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"The Wisconsin AFL-CIO is leading a bus trip of protesters to Lansing, Mich., to rally against that state's pending union legislation.The bus, with about 20 people on board, left Milwaukee at about 1 p.m. Monday.Protesters said the so-called right-to-work legislation is an attack on union membership.\"I'm leading a delegation, four of us. We are going to Michigan to actually stand up for workers and fight for what's right. I think right to work is a terrible thing,\" said Michael Wilder who is heading to Michigan.\"We in Wisconsin understand the need for unity and solidarity among workers around the country and around the world,\" AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfelt said.That support meant a lot to the Wisconsin protesters in Madison, and they said they want to return the favor. They boarded a bus in Milwaukee to drive to Lansing, where they'll protest at the Michigan capitol Tuesday.\"I can't tell you what it meant to us to have support from around the nation show up and help us through our struggles, and I believe we should be there for our brothers and sisters as they get attacked. And it's a great opportunity for us to show our solidarity as a labor movement throughout this nation,\" said Betsy Kippers, Wisconsin Education Association Council vice president .The right to work issue in Michigan goes one step further than Wisconsin's Act 10 because it would also include private unions.University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee labor law Professor Alan Levy explained right to work isn't necessarily a death blow for unions.\"States that have right-to-work laws say people should make up their own minds. If the union is doing a good job, people will join the union and pay the money because they're doing a good job, and if the union is not doing a very good job, people won't support it,\" Levy said.But this delegation is hoping their voices will influence Michigan to reject right to work.Similar legislation, which prohibits union membership as a job requirement, is already on the books in 23 states."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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