but despite their best effts, the employees decided they needed a collective voice to bargain with managementn the issues of pay, hours, and working conditions. that collective voice was, of course, the union. in this case, the union became something that valve resources had to deal with. it was not originally a part of the company's environment, or its plans. but as whitney and van huesen learned, when it comes to matters of employment, there are a number of areas common to all organizations; areas that are structured by government regulation. the actions and policies of organizations, owners, and managers result from a combination of management philosophy, profit orientation, and legal requirements. to protect the rights of employees, and to clarify the responsibilities of owners and managers, a variety of statutes have been enacted, covering the entire period of a person's employment. there are, for example, a number of federal and state statutes intended to insure equal employment opportunity. these statutes are designed to focus on all aspects of job discrimination. workers are protected

the ohio union stripping law never took efft. the great state of michigan has the same kind of process for recalls. signatures from 5% of the number of people who voted in the last race for governor is what it takes to get a law on the ballot for recall. like ohio, if you get a law on the ballot for recall, that effort stops the law in its tracks. the law is no longer enforce. the law can't be enforce anymore until after people get a chance to vote on it. that's the way it works in ohio. i think 6% of signatures. the way it works in michigan with 5% of signatures. in michigan february 29th this year without any fanfare we saw in ohio or wisconsin, these michiganers turned insignificants to recall a new law passed by the republicans. the caravan to the state capitol in lansing and carted these boxes to the board of state canvassers. this week, they found out they got enough signatures. they had more than enough by 40,000. the staff of the state canvasser said they went through the signatures and totaled up the real ones and threw