In organized labor parlance they sometimes refer to it euphemistically as a “job action.” Anybody who has been around the block knows, that is code for strike or work stoppage if you’re of the faint of heart.
No self-respecting card-carrying Republican would be caught dead or within a hundred miles of such stuff but lo and behold Friday there they were in a show of Solidarity Forever doing just that.
All 54 GOP members of the Michigan House stood outside their job site, the floor of the state house, refusing to go to their seats in an effort to pressure the Democrats, who were in their seats. The R’s demanded the D’s allow a vote on legislation allowing tip workers to keep the current bountiful tip system. Many of those employees fear if a new law takes effect next February, they will actually be taking a pay cut even though their minimum wage would go up.
