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Michigan union leader says Trump’s budget is ‘an attack on the middle class’


Jean Duchemin, the vice president of United Auto Workers Local No. 1753 in Lansing, is calling on more Michiganders to protest Republican-led plans to slash Medicaid and SNAP benefits.

โ€œKeep shaking the foundations of these billionairesโ€™ mansions because they are afraid of us,โ€ Duchemin told a crowd at the state Capitol on Friday. โ€œThey are terrified of us.โ€