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Senate passes right-to-work legislation (Michigan)
WXYZ TV Channel 7 ^ | 12/06/2012 | AP / WXYZ

Posted on 12/06/2012 5:23:03 PM PST by taildragger

Edited on 12/06/2012 5:28:08 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

WXYZ) - Republicans rushed right-to-work legislation through the Michigan Legislature Thursday, drawing raucous protests from hundreds of union supporters, some of whom were pepper-sprayed by police when they tried to storm the Senate chamber.

With six-vote margins in both chambers, the House and Senate approved measures prohibiting private unions from requiring that nonunion employees pay fees. The Senate was debating a similar bill, with Democrats denouncing it as an attack on worker rights and the GOP sponsor insisting it would boost the economy and jobs. Separate legislation dealing with public-sector unions was expected to come later.

Read more: here.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: michigan; righttowork; snyder
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1 posted on 12/06/2012 5:23:13 PM PST by taildragger
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To: taildragger

The Upper Hand?


2 posted on 12/06/2012 5:30:50 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (Us and Them...)
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To: taildragger

American are starting to fight back! Way to go Michigan!!! Home of Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge and the NASCAR 2012 Champ! Woot!


3 posted on 12/06/2012 5:32:20 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't tax me bro! Tax that guy over there!)
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To: cripplecreek

Ping.


4 posted on 12/06/2012 5:32:32 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Until a judge decides otherwise


5 posted on 12/06/2012 5:38:38 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL
Michigan: whatya doin"? Trying to be competitive or something?

Didn't you get the memo that unions are GOOD?

6 posted on 12/06/2012 5:46:10 PM PST by boop ("I need another Cutty Sark"-LBJ)
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To: taildragger; cripplecreek

Wow! This is HUGE! Glad to see it. Hope it stands, legally! Wisconsin should be following suit in the next session. :)


7 posted on 12/06/2012 5:55:56 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: GeronL

From what I’ve heard the Michigan supreme court is heavily conservative, which most likely means if a court strikes it down it won’t be at state level. Besides, RTW laws are in use through out the USA and I doubt any grounds for striking it down could be found.


8 posted on 12/06/2012 5:58:57 PM PST by calex59
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We have a conservative controlled supreme court so any fight will have to go to the feds and I’m not sure they can claim jurisdiction.


9 posted on 12/06/2012 5:59:01 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: calex59

Exactly. Besides, this doesn’t take the right to unionize. Its pretty hard to justify forcing people to join.


10 posted on 12/06/2012 6:01:38 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: boop
Didn't you get the memo that unions are GOOD?

They can see for themselves what the UAW did to Detroit.

11 posted on 12/06/2012 6:07:22 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
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To: calex59

courts have declared state constitutional amendments to be unconstitutional! Liberals don’t need any good legal grounds


12 posted on 12/06/2012 6:11:03 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: taildragger
Good.

I hope they can start to break the “quasi-legal” mafias!

I remember speaking to a relative several years ago, who was a “union steward” about his fears of direct deposit of paychecks, and his frustration that the union forced him to work to regain the job of a drunk at work union member, who was busted with a DWI driving a company truck.

I had to laugh about his concerns regarding the paycheck “issue”. I explained the feds and the State of Michigan already know how much each employee is paid, because the company bookkeepers have to report that every month.
It's not like tax cheating scams work if you are paid as an hourly or salaried employee of a large publically traded company.
The government already knew how much employees made that week, and took their cut first!

As for his supposed duty to “save the job” of the driver who chose to drive a company truck while drunk out of his mind...I asked him how he lived with himself.

13 posted on 12/06/2012 6:12:51 PM PST by sarasmom
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

They can see for themselves what the UAW did to Detroit.


Not just Detroit. The UAW has had it’s hand in screwing up the whole country. When they go on strike it hurts suppliers around the nation.


14 posted on 12/06/2012 6:13:42 PM PST by fudimo
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To: sarasmom

The state should now pass a bill to classify unions as corporations and make them pay taxes.


15 posted on 12/06/2012 6:20:48 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: taildragger

Congrats, Michigan! I hope Wisconsin can join you soon. However, we have had our hands full just keeping the PUBLIC EMPLOYEE unions at bay; not sure how the private unions will go for this yet.


16 posted on 12/06/2012 6:26:11 PM PST by Wisconsinlady ("Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves")
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To: calex59

It’s better than that.

MI Supreme Ct. Justice Hathaway is rat sponsored and is under investigation by the FBI through a mortgage fraud scheme, she’s done.

And will probably cop a plea deal to avoid prison.

MI Supreme Ct. will get another conservative seat, adding to the majority.


17 posted on 12/06/2012 6:32:02 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: cripplecreek

But does it apply to employer formed unions such as staffing agencies?


18 posted on 12/06/2012 6:37:01 PM PST by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: setha

I really don’t know. I’ve never had any experience with them outside of temp services and the last thing they wanted was a union.


19 posted on 12/06/2012 6:41:02 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What happened in Wisconsin with the Walker issues, along with Indiana going RTW, had a lot to do with MI piling on in the upper Midwest today.

The unions really over-stepped their value here when they crammed a ballot issue aka Prop. 2 here, a pre-emptive strike to defend parasitical collective bargaining in our state constitution.

They got creamed. But just know Walker had a lot to do with inspiring our Gov. Snyder to stand up and do the right thing.

And MI wasn’t remotely in the same mess WI was a couple years ago, so your good people gave us a favor and we are paying you back!

I love Wisconsin (except the Badgers LOL) and we vacationed there this year.

Wow, the drought in southern WI was just awful, worse than here, really painful to see all those dead farms.

One big difference though between our sister states, you have a continuing mess in your state senate, ours is a 2:1 bullet proof, veto proof, GOP majority.

Right to work in Michigan is only 5 days away.

And may Wisconsin be next!


20 posted on 12/06/2012 6:52:36 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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