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.
Conservative journalist Crowder punched in face several times:
Nice. My friend has a video from the other side of the tent. I’ll post it when he has it ready to go.
Did they ever find the B-25 that had to pancake in the Mon after running out of gas?
Last time I was up there, it was readily available but is now brewed in Latrobe and not at the longtime facility in Lawrenceville. One oldtime brand that was revived in 2010 was Duke:
As for the B-52 and the Mon, I'll defer to Pittsburgh experts. I've been gone from there almost 40 years. But, I did bust a union before heading to the far-better Christian Conservative state of Texas.
Oh the irony! Pro Choice when it comes to abortion, but NO choice when it comes to joining a union. Typical liberal mentality.
You got that right.
Hmm. Now that Michigan is a right to work state, why don’t they just hire new teachers while the others are on strike?
And when the union thugs come out in force then it’s time for pepper gas and high pressure water cannons to flush the scum away. Screw the union trash.
Pro right to workers should follow obamas advice: If they bring a knife, you bring a gun.
As the daughter of a now deceased Ford Motor Company Skilled trade worker from the 60’s and 70’s, he would be MORTIFIED to see the way the union behaved in Lansing today. In his last years of working he always said the union was only there to protect the lazy man. How right he was.
I think taser guns ought to be in force in any event where Union THugs are present - and let them feel the force of a taser when they get out of line!
Thugs only understand force. Meet them with overwhelming force.
Isn’t that so typical of the Marxist “We lead while you supply the cannon fodder” mentality?
Bob Beckel was just on the Five lying about Unions and all the great things they’ve done this country. Once again, another liberal attributed the 40 hr work week to unions and not Henry Ford.
None of the other co-hosts called him out on his bull crap.
Breitbart.com is the absolute worst website to download. I don’t know why but it is and I don’t recommend it to anyone.......
Somebody needs to remind these thugs...
YOU LOST!
The irony of the president’s stance is that if dovetails nicely with democrat politics.(Something about the kettle calling the ...whatever black?)
I never have a problem with it. Loads fine for me.
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