New online guide to Michigan governor's failures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWSHDYCasm4IorS-TCrBVSuZG7vsXAho2nLzr1BWhUWFYw0SPzZEOdfjpdlrAl6gsL793ER0GmDS-fRjjq61zNtQb1OzaPlzFEgd_8jmebQHdrYboB2T-K4bo3wQv4et2aOUTsPK3tUUk/s1600/snyderfails_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWSHDYCasm4IorS-TCrBVSuZG7vsXAho2nLzr1BWhUWFYw0SPzZEOdfjpdlrAl6gsL793ER0GmDS-fRjjq61zNtQb1OzaPlzFEgd_8jmebQHdrYboB2T-K4bo3wQv4et2aOUTsPK3tUUk/s1600/snyderfails_logo.png" /></a></div>Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who famously railroaded a <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/12/class-war-breaks-out-in-mich-as-snyder.html" rel="nofollow">right to work (for less)</a> bill through the Legislature last year, has a new on-line critic. <a href="http://www.progressmichigan.org/" rel="nofollow">Progress Michigan</a> launched a new website today called Snyder fails. You can find it at <a href="http://www.snyderfails.org/">www.SnyderFails.org</a>.<br /><br />In a statement today, Progress Michigan said:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Progress Michigan will expose Snyder’s real record on the issues that matter to Michigan’s middle-class and working families... </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Snyder Fails will take the governor to task over his supposed love of metrics and numbers. Featured on the site will be a “<a href="http://www.snyderfails.org/by-the-numbers/" rel="nofollow">By the Numbers</a>” section, which will track in simple math just how bad Snyder’s policies have been for Michiganders.</blockquote>Here's how bad:<br /><ul><li>Michigan cut $100 million in funding to local communities</li><li>Slashed billions of dollars from school districts</li><li>Given away billions in corporate tax breaks.</li></ul>The result has been devastating to Michigan's working families. The state ranked second in job growth when he became governor. Now Michigan ranks 36th, with the fourth worst unemployment rate in the country. <br /><br />Remember when right to work (for less) was supposed to <i>help</i> Michigan's economy? No, we don't either.<br /><br /><div><br /></div>

MI Rick Snyder right to work for less New online guide to Michigan governor's failures

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who famously railroaded a right to work (for less) bill through the Legislature last year, has a new on-line cri...

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Fox News fires anti-union provocateur

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tIF70HsfpAg" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />You may remember this jackass from the <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/12/surprise-alec-wrote-michigans-rtw4less.html" rel="nofollow">Teamsters' battle over right-to-work-for-less</a> in Michigan nearly a year ago. His name is Steven Crowder. Last year he went to the protest outside the Capitol, he tried to cause trouble and he made a <a href="http://doctored%20video/" rel="nofollow">phony video</a> that showed 'union violence' at a protest outside the capitol. Then Fox News aired the video -- over and over. Now <a href="http://wonkette.com/532300/bring-your-trumpets-we-are-having-a-new-orleans-style-funeral-for-comedian-steven-crowders-fox-news-career" rel="nofollow">Fox fired him</a>. <br /><br />The bad news is that Crowder didn't get fired for doctoring videos to make union members look bad. It was because he <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-comedian-crowder-slams-hannity-liberals-come-in-and-bulldoze-him-like-a-child/" rel="nofollow">criticized Sean Hannity</a>. Or maybe it was because he just wasn't that funny, and he<a href="http://fox%20hired%20crowder%20four%20years%20ago%20and%20gave%20him%20a%20lot%20of%20visibility.%20but%20the%20problem%20was%20that%20he%20was%20never%20that%20funny%2C%20and%2C%20in%20addition%2C%20he%20crossed%20the%20line%20more%20than%20a%20few%20times.%20so%20we%20let%20him%20go.%20it%20happens.%20this%20is%20a%20business.%20but%20now%2C%20sadly%2C%20on%20his%20way%20out%20the%20door%2C%20crowder%20is%20proving%20his%20true%20colors%2C%20by%20being%20disloyal%20to%20the%20folks%20who%20took%20a%20chance%20on%20him%20and%20had%20him%20on%20the%20payroll%20for%20so%20long.%20the%20attack%20on%20hannity%20only%20further%20underscores%20the%20wisdom%20of%20our%20decision%20to%20part%20company%20with%20him./" rel="nofollow"> criticized Hannity</a> as the door was slamming him in the butt.<br /><br />Whatevs. It is with absolutely no sorrow that we note the death of Steven Crowder's career.<br /><br /><br />

Fox News MI provocateurs right to work for less Fox News fires anti-union provocateur

You may remember this jackass from the Teamsters' battle over right-to-work-for-less in Michigan nearly a year ago. His name is Steven ...

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Teamsters organizing victory in Michigan

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZrrukdO4WaPMeYhKITm5fi_iul9N7TPIVCl88A6RJtbun00IozBIc0YnMqLMubRBsnYZJzqrFqSdrWHlSnMeqlXjDrtxlwoO6EsA99Kh0tFosAqDqHs_-kOfn_MK76JUFFVQyhAk7Qao/s1600/Teamsters+organizing+victory+waste.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZrrukdO4WaPMeYhKITm5fi_iul9N7TPIVCl88A6RJtbun00IozBIc0YnMqLMubRBsnYZJzqrFqSdrWHlSnMeqlXjDrtxlwoO6EsA99Kh0tFosAqDqHs_-kOfn_MK76JUFFVQyhAk7Qao/s400/Teamsters+organizing+victory+waste.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our new Teamster brothers and sisters in Detroit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Please give a warm welcome to our 55 new brothers and sisters who drive trash in tractor-trailer rigs for Stafford Transportation in Port Huron, Mich. They voted overwhelmingly on Friday to join <a href="http://www.teamsterslocal337.com/">Teamsters Local 337</a> in Detroit/Port Huron.<br /><br />Jim Parrinello, trustee for Teamsters Local 337, said the workers are seeking fair wages and respect on the job:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The workers remained strong and united, and they had a very strong committee of 13, which grew to 25.</blockquote>The Stafford drivers won even though the company fired the main worker-organizer, Mike Williams. He had refused to give the company the authorization cards signed by workers as management demanded. Teamsters Local 337 has filed charges with the NLRB over the firing. The charges are pending. <br /><br />Local President Mike Martin said General President Jim Hoffa stressed the importance of organizing at the Teamsters Joint Council 43 spring delegates meeting.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">This victory at Stafford is our second organizing victory since then. Earlier, we won an election at First Student.  </blockquote>Parrinello thanked Teamsters Local 419 and its members in Canada who came into contact with the Stafford workers. They talked about the benefits of being Teamsters. He also said Teamsters Local 299 President Kevin Moore, who serves on the Joint Council 43 Executive Board, helped make the campaign a success.<br /><br />Bob Morales, director of the Teamsters <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/solid-waste">Solid Waste, Recycling and Related Industries Division</a>, said:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We’re enthusiastic about organizing many more members across America.</blockquote>

MI organizing victory Teamsters organizing victory in Michigan

Our new Teamster brothers and sisters in Detroit. Please give a warm welcome to our 55 new brothers and sisters who drive trash in tractor-t...

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