Eviscerating the pouf of the unions. Michigan today became the 24th state to enact socalled righttowork laws. Much like the Michigan Senate last week, along party lines the house approved righttowork legislation which prohibits unions from requiring members to pay dus. Without hesitation earlier this evening, Governor Snyder signed the bill into law. There is a simple reason that laws like the one signed earlier are bad policy and bad economics. Theres nothing wrong with a tough negotiation between a governor and labor unions or between a ceo and his workers. Economic reality has to drive such negotiations. When i was governor, i negotiated hard but change the rules so workers cannot be effectively represented by a union takes away a fundamental right of workers to be represented on matters central to their economic wellbeing. It is one thing to be tough in negotiations, it is quite another to destroy the capacity of the union to negotiate at all. By slowly bleeding funds away from the