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Local AFL-CIO speaks out against Michigan's Right-to-Work law

WBFO News photo by Eileen Buckley

The state of Michigan's decision to become a Right-to-Work state has outraged organized labor.  The new law makes it illegal to require non-union workers to pay union fees. Unions across the country and here in Western New York are speaking out.  WBFO's Eileen Buckley spoke to Richard Lipsitz, president  of the Western New York Labor Federation AFL-CIO.