Governor: Right-to-work bills ‘good legislation’

Published December 11, 2012 12:56pm ET



LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he expects right-to-work bills to be on his desk later this week and is calling them “good legislation.”

In an interview Tuesday morning with WWJ-AM, the Republican governor didn’t appear to have been swayed by pressure on the issue from Democrats including President Barack Obama. The president was greeted by Snyder during a visit to Michigan on a day earlier.

Snyder says he believes the bills will pass and says: “This is about being pro-worker.” He says the intention is to give workers a choice.

The Republican-dominated Legislature used political muscle to rapidly introduce and ramrod legislation through the House and Senate in a single day last week.

Snyder says, however, that the issue has been long discussed in Michigan and wasn’t rushed.

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Information from: WWJ-AM, http://www.wwj.com