopers guarding the Senate door. He said the troopers used chemical spray after the people refused to obey orders to stop.
The Capitol was temporarily closed because of concerns for the safety of people and the building. Adamczyk estimated about 2,500 visitors were at the Capitol.
So-called right-to-work measures generally prohibit requiring unions from collecting fees from nonunion employees, which opponents say drains unions of money and weakens their ability to bargain for good wages and benefits. Supporters insist it would boost the economy and job creation.
Because it would.
But above that is a more fundamental principle. No one should be forced to join a labor union against their will. No one should have their paycheck skimmed by any labor union against their will. No one should be forced to fund labor union politics if they do not agree with those politics.
Full stop. There’s really nothing else to discuss. The unions have been able to force unionization and skim paychecks for decades. It’s past time that they lose that power, and workers get their freedoms back.
Michigan? Who would have thunk that?
You left out that the non union workers are still entitled to the same rights and benefits that the union bargains for, without paying for that representation.
Left out, Carlos, because it is not true.
That is at the discretion of the owners, who may choose to pay them at the same scale, it is not an automatic entitlement.
He left that out because it is untrue, Carlos.
That is only at the discretion of the owners and subject to agreement between owners and non union workers. They may or may not choose to pay non union workers the same wage; it is usually to the company’s benefit that they do so, so they usually do.