(2012/12/20) Right to Work is a lie (Labor)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 21 December 2012
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Edition #673
Right to Work is a lie
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Michigan Takes Up War on Unions - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 12-6-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Protest song - Anti-Flag
Ch. 4: Act 2: GOP Pushes "Right to Work" in Michigan: Why Now? - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-11-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Paradox ft. Lee Camp - Devilz-Speciez
Ch. 6: Act 2: Evil People Have Plans - Lee Camp
Ch. 7: Song 2: Paradox ft. Lee Camp - Devilz-Speciez
Ch. 8: Act 3: 'Right to Work' Passed in Michigan, Total Disaster - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 12-13-12
Ch. 9: Song 3: If it weren't for the union - Robin Roberts
Ch. 10: Act 4: Labor Before Unions - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 12-14-12
Ch. 11: Song 4: Company town - Andrew McKnight
Ch. 12: Act 5: Fox News: Dead Walmart Factory Workers 'Appreciated' Those Jobs - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-28-12
Ch. 13: Song 5: Good ol' fashion nightmare - Matt & Kim
Ch. 14: Act 6: Who's Responsible For Working Conditions - CounterSpin - Air Date 12-14-12
Ch. 15: Song 6: Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Ch. 16: Act 7: Fox News is Wrong about "Right-to-Work" - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 12-10-12
Ch. 17: Song 7: Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Ch. 18: Act 8: 'Right To Work' Fully Explained - David Feldman Show - Air Date 12-13-12
Ch. 19: Song 8: I saw three ships - Manor House String Quartet
Ch. 20: Act 9: Hostess CEOS Take Pensions from Employees - The Young Turks - Air Date: 12-15-12
Ch. 21: Song 9: Graveyard - The Devil Makes Three
Ch. 22: Act 10: Union busting is all about the money, not jobs - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 12-14-12
Ch. 23: Song 10: We three kings of Orient are - Manor House String Quartet
Ch. 24: Act 11: Lou Dobbs Is Wrong: "Forced Union Membership" Is Already Illegal - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 12-12-12
Ch. 25: Song 11: We three kings of Orient are - Manor House String Quartet
Ch. 26: Act 12: 'Right to Work' Law Kill Unions in Michigan - The Young Turks - Air Date: 12-12-12
Ch. 27: Final comments on the Winter Holy Day schedule
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:04.6 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:07.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with them today from the Rachel Maddo |
| 0:11.6 | show, the majority report, comedian Lee Camp, the David Pakman show, the Tom Hartman |
| 0:15.8 | program, the Young Turks, Counter-Spin, the Media Matters Minute, the David Feldman |
| 0:19.8 | show, and the Jimmy Dore show. |
| 0:21.6 | And a note for listeners that this episode utilizes profanity to describe just how workers |
| 0:26.3 | in America and around the world are getting effed. |
| 0:30.5 | There was a group of protesters who we are told by the state police rushed to police |
| 0:36.0 | officers trying to get into this Senate chamber. |
| 0:39.8 | At that point, the police officers took out chemical spray, pepper spray, sprayed them, |
| 0:45.4 | and ate people. |
| 0:46.7 | Ended up. |
| 0:47.7 | Eight protesters ended up being arrested. |
| 0:49.7 | And so now there is a fail-anks of state police officers out in front of the Senate |
| 0:53.3 | chambers. |
| 0:54.3 | And it's similar in front of the House chambers as they begin to take up this bill. |
| 0:58.6 | That was what democracy looked like today in Michigan, where the states Republican majority |
| 1:02.2 | began voting on a bill that will dramatically curb the power of unions. |
| 1:06.0 | Hundreds of people flooded into the Michigan State Capitol with the House for Schedule |
| 1:09.6 | to debate the bill. |
| 1:11.0 | Police locked down the building until a local court ordered that they opened the doors |
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