I read your post.
I read both of your links. Given your latest comment, I'm not sure you did, particularly the PBS one. I also read about a dozen more news articles on the subject before I responded.
I know damn well what "right to work" laws are. A summary from the web:
"Right-to-work" is the commonly used term for laws that make it illegal to require that employees join a union or pay the equivalent of union dues to get or keep a job. Under such laws, employees can still form unions, engage in collective bargaining and go on strike. Currently, 23 states, most of them in the South and West, have right-to-work laws. In those states, union membership stood at 6.48 percent in 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In states without right-to-work laws, 10.8% of the workforce belonged to unions.
Clear? This is about the dues. Period.
This legislation was not done in secret. It was not done illegitimately. The bills were debated in the open, amendments were proposed, and voted on.
The Democrats lost the votes. That's how things are supposed to work. We saw what Democrats attempted in Wisconsin, and they will no doubt do the same things here. Democracy is apparently only a value to Democrats when it delivers power to Democrats.
I'm sorry you don't like the idea of a politician changing his mind on an issue in office, but it's not like he's the only leader who governed a lot differently than he campaigned.
And the only side threatening violence is the Democrats.
