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A crowd protests outside the state Capitol against two controversial right-to-work bills that the Michigan House of Representatives passed in Lansing, Mich. on Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. As chants of angry protesters filled the Capitol, Michigan lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to right-to-work legislation, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat to organized labor in a state that has been a bastion of the movement for generations. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Romain Blanquart) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES

Mich. becomes right-to-work state despite protests

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 12, 2012 5:42 pm

Drew Dobson, of Coleman, Mich., protests at a rally at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. The crowd is protesting right-to-work legislation passed last week. Michigan could become the 24th state with a right-to-work law next week. Rules required a five-day wait before the House and Senate vote on each other's bills; lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday and Gov. Snyder has pledged to sign the bills into law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)p

Michigan lawmakers approve right-to-work bills

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 12, 2012 1:14 am

Protesters gather for a rally in the State Capitol rotunda in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. The crowd is protesting right-to-work legislation passed last week. Michigan could become the 24th state with a right-to-work law next week. Rules required a five-day wait before the House and Senate vote on each other's bills; lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday and Gov. Snyder has pledged to sign the bills into law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Mich. House approves right-to-work limiting unions

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 11, 2012 5:22 pm

Debbie Nault from the Michigan Nurses Association stands with other members of the association on the state Capitol steps in Lansing, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, protesting right-to-work legislation. Organizers say the gathering was meant to symbolize the silencing of unions that nurses say will happen should the legislation become law.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Solid evidence elusive in right-to-work debate

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 11, 2012 1:12 am

Demonstrators protest right-to-work legislation in the outside the George W. Romney State Office building, where Gov. Snyder's office is located, in Lansing, Mich., Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Michigan could become the 24th state with a right-to-work law next week. Rules require a five-day wait before the House and Senate vote on each other's bills; lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday and Gov. Snyder has pledged to sign the bills into law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan Republicans end part of union tradition

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 7, 2012 11:18 pm

RETRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED TONING--Union workers chant in the lower level of the Capitol rotunda in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Hundreds of chanting and cheering protesters streamed back into the Michigan Capitol after receiving a court order saying that the building must reopen. The pro-union crowd walked in as lawmakers were debating right-to-work legislation limiting union powers. The Republican-led House subsequently passed the bill with no Democratic support. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Mich. legislators defy unions, OK right-to-work

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 7, 2012 3:41 pm

Brett Brown or Owosso, Mich., chants as Pro-union demonstrators crowd the Rotunda in Lansing, Mich., to chant Wednesday afternoon Dec. 5, 2012, in the Capitol after House and Senate Democrats said there was a possibility of "Right To Work" legislation coming up for a vote. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Snyder, GOP leaders to push right to work in Mich.

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 6, 2012 5:35 pm

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