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   Left-Winger DemoCRETIN Losers Shit Their Panties - Michigan's New   
   Right To Work Law To Have Ripple Effects Across The Entire Country -   
   Stay Tuned!   
   CNBC: Whither Michigan, so may go other union-friendly states.   
   The right-to-work legislation signed by Michigan Gov. Rick Synder on   
   Tuesday marks a victory for Republican lawmakers and others who   
   believe that unions hurt the U.S. economy.   
   The pair of new laws, which make Michigan the 24th right-to-work   
   state, make it harder for its workers to organize and to maintain   
   power because workers covered by union contracts willno longer be   
   required to pay dues.   
   The impact ofMichigan's decision will be felt far beyond the borders   
   of the once-staunchly pro-union state, however.   
   "It's a union story today, and a much broader economic story   
   tomorrow," said Harley Shaiken, a professor at UC Berkeley and an   
   expert on union issues.   
   That's partly because there are so few union members left for such   
   legislation to directly impact. Only 11.8 percent of American   
   workers,or nearly 14.8 million people, were union members in 2011,   
   according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's down substantially   
   from just a decade earlier, when 13.3 percent of workers, or 16.3   
   million people, were union members.   
   Even in Michigan – long considered the stronghold of unionized workers   
   in America – just 17.5 percent of workers, or 671,000 people,are union   
   members.   
   That's marks a very steep drop from the early 1970s, when about 40   
   percent of workers in the state were unionized, said Henry Farber, an   
   economics professor at Princeton University and an expert on labor   
   unions.   
   That figure has fallen steadily in the decades since, as heavily   
   unionized automakers shed U.S. jobs because the auto industry became   
   increasingly globalized.   
   Despite the gradual erosion of union representation in Michigan,   
   Farber said it's still a stunning change to see such a highly   
   industrialized state adopt right-to-work legislation that severely   
   limits labor's power.   
   He expects Michigan's legislation to have a major ripple effect on   
   other historically labor-friendly states like New York and New   
   Jersey.   
   "The symbolism is mainly that it will embolden opponents in other   
   states to try to do similar things," he said.   
   http://www.cnbc.com/id/100305986   
      
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