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Omaha Steve

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Sat Dec 21, 2013, 01:14 AM Dec 2013

How The "Right to Work" Movement Fell Flat On Its Face in 2013


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/20/1264259/-How-The-Right-to-Work-Movement-Fell-Flat-On-Its-Face-in-2013

By Working America Fri Dec 20, 2013 at 11:43 AM PST




A year ago, in one of the most shocking reversals in the state's history, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a "right to work" bill into law behind closed doors as more than 12,000 protesters raged outside.

Right wing groups crowed, saying union restrictions in the home of the auto industry meant the labor movement was on its last legs. They talked about which states would go next.

And then, nothing.

Well, not nothing. But what anti-worker pundits said would be a domino effect was more like a cricket effect. In 2013, no state passed a "right to work" law.

FULL story at link.

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