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Obama Condemns “Right-to-Work” Laws in Michigan

HeadlineDec 11, 2012

During a visit to a Detroit-area auto plant Monday, President Obama voiced his opposition to the Republican effort to pass anti-union legislation.

President Obama: “What we shouldn’t be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working conditions. We shouldn’t be doing that. These so-called right-to-work laws, they don’t have to do with economics; they have everything to do with politics. What they’re really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money.”

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