Union members motivated by right-to-work vote

Published December 8, 2012 3:01pm ET



LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jill Laurin-Maxwell, a teacher from Lapeer, had tears in her eyes as she asked United Auto Workers President Bob King, “Are we going to be OK?”

The two were among hundreds of union members and leaders licking their wounds at the Michigan Capitol Thursday night after a swift, double-barreled attack: Both the House and Senate introduced and passed legislation in one day approving right-to-work laws limiting labor groups’ powers.

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