Dearborn UAW Returns to Lansing to Protest Right-to-Work Legislation
Local 600 joined thousands of other union members from across the state and beyond in protesting the bills.
Michigan union members from across the state were in Lansing on Tuesday for the second time in a week to protest legislation that would make Michigan a right-to-work state. More: Recap our live coverage from Tuesday in Lansing. An estimated 10,000 union protesters from every corner of the state, as well as from Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin, gathered near the state Capitol. Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, the Michigan Education Foundation, UAW and a number of smaller unions—including pipeworkers, boilermakers and plumbers—came out. Members of firefighter unions from Dearborn, Birmingham and other cities also came out to stand in solidarity, though fire and police unions are not affected by the legislation. Nick Kottalis, a …
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Nickel
11:31 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I really question whether these UAW workers know what they are protesting. I would be surprised if they lose one member because it is their union that pays for the employee health care. Who wants to be FORCED to pay a club to work? I know I would join the union if the shop had a union only because of the protections it provides, this law only states you cannot force one to join the union as a … more ›