More than 200 people showed up at the state Capitol Wednesday to protest on the first day of the new legislative session.
The union-backed group criticized state lawmakers for making Michigan a “right-to-work” state, and quickly passing a number of other contentious bills during their “lame duck” session.
Kim Dennison is a unionized nurse in Lansing.
“It’s important that legislators know that we did recognize what they did in December as a wrong move, and that we haven’t gone away, and that we expect better from them in the coming year,” Dennison said.
Calling their protest a “walk of shame,” demonstrators lined walkways leading to entrances to the Capitol. They booed Republicans and cheered Democrats as they entered the building.
The protests were organized by the same group behind the “right to work” protests last month that drew thousands of people.
