Michigan House approves right-to-work legislation Updated 5:43 PM ET The Michigan House has voted to approve right-to-work legislation for private-sector workers. House members voted 58-52 to approve the measure Thursday afternoon as hundreds of union activists protested loudly in the state Capitol halls in Lansing. Only Republicans voted in favor. The Senate is debating similar legislation. Minority Democrats are offering a series of amendments, all of which majority Republicans have voted down. Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders announced earlier Thursday they would try to rush the legislation to enactment in the session's final days. Meanwhile, hundreds of chanting and cheering protesters have streamed back into the Michigan Capitol after receiving a court order saying that the building must reopen. The pro-union crowd walked in as lawmakers were debating right-to-work legislation limiting union powers. The Republican-led House subsequently passed the bill with no Democratic support. They rejoined other protesters who were in the building when police temporarily closed it hours earlier because of safety concerns. State police Inspector Gene Adamczyk says a judge ordered the Capitol reopened and authorities did so despite safety concerns. Many of the protesters chanted "Whose house? Our house!" and stomped as they ringed the Rotunda. Adamczyk said eight people were arrested for resisting and obstructing when they tried to push past two troopers guarding the Senate door.