The party's record as the founder and defender of independent Croatia no longer carries much weight with an electorate that is these days more worried about unemployment running at 20% and, for those lucky enough to be in work, the late payment of wages.

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But occasionally, when work calls for staying late, the return home can be a concern.

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But until late last year, he resisted efforts for Right to Work legislation, which would be the first passed by a state in two decades, and the first in the industrial Great Lakes states.

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