Right-To-Work crazies in MI trying a new approach: RTW counties

[Bozita]

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/right-to-work_supporters_push.html

Right-to-work supporters push for zoned approach to state labor policy
Published: Monday, September 06, 2010, 6:30 AM Updated: Monday, September 06, 2010, 12:35 PM
Julia Bauer | The Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS — So far, 34 states have voted on whether to ban union shops. Michigan has never gotten that far, but right-to-work supporters have a new approach.

The latest tactic? A law that allows right-to work zones as small as a county, rather than a statewide ban on union shops.

Some in West Michigan believe this region should be a test case.

The idea gained some steam when West Michigan business leaders made right-to-work their second-highest priority at the conclusion of the 2008 Regional Policy Conference in Grand Rapids. The biennial conference meets for its second session Sept. 16-17, and right-to-work is again a priority topic.

Under such a law, unions are not banned, but a worker cannot be compelled to join and pay dues as a condition of employment. Unions have long opposed such a law, calling it the “right to work for less.”

No other state has regional zones for right-to-work, which would prohibit union shops in some areas but not in others. And the decision still has to come from Lansing, according to the federal Taft-Hartley Act. A county or city cannot act alone.

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[Brickbat]

1. "CLOSED union shops," not "union shops."

And some of us call it "right to scab."

Also, to address the story directly: Not just no, but HELL NO.

[MrScorpio]

2. Did I neglect to mention that I hate Michigan GOP motherfuckers? nt

[etherealtruth]

9. Michigan GOP Mother F*ckers are easy to hate

Our crazies can out-crazy anyone

[izquierdista]

3. I bet you don't have to dig far

To find some Koch fiends at the bottom of this.

[Meeker Morgan]

5. Yeah right. There would never be any right wingers without evil geniuses behind them? Get real. n/t

[izquierdista]

8. It's the other way around

They actively seek out the loons and get them worked up.

[Bozita]

4. Grand Rapids: Home to Gerald Ford, Amway's DeVos family, Blackwater's Eric Prince

Could Gerald Ford even win the GOP primary for his old House seat today?

I don't think so.

[MichiganVote]

6. Actually he is more popular than ever in that area.

[sailor65]

7. A whole lot of auto workers support it here

ever since the UAW became as corrupt as the executives.

[Bozita]

10. kick for the late night crowd