Only 11 People Show for Chicago Teachers Union Victory Lap in Michigan

Kyle Olson

The fact that only 11 people showed “for a discussion of the 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike and what it means for Michigan unions,” could be signal that there may be underwhelming support for the unions’ Proposal 2 on Michigan’s statewide ballot.

The CTU has been on a victory lap of sorts around the country, crowing about its decisive win over Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the recent teachers strike. The tour recently made a stop in Ann Arbor.

Michigan union officials want to use the Chicago strike as a springboard for other Big Labor victories, like approval of Proposal 2 in next month’s election. Proposal 2 would enshrine collective bargaining privileges in Michigan’s state constitution, and allow union agreements to trump state law.  To Read More……

For some foundation on this I post this on Saturday, September 8, 2012.

Collective Bargaining: Mythical Right Turned Constitutional In Michigan? Everyone knows that our Founding Fathers’ primary motive during the revolution was to preserve collective bargaining for the carriage industries. That as Washington crossed the Delaware he was shouting, “Save collective bargaining, Christian soldiers!” Natch.  But this is what labor unions in Michigan would have you believe. Statewide ballot proposal “Protect our Jobs” seeks to make collective bargaining a constitutional right, and the Michigan Court of Appeals certified on August 27 that the measure would appear before voters in November.  The Court of Appeals overturned the Board of State Canvassers’ previous decision to withhold the initiative from the ballot. As Jocelyn Benson, director of the Michigan Center for Election Law at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit points out, the legal battle may be distracting voters from what’s really at stake. She says, “Every dollar spent in court ironically could be spent educating voters of this initiative.” But a little education is a dangerous thing. And an educated public is exactly what unions fear.