Lansing, MI.

The day after President Obama spoke to the union faithful in Michigan (MI) yesterday, union members gathered to protest "Right to Work" bills slated to be voted on today in the MI State Legislature.

Violence ensued, arrests were made.

Let me state, I was a union member for nearly 20 years. Intl. Assoc. of Machinists. Local 751.

I don't know exactly what the new "Right to Work" laws in MI will look like. It seems clear however that the union bosses are not a bit pleased.

At Boeing, before retiring in 1991, I had a choice. Be a card carrying member of IAM Local 751, or not. The thing was, Boeing would deduct your monthly union dues from your paycheck regardless of your union membership status. So....why not be a member of the union...right?

Perhaps those defiant UAW guys in MI should start to ask themselves how all these sweet labors deals we had going on led us to this?
Oh and not to besmirch the teachers union, the teamsters, and all the others, I saw you guys waving your signs around today also.