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Risking union ire, Romney slams Santorum’s labor votes

By Michael Levenson

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 17, 2012

Mitt Romney is attacking Rick Santorum for his “unapologetic defense of big labor,’’ as part of a new attempt to paint his rival as beholden to a powerful Democratic ally. Romney is seizing on votes Santorum took in the Senate against national right-to-work legislation and in support of the Davis-Bacon Act. While labor is a traditional target of Republican criticism, the attacks carry some risk in Michigan, where Romney is trying to broaden his support to blue-collar voters. About 17.5 percent of all of Michigan’s workers are union members.

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