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DETROIT — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said a right-to-work law that took effect Thursday is a milestone that will bring jobs to Michigan, while protesters promised to exact revenge at the polls for the contentious measure Snyder signed in December. Read More

Tying the right-to-work laws with the state’s Pure Michigan tourism campaign seems, well, sort of un-pure. Read More

Right-to-work legislation is hardly a new concept. Read More

WASHINGTON — Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 — part of a renewed offensive against perceived anti-union policies. While unions fared reasonably well nationally last month at the ballot box, their struggle to survive has forced them to spend staggering sums just trying to hold ground. Read More

A heavily documented analysis by a liberal-leaning, economic think tank has concluded the principal reason Gov. Rick Snyder supported right-to-work legislation is pure bunk. Read More

We are a right to work state. That follows on the elimination of the Michigan Business Tax and a phase-out of the personal property tax. Read More

LANSING — Attorney General Bill Schuette says he expects the Michigan Civil Service Commission to follow a new right-to-work law as it relates to the state's 35,000 unionized workers. Read More

Here is a look at the landscape in some Rust Belt states that have pushed for right-to-work plans in recent years — some successfully, others not. Read More