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By APRIL CALDWELL
Capztal News erl'lct!
l.A I G - Th "r igh to
work" bill i a major i u in
Michig n, but many peopl
don't understand that it' all
about, y 18 Sen. Gilbert
DiN 110, R- linton Town hip.
"Right to work i nothing
mor than giving a choice to
work 1. 0 belong to the union
or not," DiNello said, in r -
spon to union critici m.
"If peopl don't want to join a
union th y shouldn't have to,"
DiN 110 gan," but they wont
t 11." nefit that th union
might gai n for its m 111 €'1 ,
eith r."
Ther are 21 right-to-work
state , mo. t of t h locat d in
the outh nd outhwe t. Th
right-to-work bill, ponsored by
Di ello, will not b pa t.his
y ar, cording to a nate
spoke pe on.
Howev r, if it do . in
tUI' , Mi hi c n would orne
th fir t. i ndu t r ia liz Mid-
with a righ -to-
ar
land-
Many union upport.er hav
criticized the bill, claiming t h t
it give people th right to fr e­
load. Th y also contend that How ver, Frank Garrison,
wages would be cut by 20 per- presid nt of the Michigan AFL­
cent and the standard of living C 0, not d that he did not sup­
would be low r. Howev r, Di- port Clinton in the Primary.
Nello di grees. Yet, when he h d to choose b -
Right- o-wor k stat have tw n linton and Pre iden
gained 77 perc nt of II t.h . non- Bu h h cho lint.on.
agricultural jobs in the .. , Di- linton was a much be t I'
Nelle aid. choic ov r Pr s id nt Bu h,
I n addition, right-to-work Garri on id.
states gained 24,100 new jobs, But, linton i t.ill trying to
in th y ars between 1983-1993 I arn about union procedu r s,
while non-right-to-work states . Garri on aid.
10 t 29,200 job. " linton d no und rstand
Peopl in right-to-work t union , rri on sid.
k p more money in' the nd, G rri n id th R gan d-
becaus they have lower taxes mini tra ion started th tr nd of
and do not have to pay union attacking union . H al 0 aid
dues, DiN 110 said. that if Gov .John Engl r i r-
el ed h . will mak Michigan a
RIGHT TO' WORK laws right-to-work tate.
stat that no mployee can be
forced in 0 joining a union In I ADITIO ,he id tha
addition, th y allow employers th tea her's bill ttacked th
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a of coll b rgaining, by
tating th t t achsrs must ac­
cept th la t ttl �ment offered
o them, ven if it is consider
un ti' factory to th m.
"Collective bargaining h s
b n th tool of th middl
la ," G rrison aid.
"I t ha brought d
to th middl cl
aid.
"Th nefit of right-to-work
i people don't have to strike if
they don' want to," DiNello
aid.
"Unions beli v in ociali m,"
DiNello id.
"1 b Ii v€' in i nd ivi d u 1
righ ," DiN 110 began, "and I
want to challenge th union."
1 want. to t 11 union that they
cr n . w 1'0 ng 011. 111 ill. ,"
DiN 110 aid.
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THE P was
formed t he requ st of Detroit
Mayor Denni Archer. The
grant was made po ible by h
o ing and Community D vel­
opm n A of 1992, authored by
U.S. Sen Donald Ri gl , D­
Mich.
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