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December 12, 2012

Teamsters president warns of brewing "civil war' in Michigan

By Amanda Lang

The fight over union rights in Michigan has some peoples' blood absolutely boiling, and Teamsters Union President James Hoffa is chief among them. "This is just the first round of a battle that's going to divide this state," Hoffa told CNN on Tuesday. "We're going to have a civil war in this state because this has been passed by a lame duck legislature." Michigan, which has been strongly pro-union since the founding of the United Autoworker ...

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The fight over union rights in Michigan has some peoples' blood absolutely boiling, and Teamsters Union President James Hoffa is chief among them. "This is just the first round of a battle that's going to divide this state," Hoffa told CNN on Tuesday. "We're going to have a civil war in this state because this has been passed by a lame duck legislature." Michigan, which has been strongly pro-union since the founding of the United Autoworkers Union in 1935, became on Tuesday a so-called "right to work" state, which means workers are not required to pay union dues. Republicans in the statehouse passed the bills this week surrounded by angry protesters outside the Capitol. "There was no debate," Hoffa insisted. "This was done in five days, it was not approved by the people of the state of Michigan. If anything, it should have been on the ballot...

Authors Bio:

OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.

Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.


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