[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 159 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H6686-H6687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RIGHT-TO-WORK IS WRONG FOR WORKERS

  (Mr. CLARKE of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Many decades ago, my father came to this 
country, like many other immigrants, to seek the American Dream. He got 
a job

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in the auto factory--a job that exposed him to toxins that ultimately 
killed him. My father died when I was 8 years old.
  Today, the Michigan legislature approved right-to-work legislation, 
intending to roll back the clock on our labor laws. We can cannot allow 
this to happen. Right-to-work is wrong for workers, and it must be 
stopped.

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