December 7, 2012

A Union two-fer

A big win in Michigan with Right To Work winning in both the State House and the State Senate -- Governor Snyder said that he will not veto if it reached his desk. From Ace of Spades:
Michigan State Legislature Passes Right To Work Law
Michigan. Michigan? Yes, Michigan. This will make them the 24th Right to Work state in America.

Earlier today:
The House vote also fell mostly along party lines, 58-52, with all Democrats and some Republicans opposing it. Democratic House floor leader Kate Segal, D-Battle Creek, said she would ask to reconsider the vote on HB 4054 during the next day of session, but that decision will be up to Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall.
And just hours ago:
The Michigan Senate passed their first bill by a 22-16 vote, with Democrats and a few Republicans voting against it. A separate bill approving right-to-work strictly for public-sector workers passed a few minutes afterward by a 22-4 vote. The chamber's 12 Democrats walked off the floor in protest and were purposely absent for that vote.
As you may expect, the unions aren't taking the news well.
Next is this excerpt from a column from Michelle Malkin writing at Right Wing News:
The California Federation of Teachers, an AFL-CIO affiliate that rakes in an estimated $22 million in coerced dues, enjoys nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(5) status. So does CFT�s larger counterpart, the California Teachers Association, which collects a whopping $300 million in annual dues. While they burn through mountains of dues lobbying for everyone else to pay higher taxes, these Democratic partisan heavies pay nothing in either federal or state income taxes. Zero, zip, nada. In theory, the unions are entitled to this special status because their �primary� purpose is to �secure better working conditions, wages and similar benefits� for their members.

In practice, of course, the unions are Democratic Party front groups that shovel hundreds of millions of dollars to liberal causes and candidates � against the will of their rank-and-file members and often without their knowledge.

Mark Levin�s ever-vigilant Landmark Legal Foundation has pressured the Internal Revenue Service for more than a decade to force national teachers unions to file proper federal reporting and IRS statements regarding their hidden political expenditures. (The overwhelmingly Democratic donations are not tax-exempt.) As a result of Landmark�s investigative work, the Wisconsin Education Association admitted in 2006 that it had failed to pay more than $171,000 in federal taxes on Democratic political expenditures.
And this is not even scratching the surface of their luxurious headquarters, hotels, golf courses and country clubs. Unions had their place and time -- that time is gone, they need to follow suit... Posted by DaveH at December 7, 2012 4:29 PM
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