Mayor Dave Bing is a true democrat but he doesn’t appear to be any friend of the unions. He himself is a Detroit businessman and understands how damaging the unions can be. Back when he was in the NBA the money wasn’t like it is today so his money came from hard work.
There are at least 3 seperate lawsuits against him now that were brought by various unions. One of the first things he did was fire some 50 busdrivers who decided to call an informal strike. Refusing to deduct union dues from some city workers paychecks has brought another lawsuit.
Personally I think he’s on to something with refusing to deduct union dues. The union is afraid they won’t be able to collect dues if they aren’t forcibly taken from paychecks.
I have heard good things about Dave Bing. I assume he’s similar to our mayor, who is also a business-friendly Democrat. The guy sure has his work cut out, though. Detroit is a disaster. So many years of bad government and corruption.