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Attention. he now has a 38% approval rating. it's a 28-point net drop since last month. now, he signed the right to work law and dropped 28 points. i always say on this show you do unpopular things, you get unpopular results. >> that's exactly right. that is the -- this is a weird situation because snyder in michigan is one of several examples of republicans -- a monster year in 234e 2010 midterms. all these state legislative seats were up. it was this monster tidal waves. it meant there were a number of big blue states like michigan where republicans found themselves in complete control of st...

Cost. >> like other families, we have a mortgage to pay every month. we have electric bills and what i've heard is it's about 13% net drop in income with benefits and the wages. that's what we'd be losing every month. and so then we'd have to start picking and choosing how we're going to make our house payments and still do other things. >> reporter: now as painful as those financial hits would be for state employees, what they're saying is what's really at issue here, and you can hear them chanting behind me, is about their collective bargaining rights. their leaders said they're willing to g...

More into health and pension benefit plans. now governor scott walker of wisconsin says that this legislation is needed to help close a $137 million short-term budget deficit and a $3.6 billion deficit over the next two years. but teachers and other union workers are very angry. >> we have a mortgage to pay every month. we have electric bills and what i've heard is it's about 13% net drop in income with benefits and wages. that's what we'd be losing every month. and so then we have to start picking and choosing how we're going to make our house payments and still do other things. >> reporter: ...

We have electric bills, and what i've heard is it's about a 13% net drop in income with the benefits and the wages. that's what we'd be losing every month, and so then we have to start picking and choosing how we're going to make our house payments and still do other things. >> reporter: teachers say, in fact, they believe this is not about money. they say it's about an effort to bust theirs and other unions. but we've encountered some counterprotesters who are not at all sympathetic to their argument given the high rate of unemployment in this and other states. >> shame on you for abandoning ...

What i have heard is that it's about a 13% net drop in income with the benefits and the wages. that's what we'd be losing every month. so then we have to start picking and choosing how we are going to make our house payment and still do other things. >> reporter: as painful as the financial problems would be, what these workers are saying is that the real issue is about the potential loss of their collective bargaining rights. they say -- their leaders have said they are willing to give up more financial rewards, if you will. but they don't want to give up the collective bargaining rights. the...