Celebrations after passing of the right to work law

Government Meeting to Celebrate the Passing of Right to work law

A meeting was held at the Lincoln dinner to celebrate the passing and enacting of the right to work law. Governor Snyder supported the law and though many people had negative issues concerning the law. Protests were held demonstrating for the union workers whose job had been brought to an end. According to Melissa Waters whose both parents were union workers said that it was not fair to demolish the unions since the workers had their basic needs to cater for and bringing to an end their job was not fair.

The union protected the rights of the workers and hence they were essential bodies to workers. Governor Snyder said that he viewed the law as pro-worker rather than anti-union and said that it would bring jobs to Michigan.  The protests against the law were held since the law made it illegal to require a financial contribution to a union as matter of employment. The workers felt that the union was necessary since it protected their rights. The labor laws and contract stipulations state employees should keep paying mandatory union dues or urgency fees until their collective bargaining agreement expires or until they reach an annual enrolment period for provoking paycheck deductions.

Supporters joined in the meeting for the celebrations though they were greatly outnumbered by the many protestors who demonstrated in the streets.  Firefighters, teachers and factory workers said that the protests were just. Snyder had earlier said that the right to work issue was divisive since different people showed different views concerning it even others challenged the bill at the Supreme Court before it  was finally passed and the law was due enactment. Boonin said that the unions had not been flushed out legally.

The governor said that the law was a good legislation since it would eliminate unnecessary expenditures of resources to unions by the hard-working Michigans and would lead to creation of better jobs but opponents rigidly believed that the law would reduce the union membership and drive wages and benefits down hence hurting the middle class. In response to that view, Snyder argued that the fight for unions would only be giving an opporutunity to unions to be more responsive to workers and that even most jobs in Michigan were not unionized. Supporters added that if there were anyone to be blamed, would be the union workers since many people had run into them where they bragged about their pay and benefits. They also posed the question that if the unions were so beneficial why would they be worried about the right to work law and yet they would definitely join.

Supporters expressed the pleasure to the law and believed that it would boost the economy despite the negative views of the opponents that it threatened member’s livelihood and would hamper organizing.