Unions are about people. They bring the human side of employment to an employers attention. They bridge the gap of production and profits. The companies could not profit without their employees who also serve as customers. The idea employees are a burden is hideous and ridiculous. Ford Motor takes pride in having some of the best employees in the auto industry and why shouldn't they?
These wealth barrons want to change the entire dialogue between representative government and the people that elect them through control over media and the propaganda it is willing to carry for profit based in a perverted sense of Freedom of Speech. I thought Freedom was 'an honest commodity.'
I thought speech was communication. If one puts honest and communication together it doesn't spell propaganda based in deceit and half truths.
—By Andy Kroll
January/February 2014 Issue
Richardville said he'd spent the previous evening at a fundraiser in western Michigan. At one point during the event, he was escorted into a private room where a dozen wealthy business moguls were waiting for him. Some he recognized as heavy hitters in Michigan politics; others had flown in from out of state.
One of the men in the room glared at Richardville. "You gotta grow a set and move this legislation," the man said, referring to right-to-work. Had he ever run for office? Richardville asked. The man said no. "Well, when you grow a set and give that a try," Richardville snapped, "then you can talk about the size of my testicles."
Jackson was wide awake now. "Good for you," he said. "How'd it end?"
"Mike, you're fucked," Richardville said. "They've got all the money they need, they're going up on the air, and they're going to push this freedom-to-work thing."
Wasn't there some way to head off the bill? Jackson asked. "They've got my caucus," Richardville replied. "You can't imagine the pressure I'm under."...
