MUSKEGON, Mich. – A Muskegon Community College instructor and self-professed “labor radical” is resurrecting a Labor History course and expanding it to include a public lecture series with the stated goal of presenting a “balanced view” on the subject.

MCC sociologist Nicholas Budimir told MLive he plans to use guest speakers, plays and discussions about the rise and fall of the labor movement to educate the public about the world of unions, which sounds innocent enough.

But it quickly becomes obvious – by those he selected to speak and the materials referenced – that Budimir has a very strong opinion about Big Labor’s influence in America.  He told MLive he wants to help the public “refamiliarize” itself with organized labor, which he believes “people are very alienated from.”

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“We have seen the decline of organized labor, especially over the last 30 or 40 years, so a smaller and smaller portion of the labor force is unionized,” Budimir told the news site. “There’s virtually no democracy in workplaces. It’s employer dictatorships. It’s all at-will employment.”

“In a way, (the labor course and lecture series) is community dollars at work to try to create something of public interest,” he said.

The agenda for the Labor History Lecture Series, which runs on Wednesday evenings from Aug. 28 through Dec. 11, illustrates how offensive that statement is.

Here’s a look at the “balanced views” to be presented in the series, as posted on MLive:

Aug. 28: Series kick-off and introduction. Special guest Brent Gillette, president of the West Michigan Labor Council.

Sept. 4: “From Jamestown to the Haymarket Massacre: Early Labor History.”

Sept. 11: “Labor Risings: Organizing the Unorganized, Robber Barons and Ragged Radicals, 19th and 20th Century Labor History.” Special guest Michael Johnston, labor historian.

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Sept. 18: “Theories of the Working Class: Reformers, Utopians, and Socialists.”

Sept. 25: Performance of socialist educator Howard Zinn’s play “Marx in Soho” at 7 p.m. in the Overbrook Theater, followed by a panel discussion.

Oct. 2: “From ‘Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?’ to Justice for Janitors: Labor from the Depression to the Present,” Special guest Gerald Kariem, regional UAW director.

Oct. 9: “Collective Bargaining: How is it done?” Special guest Stan Burnell, MEA collective bargaining consultant.

Oct. 16: Employment law, with collective bargaining simulation.

Oct. 23: “Teachers Unions and the Reform of American Education.” Special guest David Hecker, president of the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan. Class will meet in room 1200.

Oct. 30: ” ‘And Then They Came for the Trade Unionists: Union Decline – Explaining and Understanding It.” Special guest: Andy Fink, chairman of the Muskegon County Republican Party.

Nov. 6: “Solidarity, Forever! Solidarity, Whatever!?” International Labor and Industrial Relations: Canada, Mexico, Britain, France, South Africa and Japan. Special guests Jim Chase, Teamsters Local 406 business agent, and Marian Novak, organizer, Teamsters Joint Council 43.

Nov. 13: “‘Goin’ Down the Jericho Road’: Race and Labor in America” and new union organizing: Wal-Mart, meatpacking and farm workers.

Nov. 20: “‘There Ain’t No Woman Like the One I…Exploit?’ The Second Shift and Gendered Labor.”

Dec. 4: “Which side are you on?: Labor and Politics.” Special guest Steve Cook, president of the Michigan Education Association.

Dec. 11: “‘Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More’: Labor in the 21st Century.”

So over the course of 14 weeks, Budimir plans to present seven union representatives and supporters of Big Labor, and one guest – Muskegon County Republican Party Chairman Andy Fink – to provide the counter perspective. Every single book listed provides a highly favorable view of organized labor and collective bargaining.

The worst part is Muskegon Community College is using public tax dollars for this weekly Big Labor love fest.

What a joke!