Right to Work: The Battle for the Soul of America

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“There will be blood,” Democrat Michigan State Representative Douglas Geiss

Could you imagine the self-righteous indignation from media if a Tea Party Republican had said this, and then a Tea Party supporter immediately went and punched a Democrat in the face? They are hypocrites to the CORE.


While the American auto industry was withering away, on the verge of bankruptcy begging for government assistance, Toyota was quietly turning a profit making cars in the United States of America. KIA was opening a new factory in Georgia during the height of the bailout.

And which organization was, has, and continues to protest these companies from opening and operating these factories? The United Auto Workers.

Who was really bailed out in 2008? The United Auto Workers.

Who received the vast majority of stimulus funds, in some states as much as 80%? Public service unions.

Teacher's unions in Michigan have left the classroom to protest, while 70% of 8th graders are not proficient at reading.

These organizations have political agendas that their leaders have not shied away from, and it has nothing to do with improving education, increasing wages and employment--or any of the bullshit goals that are given.

Unemployment is lower and wages are higher in right to work states, but the Democrat party and its money laundering apparatus, the unions, will do anything and everything to prevent states from giving workers the CHOICE to pay union dues. A workers CHOICE to join a union.

Make no mistake about it, this is the battle for America's soul.

 

[OKTexas]

Forced dues are a big part of the commiecrat funding apparatus and they will not give those funds up easily. After all like the commies always say, money is power.

 

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The Democrats drone on and on about being the party of choice when it comes to allowing a woman to terminate a pregnancy eight months in, while simultaneously supporting outlawing large soft drinks, circumcision, Happy Meal Toys, and whether or not to pay dues that go to, 90% go to rather, the DNC.

Again, hypocrites to the core.

 

[Mr. Peepers]

The racist roots of 'right to work' laws

And OH YES, it was just the unions. It had nothing to do with the fact that no one was buying American cars becase they were CRAP. The unions did not design the cars. The unions did not source the parts of the cars. The unions only put the cars together. Put the blame where the blame lies, for a change. And yes, Japan was whooping the American cars because THOSE were the cars that Americans were buying. RW idiots...

 

[SniperFire]

The private sector is only something like 8% union.

Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth, unions done lost this argument.

 

[NYcarbineer]

The private sector is only something like 8% union.

Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth, unions done lost this argument.

And tell us how the country has gotten better in the last 40 years of the decline of unions,

in terms of jobs, in terms of pay and benefits, etc., etc.

Make the case that it's been worth it.

 

[NYcarbineer]

The Democrats drone on and on about being the party of choice when it comes to allowing a woman to terminate a pregnancy eight months in, while simultaneously supporting outlawing large soft drinks, circumcision, Happy Meal Toys, and whether or not to pay dues that go to, 90% go to rather, the DNC.

Again, hypocrites to the core.

You're showing your ignorance.

 

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The Democrats drone on and on about being the party of choice when it comes to allowing a woman to terminate a pregnancy eight months in, while simultaneously supporting outlawing large soft drinks, circumcision, Happy Meal Toys, and whether or not to pay dues that go to, 90% go to rather, the DNC.

Again, hypocrites to the core.

You're showing your ignorance.

Am I incorrect about the Democrat party being behind efforts to outlaw large soft drinks and salt in NY? Am I incorrect about the Democrat party being behind efforts to outlaw circumcision in San Francisco? And which party resisted efforts to the point of abandoning their jobs as legislators to allow teachers in Wisconsin the opportunity to opt out of union participation.

The only one showing their ignorance is you. Without making any point at all, just name calling.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

The unions are just a money laundering operation for the DNC.... as was the stimulus.. 75% of all stimulus spending went to union operations.. which of course get funneled right back to the "Campaign to Re-elect Barrack Obama" via dues and union donations.

 

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The private sector is only something like 8% union.

Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth, unions done lost this argument.

And tell us how the country has gotten better in the last 40 years of the decline of unions,

in terms of jobs, in terms of pay and benefits, etc., etc.

Make the case that it's been worth it.

Unemployment is lower and wages are higher in right to work states. Teachers unions have done nothing but protect the jobs of sub par educators and cost the tax payers untold billions.

 

[Freemason9]

Oh, you whiny fuckin' right wing babies.

Union activism is a purely libertarian (and anti-government) action, so you should support their efforts. Just as a corporation has a right to organize (with the protection of the government, police, military, court system, bankers, business interests, and the Church), unions have the same rights (the only difference is that they do not enjoy corporate protections).

Do you want to see thuggery and fuckery at work? Go have a look at Baghdad.

 

[Mr. Peepers]

Unemployment is lower and wages are higher in right to work states.

No it isn't and no they aren't.

 

[Freemason9]

Unemployment is lower and wages are higher in right to work states.

No it isn't and no they aren't.

Yeah, that's a bullshit claim. I work in one of those "right to work" red states, and the median wage here hovers somewhere around the poverty level--exactly where the right wing believes it should be for workers.

 

[SniperFire]

The private sector is only something like 8% union.

Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth, unions done lost this argument.

And tell us how the country has gotten better in the last 40 years of the decline of unions,

in terms of jobs, in terms of pay and benefits, etc., etc.

Make the case that it's been worth it.

You can't compare anything to that brief 30 year post war era.

It was a moment in time which won't be repeated unless the industrial world other than us gets bombed out once again.

Hope that key learning helps you gain some perspective.

 

[SniperFire]

Oh, you whiny fuckin' right wing babies.

Union activism is a purely libertarian (and anti-government) action, so you should support their efforts. Just as a corporation has a right to organize (with the protection of the government, police, military, court system, bankers, business interests, and the Church), unions have the same rights (the only difference is that they do not enjoy corporate protections).

Do you want to see thuggery and fuckery at work? Go have a look at Baghdad.

You sure about that?

What prevents the businesses from ignoring unions and not negotiating with them if the business so chooses?

 

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Unemployment is lower and wages are higher in right to work states.

No it isn't and no they aren't.

Prove it. You truly haven't a clue.

According to Michigan's Mackinac Center, using data taken from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics, private-sector, inflation-adjusted employee compensation in right-to-work states increased by 12% between 2001 and 2011 compared with just 3% over the same period in forced-unionization states.
These good wages came from good jobs. Employment in right-to-work states expanded 2.4% over the same stretch vs. a 3.4% decline in non-right-to-work states. Ironically, Obama is taking credit for jobs created in RTW states.
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According to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research, right-to-work states (excluding Indiana, which passed a RTW law in early 2012) "were responsible for 72% of all net household job growth across the U.S. from June 2009 through September 2012."
This is why people vote with their feet and move to these states. RTW states experienced large population gains of 15.3% from 2000 to 2010, compared to 5.9% in non-RTW states


Read More At IBD: Obama's Big Michigan Right-To-Work Lie: Lower Worker Wages - Investors.com

 

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Unemployment is lower and wages are higher in right to work states.

No it isn't and no they aren't.

Yeah, that's a bullshit claim. I work in one of those "right to work" red states, and the median wage here hovers somewhere around the poverty level--exactly where the right wing believes it should be for workers.

What state is that? Let's fact check some of your BS claims.

 

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According to estimates from the Census Bureau, in 2011 Ohio’s poverty rate was 15.1 percent and Michigan’s poverty rate was 15 percent. At 12.6 percent, Pennsylvania had the lowest poverty rate of any of Ohio’s forced-unionism neighbors.

Workplace freedom states Virginia, Utah, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, and North Dakota all had lower poverty rates than Ohio or any of Ohio’s neighboring forced-unionism states.

Additionally, workplace freedom states Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, and Florida had lower poverty rates than both Ohio and Michigan. Poverty rates in Nevada, Alabama, and North Carolina were higher, but within 0.5 percent of Ohio’s.

Only Louisiana, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Georgia had higher poverty rates than West Virginia, another forced-unionism state neighboring Ohio.

 

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Again, employment is lower and wages are higher in right to work states--and not one leftist has shown anything to disprove this fact. Except of course calling me ignorant and saying it isn't true.