red states rule
12-07-2012, 03:52 AM
Best news I have read yet this morning. Get ready for the liberal media to slime and attack this measure and the folks who voted for it
Michigan's GOP-dominated statehouse voted Thursday in lame-duck session in favor of right-to-work laws that critics say would limit workers' rights and weaken unions.The legislative machinery sprang into action shortly after 11 a.m., when the state's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, announced the plan to reporters.
Thousands of people descended on Michigan's Capitol in Lansing in protest, but were locked out of the Capitol.
The lockout was imposed because the capacity of the building had been exceeded, Michigan State Police Inspector Gene Adamczyk said.
Early in the evening, the House passed a bill affecting public workers by a vote of 58-52. House Democrats were united in their opposition; a handful of Republicans crossed party lines to join them, said Bob McCann, communications director for the Michigan State Democrats.
Then the Senate passed two bills, one affecting private workers and the other public workers. The Republicans control both chambers.
After Senate Bill 116 passed by a vote of 22-16, the chamber's 12 Democrats decided not to participate further and left the building; the remaining senators then passed House Bill 4003 by 22-4, McCann said. http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/michigan-labor-protests/index.html
Michigan's GOP-dominated statehouse voted Thursday in lame-duck session in favor of right-to-work laws that critics say would limit workers' rights and weaken unions.The legislative machinery sprang into action shortly after 11 a.m., when the state's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, announced the plan to reporters.
Thousands of people descended on Michigan's Capitol in Lansing in protest, but were locked out of the Capitol.
The lockout was imposed because the capacity of the building had been exceeded, Michigan State Police Inspector Gene Adamczyk said.
Early in the evening, the House passed a bill affecting public workers by a vote of 58-52. House Democrats were united in their opposition; a handful of Republicans crossed party lines to join them, said Bob McCann, communications director for the Michigan State Democrats.
Then the Senate passed two bills, one affecting private workers and the other public workers. The Republicans control both chambers.
After Senate Bill 116 passed by a vote of 22-16, the chamber's 12 Democrats decided not to participate further and left the building; the remaining senators then passed House Bill 4003 by 22-4, McCann said. http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/michigan-labor-protests/index.html