As an estimated 10,000 people surrounded the Michigan Statehouse today, an Americans for Prosperity white tent was ripped down and tables overturned, with supporters of labor awaiting action on right-to-work laws inside. The Capitol in Lansing was ringed with protestors,...
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Demonstrators crowd in to the rotunda inside the Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, on Dec. 11, 2012.
Union Member: `Civil War’ in Michigan’s Right to Work Debate
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Chrysler Group LLC employees work on a 2013 Dodge Dart in Belvidere, Illinois.
Obama Can Eat Steak in Illinois Home to Chrysler Plant
If President Barack Obama’s campaign decides to make a stop in the industrial town of Belvidere, Illinois, before November, there are thousands of auto workers ready to treat him to a steak dinner. Chrysler Group LLC’s factory in Belvidere, a...
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