Anti-Union Wave Sweeps Over Michigan

On Tuesday Michigan governor Rick Snyder signed into law two anti-union bills that were pushed through the state legislature by Republicans. They are so-called “right to work” laws, which President Obama and union leaders call “right to work for less” laws. They forbid contracts between companies and unions that require all workers to pay the union for bargaining on their behalf. They weaken unions, forcing them to spend scarce resources on collecting dues which now become voluntary. Click here for coverage of this major attack on the labor movement from Democracy Now.