Michigan Republicans End Part of Union Tradition

For generations, Michigan was the ultimate labor stronghold — a state built by factory workers for whom a high school diploma and a union card were the ticket to a middle-class life. But it took only hours for Republicans to tear down a key part of that tradition, the requirement that all employees in a union workplace pay dues. The swift action was the result of a decisive governor acting like a CEO and teaming with a supermajority of GOP allies in the statehouse to win a prize...Full Story