They beat Big Labor in its own backyard. Next up: your state?
Illustration by Steve Brodner
IN THE PREDAWN TWILIGHT of December 4, 2012, Randy Richardville,
the Republican majority leader of the Michigan Senate, called an old
friend to deliver some grim news. Richardville's two-hour commute to the
state capitol in Lansing gave him plenty of time to check in with
friends, staff, and colleagues, who were accustomed to his early morning
calls. None more so than Mike Jackson.
Jackson and Richardville had grown up in the auto town of Monroe, 40
miles south of Detroit. Jackson now headed Michigan's 14,000-member carpenters and millwrights' union, which had endorsed Richardville, a moderate Republican, for 10 of the 12 years he'd served in the state Legislature.
"Guess where I was last night," Richardville said.
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