[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 162 (Monday, December 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS

  (Mr. CURSON of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CURSON of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, the Michigan legislature 
shamefully passed so-called right-to-work bills in a lame-duck session 
that insult all Michigan workers without public hearing or listening to 
the voice of a single citizen. Even more shamefully, Governor Rick 
Snyder signed the bills into law after clearly stating repeatedly that 
such legislation was not on his agenda and that right-to-work laws are 
too divisive to consider.
  The final drafts of the bipartisan Michigan labor laws that were in 
place prior to these despicable acts were crafted by Republican 
Governor George Romney and State Senator Sander Levin. They served 
Michigan well, creating a vibrant economy that raised the tide that 
brought up all ships. Small business thrived, middle class thrived. 
Good jobs with good benefits spawned world-class hospitals and 
everything else that comes with a strong economy.
  Governor Snyder and his lame-duck Republicans' weak explanations 
attempting to justify their acts are simply cover. No citizens' group 
has asked to ram this legislation through, nor have any business 
groups. The deep-pocketed special interest groups whose only goal is to 
destroy unions and other labor organizations drove the puppets that 
created these divisive laws.
  Right-to-work-for-less laws are bad for workers, bad for Michigan and 
bad for America.

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