As of today Michigan the birthplace of the the Big Three car companies -- Ford (NYSE:F) GM (NYSE:GM) and Chrysler -- and subsequently the United Auto Workers union and the birth of the American labor movement will become the 24th state to become right-to-work which means that labor unions and employers are prohibited from making any agreements that govern the extent to which a union can require employees' membership. The lead-up to the passage of the bills today was a highly contentious and for many emotionally charged political rollercoaster that represented the larger issue of the growing inequality in ...