Indiana House Democrats end long right-to-work fight, unions dealt blow in Rust Belt

Washington Post ^ | 1/26/2012 | ap

[tobyhill]

In the end, they just didn’t have the votes.

For two legislative sessions, Indiana Democrats fought the divisive labor measure known as right-to-work. They offered amendments aimed at changing the bill. They sought to put the issue before voters in a referendum. And in their most high-profile gambit, House Democrats staged occasional boycotts to deny the Republican-dominated chamber enough members to conduct business.

But that all ended Wednesday when the minority party acceded to the mathematical reality of the Republican’s 60-40 majority in the chamber. Democrats showed up, and the Indiana House voted 54-44 to make Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Even the unions know that their days in Michigan are numbered.

My experience living in Michigan taught me that the unions basically know whatever their union newsletter tells them they're allowed to know.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Bingo.

[Shery]

Yes, and one of my uncles worked there., My dad and a couple of his brothers worked at Chrysler in Kokomo.