Posted on 12/10/2012 8:47:31 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
In November, Michigan voters roundly defeated ballot Proposal 2, a union-sponsored measure “…which would have amended the state constitution to guarantee collective bargaining rights to public and private-sector employees.” (1) For the first 2 years of his term, Governor Rick Snyder had consistently advised Michigan organized labor to keep such a proposal off the ballot. “My concern is that [the proposal] could start a whole divisive atmosphere of other people trying to put right-to-work on the ballot,” explained Snyder. (1)
Of course those “other people” so feared by the timid governor were fellow Republicans in the Michigan legislature!
In point of fact, Snyder cared no more about unions attaining greater power than...
(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...
Great column.
From the ballot measure 2: “...to negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements, including employees’ financial support of their labor unions.”
That, right there, is why I have a burning hatred for unions.
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