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Title:* *Michigan Vote a Test Case on Enshrining the Rights of Unions Date: Oct. 25, 2012

*Source:* NY Times

* Author: *Steven Greenhouse

*Summary:** *Michigan’s unions are asking voters to approve a referendum on the ballot this November, known as Proposal 2, that would lock a series of labor protections into the state Constitution, including the right of public sector unions to bargain collectively and a prohibition against the legislature’s enacting a “right to work” law. Link: http://nyti.ms/SmSLi2