Please read this and be imformed on what's in the bills that our Congress and Senate are about to pass. There's a rally tomorrow 12-6 at the State Capital of the worker people to try and stop this.

Some additional information on the bill:

Although much of the controversy here in Michigan (and Wisconsin, and Ohio …) has centered on “collective bargaining” rights for public employees — there are other critical issues that are part of this bill that effect everyone. We wish to stress that this is a people's issue and has nothing to do with partisan beliefs and encourage anyone who believes in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to please take a moment and read more about the bill.

The governor of Michigan is trying to force through the legislature a bill that would establish emergency rule, literally. Gov. Snyder is seeking emergency powers that would enable him to:
1) unilaterally declare a "financial emergency"
2) disincorporate entire municipal governments (voiding your vote)
3) dismiss elected officials with no replacement election to follow,
4) seize control of local civil services,
5) hand taxpayer money, services and power to private, for-profit firms.
Whether you’re in a union (or not), or support the idea of unions (or not) — understand that these seemingly disconnected events are all really parts of a well-coordinated, well-funded effort to drive down wages and benefits for ALL workers — and all to benefit just a handful of the world’s wealthiest individuals and corporations. Even if you have never been in a union, or if you’re ambivalent about the role of unions — this is an assault on collective bargaining rights for public employees is just the first step in a multifaceted war on the wages, benefits, safety, and job security of everyone who works for a living.
Here in Michigan, the plan to cut off state funding that cities need to provide essential services — while simultaneously dangling the (very real) threat of appointing “Emergency Financial Managers” over those communities who refuse to bust unions, renege on promised pension benefits, and/or outsource services to low-bid private contractors, is just the first “domino.”

His plan declares an immediate end (with no projected restoration) to the founding principle of our democracy: that public officials may govern ONLY at the consent of the governed.
There is no moral, philosophical, legal or practical justification for Gov. Snyder's claim that a "budget emergency" gives him the right or the power to order the suspension of electoral democracy in his state. Those who support his agenda will argue that this is not what they intend, that they are merely trying to be "expedient". This was the argument of Italy's and Germany's fascists.
The process which allows the people to govern their government is absolutely sacrosanct in our democracy. There is no way for us to be the free society we claim to be, if that process does not remain sacrosanct. The budgetary discomfort and long, difficult days of work that some public officials might face given budgetary discomfort, are absolutely not a justification for eliminating the democratic process or establishing unilateral executive rule.