>> i'm not sure they're going to appeal that way. >> governor, you had said before you weren't going to bring up this legislation because it was too divisive for the state. but you decided to bring it up anyway. what changed your mind? >> well, what happened, going back to 2009 when i started a campaign, i looked at it and said over 80% of the work force in michigan isn't unionized. so it's not a relevant issue to most michiganders and as a practical matter, we had much more pressing things to take care of. we've done tax reform. we've balanced our budget. we're paying down debt. education reform. a long list of important things that were higher priorities. what happened was this last summer. labor leaders decided to start a ballot initiative to put something on michigan's ballot regarding collective bargaining. and again, i believe in collective bargaining, but they went to a huge overreach to do something in michigan's constitution. and i asked them not to move ahead because i said if you do this, you're going to start a divisive discussion on labor issues that include collective bargaining but also right-to-work. they went ahead with the proposal.
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