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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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1 posted on 12/11/2012 9:41:19 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

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


2 posted on 12/11/2012 9:43:04 AM PST by CityCenter (Compromise is the welcome mat to deception.)
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To: cripplecreek

Right to work Ping!


3 posted on 12/11/2012 9:43:22 AM PST by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo; Harmless Teddy Bear

YAY, Michigan!


4 posted on 12/11/2012 9:45:04 AM PST by Monkey Face (Help stamp out and abolish superfluous redundancy.)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...

Don’t screw around governor, just sign it and be done with it.


5 posted on 12/11/2012 9:46:04 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: jazusamo

” the Wolverine State will become the 24th in the country to have a right-to-work law on the books”

24 of 57, we are getting there...


6 posted on 12/11/2012 9:47:13 AM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: Monkey Face

Lawsuits and recalls to follow.


7 posted on 12/11/2012 9:47:44 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You cant bring something to its knees that refuses to stand on its own)
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To: jazusamo
Employment contingent on joining a union is an assault on liberty, a violation of our unalienable right to associate with those we wish and no others.
8 posted on 12/11/2012 9:48:25 AM PST by Jacquerie ("How few were left who had seen the republic!" - Tacitus, The Annals)
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To: cripplecreek

BUMP!


9 posted on 12/11/2012 9:48:48 AM PST by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Unions Furious: Michigan to Become Right-to-Work State Today

Should read:’Socialists Furious:”


10 posted on 12/11/2012 9:51:18 AM PST by JayAr36 (Can't fight the takers with logic.)
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To: jazusamo
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.

I guess the only thing left to do is for the Democrats in the legislature to flee the state to prevent a quorum for voting?

That's SOP now, right?

-PJ

11 posted on 12/11/2012 9:53:38 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: EQAndyBuzz

They’ve already tried to recall snyder twice.

The first time they couldn’t collect enough signatures and the second time they dropped it the day after the recall in Wisconsin failed.


12 posted on 12/11/2012 9:54:20 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: CityCenter

In a sane republic every red state, and some blue states, should be in a state of political mutiny right now. Governors should be holding meetings on fighting tyranny. States should form alliances etc.


13 posted on 12/11/2012 9:55:49 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: jazusamo

Was watching Lansing State Journal video of protestor on Segway running into Sheriff’s Deputy’s horse. Segway lost. And so did the protestor...


14 posted on 12/11/2012 9:57:10 AM PST by donozark (I was planning to spend Christmas in Damascus, until I read Isiah 17:1...)
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To: Political Junkie Too

LOL! Seems the Michigan Dems forgot that until it was too late.


15 posted on 12/11/2012 9:57:27 AM PST by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Born and raised in Michigan. Hope it works out for them. Left there after 40 years of jobless recovery over and over. This is just a small win in a larger battle, the battle to reclaim our place as the industrial powerhouse.


16 posted on 12/11/2012 9:57:44 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Lawsuits and recalls to follow.


Kind of like with Obamacare...


17 posted on 12/11/2012 9:58:21 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: jazusamo
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.

I find it monumentally hypocritical that "O" is rabidly ANTI freedom of choice in the workplace and just as rabidly PRO freedom of choice in the case of killing the unborn.

18 posted on 12/11/2012 9:58:55 AM PST by GoldenPup (Comrade "O" has got to GO!!)
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To: jazusamo

“....Police bracing for violence....”

Just like Russia 1917.

Notice when Unions do not get their way, there is risk of violence.

well, someone needs head busting.........


19 posted on 12/11/2012 10:00:06 AM PST by kimtom (USA on the Brink, Now Falling over the edge)
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To: jazusamo

Awesome!!! Michigan has been killed by greedy unions.


20 posted on 12/11/2012 10:00:36 AM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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