A union-backed ballot initiative that would make union bosses more powerful than local and state elected officials is “extremely radical,” Labor Policy Director Vincent Vernuccio told The Chicago Tribune. The story also appeared in The Columbus Dispatch and on Yahoo News.
Vernuccio said the “Protect Our Jobs Amendment” would “fundamentally change the power structure in Michigan.”
You can read more about the measure here and here. Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman talks about the issue in this video.
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