“Thousands of protesters took to the streets Tuesday as Michigan legislators quickly debated whether or not to pass right-to-work legislation and voted for the measure despite the opposition from angry crowds outside the Capitol.
More than 12,000 workers gathered around the state Capitol in Lansing, marching in freezing temperatures to show their opposition to the legislation that passed despite their efforts. In a 58-41 vote by the Republican-dominated House to approve a Senate version of the law, Michigan became the 24thstate to take a strike against organized labor with the right-to-work law.
“This is being done politically, rushed through with very little debate – I don’t think many legislators have seen the law,” Ronald Zullo, a research scientist at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Labor and Industrial relations, told the Los Angeles Times hours before the GOP-dominated legislature voted for the right-to-work legislation.
The Michigan House and Senate within hours on Thursday introduced and approved bills prohibiting “closed shops”, which require workers to join a union or pay fees equivalent to union dues as a condition of employment. Legislators debated and passed the law quickly on Tuesday.”
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i hate saying this……..every state that has a right to work law has more of a chance securing large industrial companies moving there than do the non right to work states.unionization of todays’ workforce is a farce. ….a twinkee anyone?