Demonstrations can be costly.

PositionPEOPLE & POLITICS - Michigan's law on union dues - Brief article

DEMONSTRATIONS CAN BE COSTLY. WHEN UNION PROTESTORS descended on the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing in December to oppose right-to-work bills in the birthplace of collective bargaining, it came with a high price tag for the state--$901,132 of state police costs. The bills passed the Republican-controlled legislature with lightning speed and Republican Governor Rick Snyder signed them within a day. Snyder has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to rule on the...

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