… State could become the 24th right-to-work state in the nation. “A right-to-work law makes Michigan home again,” … jobs, but prosper.” Extending right-to-work protections to employees …
… to make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state, which would allow employees to work at a business without being … this year, Indiana became a right-to-work state. In other words, though …
… just three states adopted a right-to-work law – Louisiana (1976), Idaho … step toward becoming the 29th right-to-work state, when its Republican-controlled … Wisconsin and Indiana all passed right-to-work laws when Republicans …
… st days before the state's right-to-work law goes into effect, a union … years. "The company and union worked collaboratively to reach a … For It Universities Dodging Right-to-Work Law Under Scrutiny Taylor …
… challenging a popular governor’s signature project. Instead, we were proved right. Gov. Engler’s successor only doubled down on his unsuccessful initiative. … recommendations to get union power — and government cost — under control. Our work from years ago doesn’t always make today’s headlines, but its impact does. …
… would accrue from becoming a right-to-work state. Vernuccio told Reuters … impacted by Indiana passing a right-to-work law earlier this year. The … Business, Vernuccio explained that right-to-work does not affect collective …
Wins for Freedom Passing right-to-work is the Mackinac Center’s crowning … lives. As the result of our work with LeDuff, we learned that … forfeiture laws since 1996 and worked with a bipartisan coalition … every government worker a “right-to-work” environment, fulfilling …
… Illinois who is suing for the right to leave his union. His case … mandatory bargaining units right-to-work. The sudden death of Justice … by mandatory unions in non-right-to-work states must pay agency fees …
… the 2012 ballot wasn't about right-to-work. United Auto Workers President … asked the legislature for right-to-work legislation. The legislature … signed them into law. As the right-to-work measures began moving, …
… affirming an Ann Arbor teacher’s right to leave his union, raising … hostage despite the state’s right-to-work law. The Mackinac Center for … contracts. Though Michigan’s right-to-work law that allows him to do this …
… Michigan Legislature passed right-to-work, the Mackinac Center Legal … service fee, despite Michigan’s right-to-work law, because of an unusually … three months after the state’s right-to-work law was enacted on …
… years since Michigan became a right-to-work state — where workers can choose … Since 2012, the year before right-to-work went into effect, the 14 major … just how much the state’s right-to-work law had cut their ranks.” …
… Missouri Legislature Monday on a proposed right-to-work law in that state, according to the … Vernuccio dispelled several myths about right-to-work, explaining “All it does is give a …
… which would repeal the state right-to-work law. House Bill 4004 would repeal right-to-work protections for public sector … House Bill 4005 would repeal right-to-work protections in the …
Celebrating 10 Years of Right-to-Work in Michigan Workers for Opportunity My Pay My Say The Labor Policy Initiative is dedicated to freedom in the …
… case that would have brought right-to-work protections to public employees … meaning government unions in non-right-to-work states can still get public … they have a First Amendment right not to fund politics they disagree …
… Traverse City. Reed discussed how right-to-work laws protect employees from compulsory … several other states that adopted right-to-work status. The interview is 21 minutes …
… of union power – became a right-to-work state, most of its largest … percent of their total — since right-to-work went into effect. From 2012 … since 2012, the year prior to right-to-work. Membership went from …
… in their argument against right-to-work, court documents show. Teamsters … No. 214 stated Dec. 6 that right-to-work was "a violation of the prohibitions … members of the union had to work against their will on behalf …
Michigan’s right-to-work law takes effect today, meaning that … are seeing Michigan on the right track.” Vernuccio also thinks right-to-work will make unions stronger in …
… Vincent Vernuccio told CNN today that a right-to-work law, “simply gives workers the freedom … union.” Vernuccio also pointed out that right-to-work laws have no impact on collective bargaining …
… eight-year anniversary of adopting a right-to-work law, which makes it illegal to force … realizing just how much the state’s right-to-work law had cut their ranks. For decades, …
… in 2023: Repeal the state’s right-to-work law, which took effect a decade … school teachers will retain the right to opt out of unions regardless … establishes that point. Any right-to-work repeal would affect only private …
… states for job growth are right-to-work states, while nearly all of … amount of job growth are non-right-to-work states. More broadly, 18 out … fastest employment growth are right-to-work states while 19 of …
… hit the Manufacturing Belt: right-to-work legislation in Indiana. The … rest of the country. The right-to-work bill that was signed into law … labor organization. In non-right-to-work states, including Michigan, …
Negotiating right-to-work-dodging contract extensions could … state funding. Michigan's new right-to-work law prohibits contracts that … Rep. Pscholka said negotiating a right-to-work-dodging contract would …
… that per-capita earnings in right-to-work states are about $5,000 less than in non-right-to-work states. What he didn't say … per-capita earnings as a non-right-to-work state were below right-to-work …
… constant claim by opponents of right-to-work, whether it be from the AFL-CIO, … is that income is lower in right-to-work states. But these naysayers … wealth — the difference between right-to-work and non-right-to-work …
… fight over Michigan becoming a right-to-work state President Obama said … race to the bottom" and "the right to work for less money." The President's … executives and critics of right-to-work laws. But a look at …
… Legislature plan to repeal the state’s right-to-work law, she was concerned. But she was … the SEIU, even if lawmakers repeal right-to-work. That’s because she is protected by …
… University helped unions dodge Michigan's right-to-work law without getting much in … February. Under Michigan’s new right-to-work law, requiring an employee … contract was approved before right-to-work went into effect on …
… Wayne, Ind. "Indiana became a right-to-work state and (it) offers us a … employees. So did the pending right-to-work law come too late for the company … said. He said Android prefers right-to-work states because it gives …
… 145 Michigan school districts signed right-to-work-dodging contracts that lock union … March 28 when the state's right-to-work law went to effect. When contracts … Michigan can exercise their right to get out of their union. …
… Missouri the nation’s 28th right-to-work state. But that is just the … for labor reform. “Signing right-to-work legislation is worthy of congratulations in its own right, but Gov. Greitens could do …
… their freedom under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The court affirmed a … agreement” just before the state’s right-to-work law took effect was “excessive … for helping us ensure our right to work.” The Mackinac Center …
… their union contracts after right-to-work became law kept language in … Munising Public Schools, said the right-to-work legislation was still being … prior to the effective date of right-to-work. “At the time there …
… ly, when people think of a right-to-work law, they think of it in terms … understandably so, because right-to-work laws — which exist in 23 states … union bank accounts. A state right-to-work law would end that …
… explains in this Lansing State Journal Op-Ed why Michigan should consider a right-to-work law.
… 30 protesters holding anti-right-to-work and other signs with union … labor was so worried about the right-to-work event Thursday shows that the … Michigan Capitol Confidential Right-to-Work Coverage Despite Media …
… Frank Beckmann Show” on Detroit’s News/Talk WJR760. Reed discussed how a right-to-work law could help revive Michigan’s stagnant economy by making the state’s …
… Initiative, wrote in the Detroit Free Press about why Michigan should pass a right-to-work law in order to remain competitive. Michael Van Beek, director of education …
… reports about the pending right-to-work legislation are filled with … example, ran a story after right-to-work legislation was introduced … House and Senate claiming that right-to-work states had lower-income …
… are interested in repealing right-to-work. There are many reasons why … dues payments. Repealing right-to-work would silence these voices. Thanks to Michigan’s right-to-work law, passed 10 years …
… Vincent Vernuccio writes in a USA Today Op-Ed that was recently posted that a right-to-work law in Michigan will “be a sign to businesses that organized labor no longer …
… would make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the nation passed … early next week. Workers in right-to-work states have the freedom to … union members who support right-to-work. At that news conference, …
… organization that supports right-to-work laws. Union members who report to work during a strike are subject … union fines, the National Right to Work Legal Foundation announced …
… growing cities were in Texas, a right-to-work state. The state was a big … fastest-growing cities were in right-to-work states. Eighteen right-to-work states had cities crack …
… rare for employers to oppose right-to-work laws — the policy of allowing … statement claiming that a right-to-work law would “send the wrong message … unionized school employees work under contracts that come with …
… impeded implementation of right-to-work before the March 27 deadline, … union contracts before the right-to-work law took effect, but had specific … that publically we did the right thing and nobody was yelling …
… begin to seriously consider a right-to-work measure as part of a solution … _______________________________ MYTH: Right-to-work laws prevent workers from organizing … Center_for_Policy_Alternatives_RTWFL.pdf QUOTE: "Right to work laws inhibit the right …
… five years after the state’s right-to-work law took effect. That’s according … 23,388 in 2012, the year before right-to-work took effect here. It dropped … lost members every year since right-to-work became effective in …
… may be to repeal the state’s right-to-work law, enacted in late 2012. … about their opinion of the right-to-work law, 60.0% of respondents said … were more likely to support right-to-work (54.5%) than oppose …
Michigan’s right-to-work law — which took effect earlier this … time. The cumulative effect of right-to-work appears to have dramatically … to our model, states with right-to-work laws enjoyed an annual …
… isolating and measuring the impact right-to-work laws have on state economies. … several years for the effect of right-to-work to show up in a meaningful … have both empirically studied right-to-work laws. In a 1998 review …
The repeal of right-to-work left some public sector workers … country have a First Amendment right to not pay a union thanks to … AFSCME decision. Repealing right-to-work does nothing for public sector …
Right-to-work states have more job growth and wage growth than forced unionism … more information on the benefits of right-to-work for Michigan see here and here.
… explains in The Detroit News today that a right-to-work law in Michigan would “not affect collective … of Oregon study about the impact of right-to-work in Oklahoma, which passed such a law …
Michigan now has a right-to-work state as a neighbor, as Indiana … making his state the 23rd right-to-work state in the nation and the … Tallian, D-Portage, characterized right-to-work supporters as a radical …
… Michigan the nation's 24th right-to-work state. On both bills, 58 Republicans … members who voted against right-to-work are starting a new term in … in 2012 and in the future. Right-to-work prohibits anyone from …
Having the right to leave a union doesn't mean much if union … the passage of the state's right-to-work law, union members can no longer … members of when they have the right to resign from the union. … window." Before the state's right-to-work law went into effect, …
… union members support the right of a worker to opt out of union … have turned Michigan into a right-to-work state. According to the MIRS … it was unlikely that this right-to-work bill would be taken up for …
… institutions. Many opponents of right-to-work laws justify their ability to force … that person. While unions in non-right-to-work states can get a worker fired for not …
… benefits increased. Michigan's new right-to-work law, which goes into effect in late … Union 'Free-Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Teacher Union Executives Get …
… about their newly recognized right to opt out of paying dues and … 2012 passage of Michigan's right-to-work law, which did not apply to … these individuals about their right to not pay union dues and fees … about their newly recognized right to opt out of paying a union. …
… sector workers may freely exercise right-to-work under a ruling passed down today by … constitutionality of Public Act 349 of 2012 (right-to-work). The UAW argued that PA 349 was unconstitutional …
… should be permitted to create "right-to-work zones." Within these proposed … growth and whether it provides right-to-work protections to its workers. … support for Michigan becoming a right-to-work state. Senate Bill …
… Rep. Woodrow Stanley says right-to-work states aren’t as attractive … says chose Michigan over a right-to-work state said in a video on the … to a competing site in the right-to-work state of Tennessee. …
… 2013 Mackinac Center study found positive economic effects for states with right-to-work laws. RTW states enjoy increased real personal income growth, population …
… dues or “agency fees.”[†] Right-to-work laws enable employees to continue … The first states to pass right-to-work laws did so in the 1940s and … Altogether, 24 states have passed right-to-work laws (see the light …
… 4, 2016 under the title, “Right-to-work strengthens workers.” In March, … substantial number of UAW members work in right-to-work states like Michigan. But the …
The debate over right-to-work has seen statistics cited about … Oklahoma and its move to become a right-to-work state, and specifically mentioned the … which assessed the impact of "right to work" by measuring changes …
… Meetings Act when they passed the right-to-work law in 2012 while the Capitol … ruling also stated that the right-to-work bill was not passed while the … Capitol was reopened. The right-to-work law was passed at 7:30 …
… members. Michigan has been a right-to-work state for the past decade, … to workers exercising their right to get out of union membership under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The UAW has been dealing …
… behind the possibility that a right-to-work bill will be introduced and … causing the most handwringing — right-to-work — is the only one of the group … recall) if they vote “yes” on a right-to-work bill. The trainees …
… voters of Oklahoma passed a right-to-work amendment to their state constitution … most recent state to pass a right-to-work amendment. Almost immediately … be filed in Michigan if a right-to-work amendment were ratified, …
… opted out of the union under right-to-work. Musary said the school board … illegal. They can figure it out, right? That’s a little over the top, … Aug. 31, 2013. Michigan's right-to-work law went into effect on March …
Terry Bowman has worked for the Ford Motor Co. for over 26 years. … 2012, when Michigan became a right-to-work state. Once his UAW contract … that came with Michigan’s right- to-work law. He used the Mackinac Center’s …
… mechanism that provides that right differs between the two sectors. … essential for understanding how right-to-work laws function. During the … legislatures to establish right-to-work laws in their own state.[*] …
… he wasn't interested in a right-to-work bill, but when labor unions … it would have prevented a right-to-work law from ever happening. One of the main effects of right-to-work laws is that they lessen …
… City Times explains what a right-to-work law can accomplish. “It’s … the Mackinac Center has said right-to-work is right for Michigan. It’s a huge policy …
… Mackinac Center has been saying right-to-work is right for Michigan and the events … residents about what the new right-to-work law means and how it will affect …
… at a union protest against right-to-work legislation said if Gov. Rick … into law making Michigan a right-to-work state. One of his daughters … ~~~~~ See also: Facts On Right to Work vs. Forced Unionization …
… protection of a decade-old right-to-work law. A measure to repeal right-to-work took effect Feb. 13, 2024. … for workers. The National Right to Work Foundation says it …
… attempting to renegotiate contracts in an attempt to skirt Michigan’s new right-to-work law, Education Policy Director Michael Van Beek told The Detroit News. …
… set up what might be called “right-to-work zones.” The authority of local … courts have struck down local right-to-work ordinances both times they … statute that authorized local right-to-work. This is a question …
… in Lansing over the state's right-to-work law. As part of a plea agreement, … protests over the then-pending right-to-work bill, the forced unionization, … Most of the Arrested Anti-Right-to-Work Protesters Have SEIU …
… incompetence or inebriation. Right-to-work legislation, something Lansing … Association argues against right-to-work, it does not mention teacher … cost of that representation. Right-to-work allows people to freeload …
… of modern labor, became a right-to-work state in 2012. The passage … Michigan’s transition into a right-to-work state had its genesis in an … Constitution as a guaranteed right of both public and private …
… that empowered states to pass right-to-work laws, which prohibit union … and Virginia — had enacted right-to-work laws.[5] In the 1950s, six … until 2012, state adoptions of right-to-work laws were rare. Wyoming …
… possibility of Michigan becoming a right-to-work state that highlight this explainer … Analyst Anne Schieber explaining what right-to-work is. Schieber also discussed the issue …
Model language for a right-to-work amendment to the Michigan Constitution … because part of the value of a right-to-work provision is the message the … might be attenuated if the right-to-work provision were simply …
… legislation making Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the nation. “The Mackinac Center has said right-to-work was right for Michigan for more than …
… has a long history of support for right-to-work policies that stretches back more than … Michigan Legislature passed three right-to-work bills, which could be finalized and …
… Michigan House and Senate passed right-to-work bills tonight aimed at preventing … Michigan, folks. The first of the Right to Work bills has passed in the Senate. … person in Michigan deserves the right to join or not join, support …
… about the prospects for a right-to-work bill. Richardville replied that right-to-work, which guarantees individual … own opinion of the union's work, would not be a top priority: …
… The passage of Michigan’s right-to-work law made headlines locally, … sought to weaken and challenge right-to-work at every opportunity. Senior … opportunities to either defend right-to-work or broaden its impact. …
… this time. Senate Bill 262: Repeal Right to Work law Introduced by Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D), to repeal the state’s right to work law for government employees. Specifically, …
… dues and make Michigan a "Right to Work" state. Right to Work means that every worker can … Virginia, employees working in Right to Work states enjoyed a 42 …
