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Tag: right-to-work (page 4)By JGillman, Section News
As something that should continue to be on the agenda while we have the chance, I am going to stay on the Michigan Right-To-Work issue. The Legislature and executive office of this state will likely never be in a better position to move this corrective measure forward.
Right now, I have a small request. Call (Or Email, Write) your Michigan State Representative, AND your Michigan State Senator. Ask them if they support Right-To Work, Are Neutral, Oppose it, or 'other'. Calling may be the quickest way, and the assistants, and legislative aides often have their positions available. Be sure to offer your support for the record too! Of course be courteous if they disagree, but do not be afraid to strongly assert your position of support for FULL RTW legislation (no Zones)for Michigan. Let them know they could be heroes rather than zeroes. THEN email me the results to: This particular email account I want to get an idea of who in Lansing is willing to put the state's welfare over a perceived political hot button issue. A small thing like making this phone call could bring Michigan back, and there truly has been no better time than now to act. Please. (3 comments) Comments >> By JGillman, Section News
Its coercive socialism on some form of stimulant.
Over the next few weeks we'll look at the different things big labor wants to protect for its use, and those laws and protections it wants to overturn to make Michigan more vulnerable to the whims of a few elite thugs running today's organized labor in this once great state. Sadly some really good people who are skilled in their trades and those in education get caught up in the back and forth, and frankly I cannot blame them for being a little concerned where they will be when the dust settles. I can tell you there are many who ought not be in those fields however. And those are the ones who are concerned about the push for RTW, or Right-To-Work legislation by tea party types, constitutionalists, and right minded thinkers all over. The weak among the organized masses are afraid. The organizers know it, and are ready with their own editorial template to counter common sense and promote further, the tenets of mediocrity. As seen below the line (6 comments, 1086 words in story) Full Story By JGillman, Section News
Many of you have seen the way in which many of the labor unions which do business in Michigan are teaming up and holding their own rallies in small to medium sized towns, but you may might not be sure exactly what is being said unless you go to one.
And even with a strong constitution, the thought of attending the emotion ginning affairs might be tough. Try holding your lunch while listening to old mobsters try to explain to the younger new union members that they have to be more aggressive, and stick together (to do something illegal). Listen to the custodian mom who has been getting dragged to each of these affairs because she is worried about her job, with the new legislation mandating bid process for off-education activities.
The tour of Michigan towns and villages according to our infiltrator at the Petoskey pro-union rally are getting mixed signals, and our message while standing outside the entrance to the event was perhaps internalized a little. People want the right to work in Michigan. When did we have to start asking permission? For the custodian mom, she is sure her job will be contracted out. She may well really think so, but the attendees are being done a disservice by the labor handlers of hers not also mentioning that her union could bid as well, taking a more entrepreneurial role. Hmmm, "entrepreneurial role" ... where have I seen THAT before? But I digress.. More as I have time through the day. (3 comments) Comments >> By JGillman, Section News
The schizophrenic nature of our state government comes as no surprise.
Republicans who have been around and 'know better' are in the positions of power and are no wiser than the Democrats who have just been given the boot. Creatures accustomed to things done a certain way are hardly the agents of change Michigan so desperately needs.
One would think the taking of Michigan's most important institutions would have set free a newly inspired animal of renewal and dominance. Sadly however, what appears is a timid beast too scared to fully emerge from its cage, seeking the quickest route back to being walled in where it is safe and secure. Our legislators are riding along in some ways toward new ways of dealing with problems that have been building for decades, yet some of them who have been around too long seem to have a serious case of Stockholm syndrome and sympathize with the enemy a little too much. In fact, to the point of being called "Squishy": Led by squishy moderate Randy Richardville, Senate Republicans have always been suspect as a reform ally. And their counter-proposal is a retreat from their mandate for change. Rather than pushing their governor - who has courageously offered a new direction - to be even more aggressive on tax reform and bloated union benefits, the GOPers backslide towards politics-as-usual higher taxes and special interest loopholes. Indeed, I have written before about the cowardice that exists within the republican leadership in the Senate for not bringing a simple fix to Michigan. And yes.. I said it, and I will again if necessary. (4 comments, 910 words in story) Full Story By JGillman, Section Multimedia
A couple weeks ago during a trip to Lansing for a counter rally, I was interviewed by WNEM out of Saginaw. WNEM interviewed a number of the protesters gathered at the state capitol, and gave a little time to the voice of those who disagreed with them. The 10 second clip they used (a couple minutes into the piece) was probably representative of the ratio present, and fortunately they didn't chop it up.
Even still, there was a little more. In the midst of the shouting down by the labor types, the news folks were professional and courteous. We had to move three times before we would not have the disruptive actions of the protesters trying to take attention away from the interview. In fact, for them to do so in the last try, they (the protesters) would have had to stand in traffic.
Sorry to have taken so long to get this up. The interview in its totality (from a separate camera) is below the line. (6 comments, 177 words in story) Full Story By JGillman, Section News
I wrote about coercion the other day. In fact, I argue the contracts that are a part of the public employee arrangement are the result of coercive measures; that they are in fact "coercive contracts." That they are as such, non binding.
And covering only the contracts themselves, one could argue the illegitimate role that labor provides, when discussing compensation and bargaining with public entities. The monopolistic nature of Michigan's public sector employment pool negates any entrepreneurial efforts towards excellence that might develop, and the state's tax payers are hardly served in any constructive or positive manner. In other words, a free market for those positions residing outside the labor influenced sphere would create great opportunities. Perhaps that is what labor fears. So much so, that it has now returned to its base form of thinly veiled threats of violence and extortive measures on the private entities that actually pay the bills. People OUTSIDE government now facing the very same violent animal attitude of organized labor types. Not yet here, but very, very, close. It seems for the time being folks, we have ALL become Wisconsinites. To the gutter we go.. (below) (2 comments, 554 words in story) Full Story By JGillman, Section News
Its time you cut loose from your organized labor influences.
Its not the teachers that are our enemies. Its not the firemen, the police, or the trade workers. Its none of those people who are concerned about their jobs, and how the current anti union sentiment will affect their lot in life. They see Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and wonder openly if they are next. They are. And you know it. And you know the problem is not them. The trouble our educators, our public service folks, our protectors have, is the ability to benefit from their service. Teachers that truly teach should be rewarded. Police and firemen that are trustworthy and truly protectors are stressed because the tax bases of their communities are falling apart. And we pretend we don't know why? Is it that easy to believe the union parasites that feed off our public servant's efforts are in it for the good of those public servants? When teacher's benefit packages cost half again the amount the same package would be from BCBS, you should be asking why. When a teacher who is conservative looks to a newly elected (presumably conservative) Republican majority, he should have no doubts that help is on the way. That he or she can count on perhaps a little assistance in being able to chart his or her own course. When the industries that make up the tax base in so many communities move away or fail because they cannot compete in our environment, safety becomes the casualty. It doesn't have to be that way, and there is a cure. And it begins with Right-To-Work Mr Richardville. (12 comments, 687 words in story) Full Story By Corinthian Scales, Section News
That's right folk's. Our neighboring Cheesehead's in Republican Majority staring out across the Mishigami at us in Michigan have decided it's time for them to nut-up instead of shut-up.
Saying those who didn't see it coming must have been in a "coma," Gov. Scott Walker unveiled sweeping legislation that would severely curtail public employee rights and dramatically change the way Wisconsin negotiates with unions going forward. Governor Snyder, you're chasing around price stickers, a government bridge, fatty patrols and a less punitive replacement business tax? Seriously? ...and, maybe Right-To-Work "Zones" so not to offend? MI-GOP in Lansing, it's time for you to nut-up or shu, no, sorry, not this time. It's time to nut-up, or be voted out in 2012. (20 comments) Comments >>
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