The right to work for less.

Jobs are a key point of this election season in Michigan and already the stage is being set for Jobs vs. Living Wages. The new push to make Michigan a Right To Work state is misguided at best. Right to work would dramatically cut the power and influence of the states Labor Unions and leave Michigan’s work force completely at the mercy of corporations that have been abandoning us when ever possible. Union wages and benefits used to be the gold standard that everybody wished to achieve. The increasing weakness of Unions is directly related to the shrinking of the middle class and stagnate wages that don’t even keep up with inflation in many cases. Michigan needs to create jobs, but your right to work shouldn’t cost your right to a livable wage.