Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law two highly
controversial anti-union bills, officially making the historic union
stronghold the 24th so-called "right-to-work" state in the country. On
Tuesday, thousands of demonstrators flooded the state capitol in Lansing
to denounce the bill as an organized attack against labor that will
lower wages and diminish collective bargaining rights. We’re joined by
two people who attended the demonstrations: Katie Oppenheim, a
registered nurse and President of the University of Michigan
Professional Nurse Council; Andy Potter, state vice president of the
Michigan Corrections Organization and the chair of SEIU’s National
Republican Member Advisory Committee. We also speak with Lee Fang, a
reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute,
about how the bills were pushed through by powerful corporate interests
and secretive billionaires. Michigan lawmakers are also using the
lame-duck session to significantly restrict women’s reproductive rights
with three bills that would ban abortion coverage in many insurance
plans, and another bill that would allow employers and medical
professionals to refuse to cover or provide health treatment on moral
grounds.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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