{"id":180,"date":"2008-01-04T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:21:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:21:35","slug":"michigan-union-boss-whines-about-right-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/michigan-union-boss-whines-about-right-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Union Boss Whines About Right to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesherald.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080104\/OPINION06\/801040322\/1014\/OPINION\" title=\"Times Herald\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Times Herald\u2019s<\/i><\/a> opinion section, another union boss whined about the growing Right to Work movement in Michigan. The ex construction union chief had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\t\u201cIf Michigan becomes a right-to-work state, you might as well pack your bags and leave it.\u201d \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem is (as we have <a href=\"\/another-expert-says-union-dues-should-be-optional \" title=\"Another Expert Says Union Dues Should Be Optional\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly<\/a> <a href=\"\/more-michigan-s-economic-woes \" title=\"More on Michigan's Economic Woes\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> <a href=\"\/michiganders-are-leaving-right-work-states\" title=\"Michiganders Are Leaving for Right to Work States\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) Michiganders are <a href=\"\/michiganders-are-leaving-right-work-states\" title=\"Michiganders Are Leaving for Right to Work States\" target=\"_blank\">already leaving<\/a> the state \u2013 precisely because of Big Labor\u2019s forced unionism stranglehold. The lack of a Right to Work law has not only deprived employees of their freedom of association, but it has also contributed to Michigan\u2019s skyrocketing <a href=\"http:\/\/stats.bls.gov\/eag\/eag.mi.htm \" title=\"BLS RATES\" target=\"_blank\">unemployment levels<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxfoundation.org\/taxdata\/show\/461.html \" title=\"Tax Foundation Rates: MI\" target=\"_blank\">heavy taxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/rtws.htm\" title=\"Right to Work Laws\" target=\"_blank\">Right to Work laws<\/a> guarantee that no person can be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or not to join, nor to pay dues to a labor union. It\u2019s no wonder Michiganders are packing their bags for Right to Work states. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that this situation changes before the state\u2019s economy collapses. <!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesherald.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080104\/OPINION06\/801040322\/1014\/OPINION\" title=\"Times Herald\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Times Herald\u2019s<\/i><\/a> opinion section, another union boss whined about the growing Right to Work movement in Michigan. The ex construction union chief had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\t\u201cIf Michigan becomes a right-to-work state, you might as well pack your bags and leave it.\u201d \t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem is (as we have <a href=\"\/another-expert-says-union-dues-should-be-optional \" title=\"Another Expert Says Union Dues Should Be Optional\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly<\/a> <a href=\"\/more-michigan-s-economic-woes \" title=\"More on Michigan's Economic Woes\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> <a href=\"\/michiganders-are-leaving-right-work-states\" title=\"Michiganders Are Leaving for Right to Work States\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) Michiganders are <a href=\"\/michiganders-are-leaving-right-work-states\" title=\"Michiganders Are Leaving for Right to Work States\" target=\"_blank\">already leaving<\/a> the state \u2013 precisely because of Big Labor\u2019s forced unionism stranglehold. The lack of a Right to Work law has not only deprived employees of their freedom of association, but it has also contributed to Michigan\u2019s skyrocketing <a href=\"http:\/\/stats.bls.gov\/eag\/eag.mi.htm \" title=\"BLS RATES\" target=\"_blank\">unemployment levels<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxfoundation.org\/taxdata\/show\/461.html \" title=\"Tax Foundation Rates: MI\" target=\"_blank\">heavy taxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/rtws.htm\" title=\"Right to Work Laws\" target=\"_blank\">Right to Work laws<\/a> guarantee that no person can be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or not to join, nor to pay dues to a labor union. It\u2019s no wonder Michiganders are packing their bags for Right to Work states. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that this situation changes before the state\u2019s economy collapses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michigan Union Boss Whines About Right to Work - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/blog\/michigan-union-boss-whines-about-right-to-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michigan Union Boss Whines About Right to Work - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over at the Times Herald\u2019s opinion section, another union boss whined about the growing Right to Work movement in Michigan. 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