Right To Work Bills Signed Into Law In Michigan
12/11/12
 
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Throughout the day, protesters showed up at the Capitol in Lansing. The gathering occasionally turned ugly.
from The Huffington Post,
12/7/12:

Gov. Rick Snyder (R) officially made Michigan a “right-to-work” state on Tuesday, signing into law two bills that significantly diminish the power of unions.

“I have signed these bills into law. … We are moving forward on the topic of workplace fairness and equality,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday evening, just hours after the state House passed the bills.

Right-to-work laws forbid contracts between companies and unions that require all workers to pay the union for bargaining on their behalf. Although business groups and conservatives cast the issue in terms of workplace freedom, unions note that the laws allow workers to opt out of supporting the union although they reap the benefits of the collective bargaining.

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