FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 CONTACT: Elizabeth Battiste, (248) 404-7846 LANSING – Politicians and economic policymakers should not use Michigan’s controversial new “right to work” law to score points and mislead the public into believing it attracts new jobs, academics, small business owners and Michigan workers said today. The caution came as the …
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Faith, Labor, Community and Progressive Groups to Formally Announce Formation of We Are Michigan
FAITH, LABOR, COMMUNITY AND PROGRESSIVE GROUPS TO ANNOUNCE FORMATION OF 501(C)4 ORGANIZATION New Organization – “We Are Michigan” – Will Explore Organizing and Electoral Options to Undo Governor Snyder’s Attempt to Tear Michigan Apart, Unravel the Middle Class LANSING, MI – Friday, December 14, at 12 PM, faith, community, labor and progressive leaders will gather …
Free Press: Snyder’s about-face on right to work “a failure of leadership”
This editorial from the Detroit Free-Press is a must-read: A failure of leadership: Snyder’s about-face on right-to-work betrays voters Two years ago, a newly elected Rick Snyder told the Free Press editorial board he was determined to be a new kind of governor — a pragmatist focused like a laser on initiatives that promised to …
Thousands to march on Mich. Capitol Tuesday in RTW4Less protest
Cross-posted from Leslie Miller at Teamsters Nation: Thousands of our union brothers and sisters are feverishly making plans for Tuesday’s rally against right-to-work-for-less in Lansing, Mich. Word is spreading across the country. No one doubts the gravity of this historic fight for workers’ rights. Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to sign the right-to-work-for-less bill into …
Hundreds ready to get arrested in MI RTW4Less battle
Cross-posted from Leslie Miller at Teamster Nation: Hundreds of working people ready to go to jail to defend their rights crowded into UAW Local 600 in Dearborn this morning. They came to learn about peaceful civil disobedience, a tactic that will be used in the fight against the right-to-work-for-less bill moving quickly through the Michigan …
