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UPDATED: Unions Furious: Michigan to Become Right-to-Work State Today
Townhall.com ^ | December 11, 2012 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 12/11/2012 9:41:12 AM PST by jazusamo

UPDATE 12:15 pm EST: The Republican controlled legislature has passed the right-to-work legislation 58-51. Michigan Governor Snyder is expected to sign the bill into law later today.

The vote to turn Michigan into a right-to-work state will take place today after days of protests in Lansing about the pro-worker legislation that prevents having to pay dues to a union. Not surprisingly, local police are bracing for possible violence today as more protests are planned.

Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle over right-to-work legislation in the traditional union bastion of Michigan shows no sign of cooling.

Authorities in Lansing were bracing for an onslaught of demonstrators Tuesday at the Michigan Capitol as the Legislature reconvenes for what could be final votes on bills. Hundreds of people gathered early Tuesday to get inside.

Yesterday while in Michigan campaigning for his new $1.6 trillion tax increase, President Obama slammed right-to-work states all over the country, saying legislation on the table in Lansing isn't about economics but about attacking unions.

"These so-called right-to-work laws, they don't have anything to do with economics, they have everything to do with politics," Obama told cheering workers Monday during a visit to an engine plant in Redford, Mich. "What they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money."

Schools have also been closed so teachers can go protest today because afterall, "it's all about the kids."

At least two Michigan school districts have announced plans to cancel classes Tuesday – the same day some teachers and other union protesters are expected to converge at the state Capitol to protest right-to-work legislation.

Warren Consolidated Schools in southeast Michigan is canceling school “due to the number of staff who has notified us that they will be absent” Tuesday, according to a letter from Superintendent Robert Livernois posted on the district website.

Let's not forget that President Obama refused to comment when his former chief of staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel failed to give protesting unionized teachers exactly what they wanted. Apparently his criticism only applies to Republicans.

Before this week, the last time the Chicago Teachers Union went on strike was September 8, 1987. It lasted until October 3, during which officials, teachers and parents clashed in the city's longest teachers strike ever. After it ended, I called the Chicago school system the worst in the country.

President Obama has been noticeably silent. He shouldn't be. The nation deserves to know whether his allegiances lie with his political allies in the public sector unions or with Emanuel and Duncan. This power struggle will reveal much about the constitution of the modern Democratic Party.

If the legislation in Michigan passed and singed into law by Republican Governor Richard Snyder, the Wolverine State will become the 24th in the country to have a right-to-work law on the books.

UPDATE: Much like Wisconsin in 2011, out of state union workers are being bused in to help storm the capitol.

Michigan is getting bombarded by out-of-state union activists, including protestors from Wisconsin. They're expecting union protestors from Ohio and elsewhere, too.

Look for a surge in notes from doctors practicing near the state capitol for union members skipping work on Tuesday.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2012; arth; biglabor; braking; criminals; democrats; michigan; nounions2012; righttowork; righttoworkstate; thugs; unioncorruption; unions; unionthugs; unionviolence
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To: PapaBear3625

Gonna be some heavy security in Ann Arbor for a while. Rick Snyder lives there.


61 posted on 12/11/2012 10:54:21 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: rintense
Just heard from a friend that police pepper sprayed Michael Moore!

Good thing they didn't pepper spray the guy next to him. Moore is always looking for his next meal and carries his own salt.

62 posted on 12/11/2012 10:57:43 AM PST by Starstruck (Washinton is presently building a diving board on the fiscal cliff)
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To: Hotlanta Mike
| "Yeah, the civility of the left is on full display."

Frankly, it's the passive civility (read that as: 'respectful, law-abiding nature') of our side that has emboldened the Left to do everything they have to take away our rights, ignore the Constitution, and spend us into a government-bulging oblivion.

Was hoping to see some fire from our side to at the very least cut off the head of the snake in November. *sigh*

63 posted on 12/11/2012 10:59:31 AM PST by alancarp (Liberals: making promises that no one's wallet can keep,)
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To: jazusamo

video of the feral mob tearing down the tent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GtbWbw66KrI


64 posted on 12/11/2012 11:00:18 AM PST by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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To: COBOL2Java

Looks like the typical union losers stereotype.

Grizzly, overweight, and full of themselves.


65 posted on 12/11/2012 11:01:12 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: jazusamo
"Not surprisingly, local police are bracing for possible violence today as more protests are planned."

Union thugs can be counted on to be violent.

That's the Democrat's core constituency: violent thugs.

66 posted on 12/11/2012 11:02:40 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (BOHICA eGOP!)
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To: rintense

I would encourage you to follow up with your friend—Freeprland would love some pics of this fat@ss getting maced.


67 posted on 12/11/2012 11:04:06 AM PST by patriotsblood
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To: CityCenter

Forget the Feds. it’s the states where we can make things happen!

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Agreed, but eventual and decisive confrontation between the states and the feds is inevitable.


68 posted on 12/11/2012 11:09:08 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Not so "commanding", not so "inevitable".)
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To: COBOL2Java
How many of these folks were the stoners in high school that built the greasy wanna-be muscle cars that didn't run worth a chit because they didn't know what they were doing.

I bet many haven't grown up much from High School....

69 posted on 12/11/2012 11:12:40 AM PST by taildragger (( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
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To: taildragger
How many of these folks were the stoners in high school that built the greasy wanna-be muscle cars that didn't run worth a chit because they didn't know what they were doing.

High School gear heads are drinkers, not stoners.

70 posted on 12/11/2012 11:18:33 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: jazusamo

Damn it, why should a worker be FREE TO CHOOSE whether he joins a union??? < \idiot union thug>


71 posted on 12/11/2012 11:19:10 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: jazusamo

I can only imagine how mighty America will again become when every state tosses out the tyranny of unionism. Let freedom ring! Labor unions are the new slavemasters. The chokehold of Big Labor has destroyed town after town and region after region with oppressive regulations, archaic workrules and grossly-inflated wages.

72 posted on 12/11/2012 11:21:04 AM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: central_va

Depends upon the school and the various strata of the teen sub-groups but point taken... But they still probably haven’t grown up...


73 posted on 12/11/2012 11:21:18 AM PST by taildragger (( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
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To: jazusamo
Following the reforms in Wisconsin it’s been reported that unions there lost half to two-thirds of their members in the first year. Based on Michigan unions having around 650k members on the rolls this equates to somewhere around 150 million annual in lost dues. It will be interesting to see what effect this will have on state politics.
74 posted on 12/11/2012 11:21:29 AM PST by Roland
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To: EQAndyBuzz

“Lawsuits and recalls to follow.”

I wonder how much more they can pour into this state. Losing this bastion has really made them mad.


75 posted on 12/11/2012 11:29:01 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Not so "commanding", not so "inevitable".)
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To: Lou L
I wondered about that too, as we saw that happen in both Wisconsin and Indiana.

It also happened in Texas in 2003 over the vote to approve redistricting.

-PJ

76 posted on 12/11/2012 11:29:01 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Roland
Yes, it will be interesting to see. It's bound to have some political effect and of course less funds going into the thug leaders pockets. Both the Dems and thug unions are livid and that's a very good thing, let em stew.
77 posted on 12/11/2012 11:29:36 AM PST by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
The price of a union card just decreased in value.

5.56mm

78 posted on 12/11/2012 11:30:46 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: cripplecreek

Sign it and notify the national guard to be on standby.


79 posted on 12/11/2012 11:34:45 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: donozark

Then Segway Boy (as he’s known in Wisconsin) made the trip to Michigan? Great! Was he wearing his dress? This professional protest dingbat deserves to get a hoof or two upside his lice-ridden hippie head. Love it!


80 posted on 12/11/2012 11:47:59 AM PST by februus
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