This Labor Day, Michigan union bosses have much to celebrate. Rank-and-file employees? Not as much. Earlier this year, Michigan became a pioneer in regressivity by becoming the first state in 58 years to repeal a right-to-work law, forcing employees in union workplaces to join the unions as a condition of keeping their jobs. The impending change means more control and power in the hands of the unions, literally at the expense of Michigan employees.
What does this mean for employees? Well, the money for union dues comes from them. And more money out of employees’ pockets means more money into the campaign coffers of politicians the union bosses support. Michiganders of all stripes churn the butter, but unions butter the bread of one political party. Right-to-work repeal passed both houses of the Legislature by a party-line vote. It was signed into law by a governor from the same party.
Polling showed a large majority of Michiganders opposed the change. Even union members opposed it. Why wouldn’t they? Under the existing right-to-work law, Michigan employees in a unionized shop had the choice of whether to join the union. They had the right to keep their own paycheck intact and not pay union dues...
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