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THE 8-DAY FORECAST.
Announcer: LIVE, THIS IS
"24 HOUR NEWS 8".
TO CALL IT A HOT-BUTTON
ISSUE WOULD BE A HUGE
UNDERSTATEMENT.
RIGHT TO WORK LEGISLATION, IT
COULD BE INTRODUCED AS SOON
AS TOMORROW.
PROTESTERS ARE NOT
WAITING.
HUNDREDS SHOWED UP IN LANSING
TODAY.
THAT CROWD IS EXPECTED TO GET
MUCH BIGGER TOMORROW.
"24 HOUR NEWS 8'S" LEON
HENDRICKS HEEREN STUDIO NOW
WITH A LOOK WHAT THE
LEGISLATION MEANS AND WHAT WE
COULD EXPECT TOMORROW.
Reporter: GOOD EVENING.
WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF IT.
SOME SUSPECT A LOT MORE THAN
WHAT WE SAW AT THE CAPITOL
TODAY.
PROTEST AIMING TO HAVE THEIR
VOICES HEARD.
THE RIGHT TO WORK LEGISLATION
IS ABOUT CHOICE BUT
PROTESTERS SAY, IT IS ABOUT
DISMANTLING THE UNIONS THAT
MANY PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS ARE
BASED ON.
IT WASN'T AN UNFAMILIAR
SCENE TODAY.
HUNDREDS SHOWING UP IN
LANSING AS WORD GOT OUT THE
RIGHT TO WORK LEGISLATION
MIGHT HIT THE SENATE FLOOR AS
EARLY AS TODAY.
WHILE IT WASN'T DISCUSSED
BEFORE LAWMAKERS BREAK FOR
THE EVENING.
THEY MADE THE STANCE ON THE
ISSUE.
THE ISSUE EXPECTED TO TAKE
CENTER STAGE TOMORROW WHEN
THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO
DISCUSS THE ISSUE ON THE
FLOOR.
IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS IT.
THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHAT
THE GOVERNOR WILL DO.
HE HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID WEE
NOT BACK THE MOVE BUT SOME
SUSPECT HIS STANCE MAY BE
CHANGING.
YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE
STATES THAT HAVE RIGHT TO
WORK, THOSE PEOPLE MAKE LESS
MONEY.
THEY HAVE HIGHER
UNEMPLOYMENT.
WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW FROM THE
GOVERNOR IS THAT HIS VISION
OF MY? I.
HERE IS WHAT THE RIGHT TO
WORK LEGISLATION MEANS FOR
US? RIGHT NOW, PLOY YEARS
ARE ALLOWED TO REQUIRE
EMPLOYEES TO BECOME MEMBERS
OF AN ESTABLISHED LABOR UNION
WHEN THEY ARE HIRED TO THE
JOB.
RIGHT TO WORK MEANS MOMENTEES
HAVE TO BE GIVE AND CHOICE
WHETHER TO BE A PART OF THE
YUN OR TO OPT OUT.
I BELIEVE THAT RIGHT TO
WORK MAKES MICHIGAN MORE
COMPETITIVE.
NOBODY SHOULD BE FORCED TO
JOIN AN ORGANIZATION AND PAY
DUES TO THAT, THAT THEY DON'T
FEEL REPRESENTS THEIR
INTEREST OR THEIR VALUES.
UNION LEADERS SAY, IF YOU
THOUGHT THIS WAS INTENSE,
WAIT.
WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW.
THE BIG QUESTION WHAT IS
WE'LL.
WE HAVE A BIG IDEA.
THIS IS THE WEB SITE TO THE
UNITED AUTOWORKERS.
THE UAW AND THE LARGER UNIONS
IN THE AREA.
THEY GOT A RALLY POSTED ON
THE HOME PAGE.
RALLY IN LANSING.
IN OTHER MICHIGAN WORKERS
TOMORROW TO FIGHT RIGHT TO
WORK AND THEN THEY AD IN
PARENTHESIS.
RIGHT TO WORK FOR LESS.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
OF COURSE AFTER THIS WENT
DOWN IN WISCONSIN.
WE SAW A RECALL EFFORT FOR
THEIR GOVERNOR.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED TOMORROW.
OF COURSE, WE'LL BE THERE TO
COVER IT.
SUE?
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE CREWS ALL OVER
LANSING TOMORROW TO BRING YOU
THE ACTION LIVE AS IT GUESS
DOWN.