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Michigan State Police and the Department of Corrections are investigating after an employee was beaten up at a Jackson prison. It happened at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility on Wednesday night. Aget more >> Physician's assistant found in a closetget more >> Police are asking the public for help finding a man who robbed a bank Friday morning. It happened at the Independent Bank at 1245 East Grand River in Williamston just before 10:30 a.m. Meridian Townshipget more >> Bank robbed in Williamston on Friday morningget more >> The Eaton County Sheriff's Department had its hands full with meth labs last night. Deputies went to two busts - one in Charlotte and the other in Windsor Township. There was a third bust, in which copsget more >> Two in Eaton County, one in Lansingget more >> Police in Eaton County are looking for three people who they say broke into a home, tied up the owner, and stole several items from the house. It happened around 2 a.m. on Friday along the 1400 blockget more >> Three suspects broke in, tied up ownerget more >> Officials got the call just before 7 P.M. Tuesday night to the Mason State Bank on Cedar Street in Mason, where they say a bank robbery took place. It was reported that the male suspect came in justget more >> A male suspect came into a bank in Mason just before closing with a handgun and demanded money from an employee.get more >> A Michigan State Police trooper fatally shot a man after a middle-of-the-night traffic stop in Genesee County.get more >> A Michigan State Police trooper fatally shot a man after a middle-of-the-night traffic stop in Genesee County.get more >> Police believe two sisters are the brains behind a home invasion in Holt earlier this month. Police say two Lansing men broke into a home in the 1800 block of Schoolcraft, tied-up the homeowner, and stoleget more >> Both face numerous charges for home invasionget more >> Hazardous material was found in a home on Lansing's south side after a police raid late Wednesday night. There were 180 Pounds of hazardous waste found inside the home on Valencia Street, along withget more >> There were 180 Pounds of hazardous waste found inside the home on Valencia Street, along with 25 prior One Pot Meth, and 62 gas generators.get more >> A Hope College student in western Michigan has died after being struck by a private bus.get more >> A Hope College student in western Michigan has died after being struck by a private bus.get more >> Two suspects are in custody after Eaton County Sheriff's Officials responded to a home with possible methamphetamine activity. According to officials they located components used in the manufacturingget more >> Officials located components used in making meth, numerous one pot meth labs, potted marijuana plants, and a loaded hand gun.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – More than 2,500 protesters swarmed the inside of the Capitol today in opposition of the right-to-work legislation that Governor Snyder signed late Tuesday evening.
The protesters came from all over the state- chanting, pounding and yelling their way through the rotunda to express their outrage over new laws they say will likely throw crippling lows at Michigan unions.
"This [law] says that you can't even negotiate that people who benefit from a contract will have to pay their fair share," says Lily Eskelsen, vice president of the National Education Association. "This is an attack on working families, on people who work for a paycheck."
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. made a surprise visit to protesters inside the Capitol, urging them to continue fighting for workers' rights, and even consider a mass strike. "[Making a difference] may even involve a major one-day strike so that the workers' power be felt," says Jackson. "If Mandela can spend 27 years in jail, if Dr. King can spend night after night in jail for a sacrifice, maybe a one-day strike by workers may be felt, and will send a message that workers will not be going backwards."
Jackson also called the right-to-work a bold state's rights act that will increase the gap between the wealthy and the working class.
Emerald Morrow is a reporter with WLNS-TV. Reach out to her on Facebook, Twitter or email at emorrow@wlns.com.
