Right-wingers Koch, ALEC, pushed Michigan ‘right-to-work’ laws
Source: MSNBC
The United Auto Workers were “blindsided” by Michigan’s new ‘right-to-work’ legislation, union president Bob King told MSNBC Tuesday, shortly after Gov. Rick Snyder signed the bills into law. In fact, the union had entered what King described as amicable talks with Snyder only days before, and the governor—who had previously opposed right-to-work—offered no indication that his views had changed.
“We had made a lot of progress, which he and the staff, everybody, felt good about,” said King. “But then all of a sudden, he flipped on us, and we heard that he was going to sign this bill.”
Snyder’s public position on right-to-work turned into a ringing endorsement, seemingly overnight. Suddenly, he was championing right-to-work as “Freedom to Work,” calling it “pro-worker,” and saying it would create “more and better jobs in Michigan.”
To explain the shift, Snyder has said that the issue simply gained “critical mass.” But lately, a well-funded conservative political machine, with ties to the Koch family and other wealthy backers, as well as to the notorious conservative lobby group ALEC, has been flexing its considerable muscle. What looked like a spontaneous shift in Michigan labor policy had been planned for months—and the success of the right-to-work push could foretell future efforts nationwide.
Read more: http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/12/koch-alec-pushed-michigan-right-to-work-laws/
Nothing like having billions in corporate money in a post-Citizens United World to threaten Republicans that they will be primaried if they dare ignore their corporate masters.
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It would fit better if they were making jobs 
