Book it, done. MI Gov. Rick Snyder has signed his state’s right-to-work bill into law. Michigan, the home of the United Auto Workers and the heavily unionized auto industry, becomes the nation’s 24th right-to-work state.
The day was marred by widespread union violence in Lansing, Michigan’s capital. Unions bussed protesters in from several neighboring states, and teachers left work in two school districts to protest to such an extent that those districts shut down. Union boss Jimmy Hoffa Jr. has promised “civil war” and the state Democratic Party directly threatened “blood.” Americans for Prosperity’s on-site tent was torn down by unknown union operatives, with people including children inside. Conservative comedian and PJ alum Steven Crowder was assaulted by a man who appeared to be a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union. A reward has been building on Twitter for the assailant’s arrest and prosecution. The man was at the protest representing the IBEW, opening the possibility of Crowder suing the union itself. On Twitter, Crowder says that the man also threatened to kill him.
President Barack Obama has sided with the unions against the right-to-work law. He has not spoken out on the union violence so far.
The new law turns Michigan into an open shop state, meaning workers will not be forced to join unions as a condition of employment. Workers who elect not to join unions will not have their paychecks skimmed by unions against their will. The right of collective bargaining is not impacted by the law.
One word: Wolverines.
OK Spartans works too.
It should be noted that Pennsylvania which also has a GOP governor and GOP controlled legislature remains not right to work.
Hooray for my state! ‘Bout time. We are coming back. (yes, Obamanation, add this post to my file)
Enough of this “more equal than” crap…
– bloated, stretched purple-shirters still control all the levers of power.
Been here; done this. The battle has just begun. They’ll find some Democrat trial judge who wants to perform a great service in anticipation of being put on the SC. He’ll grant them an injunction so they can continue collecting their dues. The unions will string out bringing the case to trial. Whether the unions or the state wins, it gets appealed to the MSC. They are playing for time so that the appeal or decision is pending at the time of the next gubernatorial election in which MI’s RTW law becomes simply trade goods. It will be a truly shocking thing if the SC renders a decision before the next general election; judges do read the paper. If the Ds get the Leg back, the SC says the RTW law was unconstitutional or something, doesn’t much matter what they say.
Eat it, leftard thugs.
I worked for an IBEW company in a right-to-work state. After the union led an ill-advised strike that pretty much failed, most of the members just stopped paying their dues. Hearing the union boss whine about the insufficient revenue was like music.