West Virginia Seeks to Become a Right-to-Work State

Last week, PBS broadcasted a documentary on the state of coal mining during the early part of the 20^th century in West Virginia.  No one can deny the inhumane and unsafe conditions in which workers toiled, or the predatory practices of owners who forced miners and their families to live in proprietary shacks and paid scrip that was worthless outside of company stores.  Rarely, did miners receive justice.  Local, state and federal governments conspired to suppress strikes and in some cases armed rebellion.  Coal mining camps were filled with powder kegs in more ways than one.

After time, conditions and wages improved with the advent of the Wagner Act and the increasing political power workers exercised at the polls.  Unfortunately for coal miners, their union bosses saddled up with a political party that began to take their votes for granted and now despises the very profession that puts a roof over their head, clothes on their back and food in their families stomach.  Radicals have taken over the Democratic Party.  Blue collar workers have been supplanted by Marxist/environmentalist groups that have nothing but contempt for modernity and the energy that propels it.   The coal industry has become persona non grata thanks to Barack Hussein Obama and his ilk.

Today’s predators aren’t the coal companies.  They’re being strangled by a legion of laws, regulations and EPA mandates that seeks their extinction.  No, that toothless lion has been replaced by a different breed of predator:  union bosses and politicians that pay lip service while forcing workers to pay exorbitant dues that finance a good ole boy system that benefits everyone but the worker.

Currently, right-to-work legislation is making its way through West Virginia’s capitol.  Republicans are trying to attract businesses that will help alleviate the privations of a state long ruled by Democrats and their cronies.  The Daily Signal reported the following:

The Grand Old Party won big, taking control of the state legislature for the first time in 83 years. At the top of the Republican agenda: bringing West Virginia in line with the rest of the South on the right to work.

More than half of the states in the country have adopted right-to-work laws. And almost every state in the South is doing it. Currently, Kentucky and West Virginia are the only states holding out.

The legislation advanced out of the state Senate by a party-line vote, 17-16. The House last week followed suit, approving the measure 54-46. Tomblin has until Thursday to veto the bill.

For workers, the measure wouldn’t change much. It simply ensures that the decision to join a union is voluntary and that employees cannot be forced to pay union dues. But for state economies, it could change everything. It’s a prerequisite for many manufacturers, who say they’ll locate only in right-to-work states.

Source:

http://dailysignal.com/2016/02/08/how-a-blue-state-came-to-love-the-right-to-work/

James Hoffa Calls for Mob Rule in Michigan

Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamster’s president, called for a civil war in the state of Michigan after the  legislature passed a right-to-work law. Leave it to a union thug to turn to violence when they don’t get their way. He’s not the only one calling for blood in the streets, so is a Democratic state legislator.

 

Of course, the common belief by socialist is that this country is a democracy.  Mobs rule in a workers’ paradise:

As thousands of protestors gathered at the state capitol on Tuesday, Hoffa called the legislation a "tremendous mistake" and "a monumental decision to make" by outgoing lawmakers in a lame duck session.

"What they're doing is basically betraying democracy," he told CNN's Brooke Baldwin. "If there's any question here, let's put it on the ballot and let the people of Michigan decide what's good for Michigan."

Our founding fathers warned against a democracy.  They wouldn’t allow a State to be admitted into the union without it having a republican form of government, as outlined in Article IV, Section 4:

The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against domestic violence.

The Progressives believe the U.S. Constitution is constantly “evolving” to accommodate the times.  What’s a republican form of government to them?  According to Democrats, this founding document is outdated.  Hell, they won’t even protect their citizens from this illegal alien invasion.  They believe this third-world horde has just as much rights as a citizen.  Why not dismiss Article IV all together?  After all, utopia is just an interpretation away.

Source:  http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/11/hoffa-predicts-civil-war-in-michigan/

Happy Holidays from Your Local Union Thugs



What would the holidays be without a union goon punching you in the face?  Pass the eggnog and a cold slab of meat for the black eye, because Uncle Bob is pissed off about Michigan becoming a right to work state. 

 

The GOP dominated legislature gave the Democratic Party a lump of coal for Christmas.  People have an option to join a union or not.  And if workers decline, that means no union dues, which further means no money for the Democrats.  It looks like their money laundering scheme is about up. 

 

 

Generations from now, Michiganders can look back at this moment and say this was the gift that allowed freedom of choice and conscious.  No longer will they be forced to fund a political party that conspires to enslave them to a socialist ideology.