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Lets show some leadership, so i stepped up to say when i review it, i think its a good thing. its about being pro-worker, giving freedom of choice to workers. secondly its about economy development. we will get more and better jobs coming to michigan because were going to be more competitive. its important to make a distinction with wisconsin and ohio. that was about collective bargaining. that was about the relationship between employers and unions. this has nothing to do with that. right to wo...

>> oh, you know, here we go. joining us now from lansing, michigan, the republican governor of michigan, governor rick snyder. the issue at hand, the lead story, and thats the right-to-work legislation. you say its going to lead to more and better jobs for people in the state of michigan. how? >> well, it will. if you look at -- you just need to look to indiana which passed similar legislation back in february. and the track records clear. theyve had a lot of companies come to indiana and making...

>> this is not pro-worker. pro-workers is when you have a transparent process, when you invite workers to the table to be part of that process. and what the governor did with the legislature, by not allowing it to be an open debate, by not allowing the public to take part in this debate is not pro-worker. pro-worker is when you do what we did in the auto crisis, when labor and management get together, and you value what workers have to say, and you value the creativity that they bring to the tab...

Cindy estrada of the united auto workers, how could labor not see this coming? >> you know, part of not seeing it coming was because for a long time the governor has said he didnt want this divisive fight. and we went to the table, a number of unions to talk to the governor about how we work together in the same way that we did in the auto industry. so he misled us. he made it sound like he wanted to sit down and figure out how to keep this off the table. but when the time came for him to take l...

Pro-workers is when you have a transparent process, when you invite workers to the table to be part of that process. and what the governor did with the legislature, by not allowing it to be an open debate, by not allowing the public to take part in this debate is not pro-worker. pro-worker is when you do what we did in the auto crisis, when labor and management get together, and you value what workers have to say, and you value the creativity that they bring to the table and the innovation. this...

Legislation in michigan is ultimately about one thing, republicans wanting to turn a blue state red. angry protests have accompanied the decision by the states legislature to send two bills which would weaken unions to the desk of the states governor. that man, rick snyder, has promised to sign them perhaps by tomorrow. ironically in a building named after mitts father, george romney, who according to buzz feed opposed right to work laws, unlike his son. but governor snyder tells an dia mitchell...

Cindy estrada of the united auto workers, how could labor not see this coming? >> you know, part of not seeing it coming was because for a long time the governor has said he didnt want this divisive fight. and we went to the table, a number of unions to talk to the governor about how we work together in the same way that we did in the auto industry. so he misled us. he made it sound like he wanted to sit down and figure out how to keep this off the table. but when the time came for him to take l...

Transparent process, when you invite workers to the table to be part of that process. and what the governor did with the legislature, by not allowing it to be an open debate, by not allowing the public to take part in this debate is not pro-worker. pro-worker is when you do what we did in the auto crisis, when labor and management get together, and you value what workers have to say, and you value the creativity that they bring to the table and the innovation. this governor is not pro-worker. le...

The table, its a hot issue. lets show some leadership so i stepped up to say when i review it, i think its a good thing. its about being pro-worker, giving freedom of choice to workers, secondly in the earlier report, its about economic development. we will get more and better jobs coming to michigan because were going to be more competitive. its important to make a distinction with wisconsin and ohio. that was about collective bargaining. that was about the relationship between employers and un...

Governor rick snyder saying the measure is not anti-union, its pro worker. joining us is rick cline, and mr. mccormack and byron york. >> a couple things caused the legislator to go ahead and pass it and then the protests. one is the wave of union-limiting legislation and action thats taken place in wisconsin, and indiana pass add right to work act earlier this year. and the other thing is the unions tried a new tactic to try to cut this off, is they proposed something called proposal 2 in michi...