REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. LIVE IN ANN ARBOR, WILL JONES, LOCAL 4. Devin: IT IS A LANSING SHOWDOWN THAT COULD MAKE TUITION RISE FOR TWO OF MICHIGAN'S UNIVERSITIES, IT'S OVER RIGHT-TO-WORK. AND ROD HAS THAT STORY. Rod: SOME REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS IN LANSING, IF THEY GET THEIR WAY, WILL WITHHOLD $75 MILLION IN TOTAL, ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT HERE AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE REST OF IT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SYSTEM, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE SOME UNIONS HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY AROUND RIGHT-TO-WORK. AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PROFESSORS ARE ABOUT TO SIGN AN 8-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION WHICH SKIRTS THE NEW RIGHT-TO-WORK LEGISLATION AND PREVENTS IT FROM GOING INTO EFFECT HERE, THE SAME WITH WORKERS AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE WITH FUNDING CUTS. Rod: THE BILL IS NOT A HIT WITH THE U OF M'S CYNTHIA WILBANKS. Rod: APPARENTLY CONFIDENT THE WHOLE LETTING FOR WON'T MOVE ON THE THREAT. MACKINAC CENTER SAID HE IS GLAD TO SEE LEGISLATORS TAKING A STAND HERE. THE MACKINAC CENTER IS FOR ANYTHING THAT BRINGS WORKER FREEDOM TO THE MOST WORKERS IN MICHIGAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS IS REALLY A WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE UNIVERSITIES. Rod: NOW, THE PROFESSORS UNION HERE AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY GAVE US A STATEMENT: IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT LEGISLATIVE LEADERS HAVE CHOSE TONE ATTEMPT TO PUNISH WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR SIGNING A PERFECTLY LEGAL COLLECTIVE BARGAIN AGREEMENT AND CONFORMS TO THE SAME MODEL AS THE LAST AGREEMENT AND MERELY FOR A SOMEWHAT LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. IN FACT, ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS IN LANSING ACTUALLY COMPARED THIS TO JOHAN FRANZEN'S TEN-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE WINGS SAYING THERE'S NOTHING WRONG THIS. SO EACH SIDE IS TAKING POKES AT EACH OTHER RATHER SMARTLY, WOULD I SAY. Devin: AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW, BUT NOT FOREVER. WHAT'S NEXT FOR THIS IN LANSING? Rod: WELL, YOU KNOW, I MADE SOME PHONE CALLS UP TO LANSING AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE SQUABBLES. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE CHANCES OF THIS MAKING IT TO THE FLOOR, ESPECIALLY IN THE SENATE ARE BETWEEN SLIM AND ZERO.