The real fireworks are set to fly tomorrow as labor unions descend on Lansing, Mich., to protest the passage of right to work legislation in the state. Buses are set to roll in from out of state, and public school teachers are planning to ditch class to march on the capital. Protesters got an early start tonight, though, by gathering near Gov. Rick Snyder’s home to wave signs and sing carols.
MT @WeAreMichigan: People are caroling & singing for working families right at Gov. Snyders front door #NoRTWMI #SaveMI pic.twitter.com/nyMWuGAk
— SEIU (@SEIU) December 11, 2012
Look! Fictional waif Tiny Tim is there, complete with crutch and newsboy hat.
Tiny Tim is caroling right outside Rick Snyders neighborhood #SaveMI #NoRTWMI pic.twitter.com/iPNQ1wuk
— Working Michigan (@WorkingMich) December 10, 2012
Unions are so mature "@aterkel: Right-to-work opponents to sing Christmas carols outside Gov. Rick Snyder's home http://t.co/ThqBZzin"
— octavian (@JamalOctavian) December 10, 2012
Crowd forming outside Gov. Snyder's Superior Township home. pic.twitter.com/ZUo9E3m2
— John Counts (@John_Counts) December 10, 2012
Right-to-work opponents to sing Christmas carols outside Gov. Rick Snyder's home http://t.co/NTQSMJqx
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 10, 2012
@aterkel never a fan of going to officials homes. Off base and unsafe. Regardless of what side or party you support.
— Ashford Hughes Sr. (@ashfordhughes) December 10, 2012
People are beginning to file out and head home from the #righttowork protest near Gov. Rick Snyder's home
— Washtenaw Now (@WashtenawNow) December 10, 2012
That didn’t last long, and it wasn’t quite the scene union members caused when hundreds gathered at the home of a Bank of America executive in 2010. We don’t expect tomorrow’s protests to break up so easily, though.
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