Michigan state govt takes away unions "right" to force people to support them or else

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Michigan has long been the heart of unions and coerced "rights" that have exploded the prices of goods and services and drivien companies and entire cities into bankruptcy. Today, lawmakers there have finally passed a law taking away the "right" of unions to force people to join them and pay union dues - dues which are often used to further bribe lawmakers into favorable treatment of unions. Unions also famously use their massive funding to run political campaigns favoring the legislators who back them in turn - ironically while protesting corporations who donate to opposing causes, claiming those are "evil".

No other restrictions on unions were passed by the lawmakers. Unios still retain all their rights to solicit membership, charge dues, unfluence lawmakers, negotiate labor contracts, initiate strikes, contribute to political campaigns, and all the rest. The only thing they can't do any more, is force people who don't want to join them, to join anyway or lose their jobs.

Unions stayed true to form as the lawmakers debated, surrounding the legislative halls, screaming, pushing, shoving, intimidating citizens and the lawmakers themselves. Police had to break up demonstrations, use pepper spray, etc. to restore a semblance of order.

Michigan's governor is expected to sign the measures into law in the next few days.

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Police clashing with union protesters

by Serena Maria Daniels, Tony Briscoe and Susan Whitall
December 11, 2012 at 2:55 pm
The Detroit News

Lansing — Pepper spray, heated exchanges and loud protesters chanting over controversial right-to-work legislation came into focus Tuesday with eyes on Michigan's historic clash between Republican lawmakers and organized labor.

Michigan State Police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that a trooper used pepper spray to subdue one of the thousands of protesters outside the Capitol as lawmakers inside approved the controversial bills.

Just after 1 p.m., the State Police reported only two arrests. The individuals were detained after they tried to push past troopers to get inside the George Romney Building across from the Capitol where the governor has an office, State Police Capt. Harold Love told reporters.

He did not know what charges they were facing.

Protesters began chanting "Hell, no we won't go!" as troopers escorting Gov. Rick Snyder threatened to arrest protesters who were occupying the entrance to the Romney building after the legislation passed the Legislature.

The protesters then attempted to sit down and resist police from creating a pathway to the door — they were removed but not arrested as troopers pulled protesters off the ground.

Troopers also came out of the building to get the wall of people to retreat but only got a few feet before protesters stood their ground and yelled, "push!" Police on horseback then dispersed the crowds, as other law enforcement in riot gear pushed back crowds with their batons.

Troopers also had to secure the scene earlier outside of the Capitol Building on the front lawn where rowdy protesters caused a tent used by the conservative group Americans for Prosperity to collapse. No one was hurt, but Love said several people told police "they escaped just in the nick of time before being crushed by the tent."

Another incident involved a trooper's use of pepper spray when a female officer was grabbed into the crowd by a protester, according to the MSP.

"Without getting into a melee, the trooper used a small amount of (pepper spray) to secure the scene," Love said.