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Default Michigan's governor sides with right to work. Greedy unskilled unions scared ****less.


"Ivan Vegvary" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:34:24 AM UTC-8, PrecisionmachinisT wrote:
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Steve from Colorado wrote:


On 12/10/2012 8:47 PM, Anonymous wrote:


He forged a reputation as a moderate, can-do businessman-


politician, but Michigan Gov. Rick


Snyder, a Republican, has taken a leap into the political


unknown by embracing a right-to-work bill


that has put him at the center of an ideological battle with the


state's powerful union movement that


shows no signs of dying down in the weeks ahead.




"Right to work" would more accurately be called "right to work for


lower pay and fewer or no benefits."






Yeah , and it can also be called "right to work without the union


extorting part of your wages" .




Typically, union dues amount to only a very small percentage of wages.



Now I believe in the good unions have done for workers , but I also


believe that the leadership in many , if not most , unions has been


corrupted by the enormous amounts of money they handle with minimal


oversight . It's not so much that money power corrupts as that it


attracts the corruptible .






If you don't want to work in a union shop and pay union dues then fine,

you're perfectly free to find a better paying job in a non-union

establishment.

So, how do you find a teaching job in the public school system when all
openings require union participation, by law?


You can't...but you you could, do you really think that it would pay more ?

I've worked for over 45 years, never joined a union, and if unsatisfied
with wages or conditions of employment, simply voted with my feet.


I've got a feeling that the opportunity simply never presented itself.

Ivan Vegvary