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Michigan Legislature sends governor right-to-work
Associated Press ^ | Dec 11, 2013 5:03 PM (ET) | JOHN FLESHER and JEFF KAROUB

Posted on 12/11/2012 2:43:48 PM PST by DJ MacWoW

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bitterly contested right-to-work plan limiting the power of unions, a devastating and once unthinkable defeat for organized labor in a state considered a cradle of the movement.

Unswayed by Democrats' pleas and thousands of protesters inside and outside the state Capitol, the House approved two final bills, sending them on to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. One dealt with private sector workers, the other with government employees. Both measures cleared the Senate last week.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: righttowork; unions
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Union goons are not happy.
1 posted on 12/11/2012 2:43:53 PM PST by DJ MacWoW
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To: DJ MacWoW

Good!


2 posted on 12/11/2012 2:48:03 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: DJ MacWoW

Press conference coming up.

http://www.livestream.com/snyderlive


3 posted on 12/11/2012 2:48:03 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Heads up.

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Weekly/biweekly Michigan legislative activism thread December 7, 2012

Michigan Action Alert on Right To Work
4 posted on 12/11/2012 2:49:09 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Not only are the union goons unhappy, the Food Stamp President has expressed his sympathy to his union butt buddies.


5 posted on 12/11/2012 2:49:24 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The law of unintended consequences is an unforgiving and vindictive b!tch!)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Unions have long outlived their usefulness, and are partly responsible for destroying a lot of the American manufacturing base. The chickens have come home to roost, and the goons are just going to have to suck it up and get real jobs.


6 posted on 12/11/2012 2:51:59 PM PST by patriotsblood
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To: DJ MacWoW

Violence broke out in Lansing today over this ...


7 posted on 12/11/2012 2:52:17 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
Unions had their place but now union dues equal the mafias protection fees.

I heard the boy king was in Michigan crying.

8 posted on 12/11/2012 2:52:33 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: DJ MacWoW

In order to be a proper Liberal you now need to believe that allowing a worker a choice is a violation of his right of choice.

That violence is acceptable in order to preserve the worker’s right to not be able to choose if he wants to be in a Union.

We are living in Alice in Wonderland-like times.


9 posted on 12/11/2012 2:52:58 PM PST by Noamie
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To: DJ MacWoW

The bills have been signed.


10 posted on 12/11/2012 2:53:06 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Lmo56

I saw that. How DARE people want to work without having to pay someone for the right! /s


11 posted on 12/11/2012 2:53:52 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: Noamie

Yes. Right is wrong, left is right, up is down......


12 posted on 12/11/2012 2:55:06 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: Lmo56

the Tea Party needs the Sons of Liberty—to protect the peaceful Tea Party when attacked. The Media will not publish these attacks by thugs—so most Americans will not even know what happened. We need a sort of guard group—who will not strike first— but will end any fight when it starts. Some ex-seals, Rangers, Bikers etc...


13 posted on 12/11/2012 2:55:11 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Lmo56

the Tea Party needs the Sons of Liberty—to protect the peaceful Tea Party when attacked. The Media will not publish these attacks by thugs—so most Americans will not even know what happened. We need a sort of guard group—who will not strike first— but will end any fight when it starts. Some ex-seals, Rangers, Bikers etc...


14 posted on 12/11/2012 2:55:17 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Lmo56

Looking at that bunch, I wonder how many played hookey from work to go protest.

The whole lot of them should be fired.


15 posted on 12/11/2012 2:56:47 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: cripplecreek
Woo Hoo!!!!
16 posted on 12/11/2012 2:56:49 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: Lmo56

24-26 states already have this and are seeing growth in their manufacturing sectors.

It’s amazing that anyone is so stupid that they can’t be bothered to look beyond their own back yard and ask, “Does this work in other states?” Even more amazing that you’re such a bigot that you think that violence is the answer to this problem.

It’s about money and power. Campaign money. Political power.

Celebrate. The Conservatives are in control of a hell of a lot more than the press wants you to know about.


17 posted on 12/11/2012 2:56:55 PM PST by Noamie
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To: Noamie

This is truly devastating to the democrats. Michigan unions pump nearly a quarter billion dollars into national democrat campaigns every year.


18 posted on 12/11/2012 3:00:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Noamie

They don’t even look beyond their backyard. They say they have...but then lie about it. I hear it from liberals; they just lie. This is where we are. Yes liberals have been full of untruths and none of us are 100% right all the time but these people have decided that facts mean nothing. Facts mean nothing, just make it up. LIE LIE LIE LIE.


19 posted on 12/11/2012 3:05:30 PM PST by CommieCutter
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To: cripplecreek

Free at last. Free at last. Thank God almighty, you’re free at last.

Next up, MT, KY and MO!


20 posted on 12/11/2012 3:05:54 PM PST by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind. - John Steinbeck :))
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