Stop the "Right to Work" Scam!

This is from the MEA Votes Newsletter

Volunteer to educate voters on Jan. 15 about this deceptive, anti-worker initiative

In preparation for the Jan. 15 presidential primary, labor groups are mobilizing to be at polling places across Michigan to ensure voters don't fall for the "Right to Work" scam.

Proponents of this anti-worker law are threatening to get this misleading initiative on the 2008 Michigan ballot. Paid signature gatherers may be out in force on Jan. 15 trying to trick voters into believing that this law has something to do with everyone's right to a job. These mercenaries will say anything to get a signature and make a buck, including lying about the true intention of this law—to cripple union efforts to represent workers by allowing freeloaders to receive union benefits without paying dues or service fees.

We must be out in force on Jan. 15 to educate voters about this deceptive initiative and protect workers' rights. Our goal is to have more than 5,000 volunteers at polling places across Michigan, telling the true intention of "Right to Work" before the signature-gathering mercenaries have a chance to dupe voters.

We need those interested in volunteering to help monitor a local polling place on Jan. 15 to send an e-mail to meavotes@mea.org with the following information:

* your name
* address
* home and cell phone numbers
* your precinct and/or the polling place where you vote
* whether you'd be available for the afternoon shift from 4-8 p.m. or the morning shift from 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

In early January, there will be training sessions in many different locations statewide preparing you for your work at the presidential primary polling sites. Someone will be in touch with you about options for being trained and which polling place you'll be asked to cover (based on targets and voter turnout projections).

We must turn out volunteers in force to educate voters and show the scam-artists behind "Right to Work" that it is wrong for Michigan.