Mark Schauer in Detroit News

On Jobs: Opposes right-to-work law; protested on Capitol lawn

Snyder unceremoniously signed a law one year ago making the organized labor bastion of Michigan a right-to-work state. The law went into effect on March 28, so it is too early to calculate its effect on statistics for union membership statewide and dues collections by Michigan unions. But it has reinvigorated labor and Democratic opposition to Snyder. The national AFL-CIO said it was targeting six Republican governors, including Snyder, for defeat in the 2014 election.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer has signaled he will use Snyder's signing of the right-to-work law and the plight of Detroit pensioners to paint the governor as a friend of big banks and unconcerned about working-class people. Schauer said, "The public has figured out he's just another political figure trying to satisfy his political friends." Schauer was among the labor activists pepper-sprayed by police during a Capitol lawn demonstration as lawmakers were passing the right-to-work bill.

Source: The Detroit News on 2014 Michigan Governor race Dec 11, 2013

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