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Lee Fang: The Corporate Cash Behind Michigan’s ‘Right to Work’ Legislation

What caused Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s political 180 on anti-labor legislation?

Press Room

December 13, 2012

What caused Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s political 180 on pursuing anti-labor legislation? Look no further than the same corporate money and conservative lobbyists that helped push a similiar law in Wisconsin. Nation blogger Lee Fang joined Democracy Now! to uncover the billionaires backing the recent crackdown on worker rights. 

—Christie Thompson

For more on the right-wing lobbyists shaping politics in Lansing, check out Lee Fang’s recent report for The Nation.

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