MO ALEC Leader Says Right to Work Is Solution to Ferguson

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/10/12630/mo-alec-leader-says-right-work-solution-ferguson

By Brendan Fischer on October 16, 2014

The protests that erupted in the wake of 18 year old Michael Brown's death at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in August have many causes, ranging from longstanding tensions between the largely African-American community and a largely white police force, systematic targeting of people of color fueled in part by revenue-driven law enforcement practices, residential segregation, and disparities in racial power arising from under-representation in local government thanks in part to Ferguson's unusual elections calendar.

Yet a leader of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Missouri, House Speaker Tim Jones, says he has the solution to unrest in Ferguson: bust the unions.

Missouri Digital News reported Wednesday that: "Republican Speaker of the House Tim Jones said the legislature could pass right-to-work legislation and that would instantly help economic development in and around Ferguson.

'One of the biggest things we can do is become the 25th right to work state in the country and give workers freedom. Missouri is now an oasis of big labor influence and power. If you look at a map of the country, we're nearly surrounded by states that have gone to worker freedom states.'"

FULL story at link.

[PDJane]

1. Talk about one size fits all solutions.

No, busting unions won't help the situation. What hole did this jerk crawl out of?

[valerief]

2. Yes, that and separate but equal water fountains.

Good god, these assholes.

[world wide wally]

3. All part of their master plan to establish a two class system...

The aristocracy and a groveling working class

[AgingAmerican]

4. Give Ferguson Residents

$2 per hour jobs with no benefits! That will cure everything! It's the corporate solution!

[FiveGoodMen]

5. The worst enemy this country has ever faced...

...is about half of its current citizens.

[msanthrope]

6. Police union first. nt

[SamKnause]

7. Bust the unions.

Eliminate taxes on corporations.

Privatize EVERYTHING.

Get rid of minimum wage.

End Social Security.

End Medicare.

End Medicaid.

End Public Education.

End the EPA.

End the Food Stamp Program.

Establish Christianity as the official religion of the United States.

Govern by the Bible.

Get rid of all business regulations.

Sign UNFAIR trade deals with every country on the planet.

Drill for natural gas and oil on every unoccupied spot in the U.S.

ALEC is evil with a capital E !!!!!!!!!

Anyone who supports ALEC and its anti-American policies is evil.

[Orsino]

8. They just want to put the tip in. n/t