… on the likely effects of a right-to-work law on Michigan’s economy as … Mackinac Center studies. Right-to-Work allows individual workers to … withhold support from unions, right-to-work makes unions more responsive …
… Richardville's stated opposition to right-to-work legislation. Sen. Richardville's … Senate have already voted for a right-to-work measure while serving previous … ties — has also voted for right-to-work measures in the House. …
… after Michigan had become a right-to-work state, the state’s largest … teachers who exercised their right to not pay dues and in some … the decline. In 2012 (before right-to-work), the union had 117,265 members. …
… approaching a small group of right-to-work supporters gathered on the … Snyder's decision to push for right-to-work legislation that lets workers … pointed fingers and chanted at right-to-work supporters before physically …
… General Assembly last week that “right-to-work states have higher rates of … 2002 study, “The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Economic Development,” … greater accountability that right-to-work has on unions.
… the precise legal effect of right-to-work laws. Simply put, right-to-work prevents unions from forcing … package that made Michigan a right-to-work state, reads as follows: …
… dues is in violation of the right-to-work law passed in December. Teamsters … employees. "I was waiting for [right-to-work] for a long time," said Fred … being active, I saw the lack of work that they were doing for us." …
… er since Michigan became a right-to-work state seven years ago, the … promoting and defending the right of people to work without being forced to pay … AFSCME that they also have the “right to work.” No government worker …
… Foundation, about the Center’s role over the past 20 years in bringing right-to-work to Michigan. Lehman earlier detailed those efforts in an interview with …
… the ongoing debate over the right-to-work bill under consideration in the Indiana House. The right-to-work bill, which would ensure that … crossed party lines to show up to work.
… Michigan the nation's 24th right-to-work state. "When it arrives on … However, unless a state has a right-to-work law, employees in companies … people to have the choice. "Right-to-Work states have higher …
… Great Lake State the 24th right-to-work state in the nation, announcing … worker freedom.” Extending right-to-work protections to employees in … financially support them. “Right-to-work does not affect collective …
… outlaw compulsory unionism via "right-to-work" laws are enjoying the benefits … study entitled "The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Economic Development" … economic data from states with right-to-work laws and those without, …
… analyzed the differences between right-to-work and non-right-to-work states on several occasions.[*] … recent data suggests that right-to-work states perform better …
… freedoms under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The contracts states that … time during the school day to work on union business. Neuman opted … who represent the union to work on union business at employer … the union under Michigan’s right-to-work law. In this case, …
Many of the objections to right-to-work can be traced to a fundamental misunderstanding of the policy itself. Right-to-work does not prohibit or interfere … join the union and pay dues. Right-to-work simply prevents a union …
… Michigan Senate on Tuesday approved a right-to-work repeal bill in a party-line vote. House Bill 4004, a repeal of Michigan’s right-to-work law in the public sector, will headed …
History is unfolding in Michigan as the state's new right-to-work law goes into effect. Union members and non-union members are determining how the law …
… effective date of Michigan’s right-to-work law, which says that nobody … signed a union form. People who work in government offices face … prerogative granted by the right-to-work law. For example, a Teamsters …
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has gone … God that Michigan is now a right-to-work state where it's about the … Taubman, attorney for the Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. …
… effect of making all states right-to-work. But in the dissent, Justice … that if employees had the right to refuse agency fees, many … determining what counts as work related to representing workers, … precipitously after the state’s right-to-work law went into effect …
… Business Daily about the effects of right-to-work laws on states. Read more about right-to-work protections for employees here.
… public sector employees had right-to-work protections, but that changed … workers had a First Amendment right to opt out of paying agency … for employees to waive this right and pay a public sector union. … of both the nature of the right being abandoned and the consequences …
… 2013.) Simply put, wages in right-to-work states are growing faster than in non-right-to-work states. More than just having higher wage growth, workers in right-to-work states are also making …
… affected when the state passed a right-to-work law that went into effect in … allowed to leave under the right-to-work law. The data cover 2013-18 … Civil Service Commission. Right-to-work has had different effects …
… citizens all came out to hear how right-to-work was accomplished in Michigan. … Institute, are attempting to put right-to-work for government employees on … a strong argument against right-to-work and the benefits of …
… would give union members the right to not pay dues or fees as … that try to circumvent the right-to-work law. Rep. McMillin said he … allowed. That's the date when the right-to-work laws take effect. WMU Spokeswoman …
… taken to avoid the state's right-to-work law. Allegations against the … also granted employees the right to opt out of union membership. … when they exercised their right to opt out of their Michigan … violation of the Freedom to Work Act," he said. "The teachers …
… battle of Michigan becoming a right-to-work state, opponents predicted … income growth and population — right-to-work states are far outperforming non-right-to-work states. My colleagues …
As Michigan transitions to a right-to-work state, the main benefit for teachers and others is that they will not be forced to financially support a union …
Right-to-work is a labor law term used to describe state laws … Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming. A right-to-work law secures the right of employees to decide for …
… union members resorted to violence at the State Capitol as they protested right-to-work bills that were being voted on in the House. Early Tuesday, union members …
… R-Clarklake, is expected to introduce right-to-work legislation in the Michigan … With Indiana moving toward right-to-work status, the issue appears to … interview. Have you introduced the right-to-work legislation? “No, …
… response to the legislature taking up a right-to-work bill, Maryanne Levine, the president … workers’ salaries and take away their right to strike," Levine quoted Hitler as … released from her duties as a teacher to work for the union. That's the perk of being …
… Lehman wrote this commentary about Michigan’s experience in becoming a right-to-work state and how other states can do the same for “Compass,” the magazine of …
… rchers regularly assess the variety of economic effects associated with right-to-work laws. The law’s positive impact on job and industry growth and other metrics …
… the Legislature to extend right-to-work protections public school teachers. … supports what is being called, “right-to-teach,” he would rather see right-to-work granted to all employees.
… majority of states have approved right-to-work laws, under which unions cannot … veto, bringing the count of right-to-work states up to 26. What’s remarkable … echoes Michigan’s passage of a right-to-work law in 2012, despite …
… employees throughout the country right-to-work. Nearly 40 years ago, the Supreme … due to the Mackinac Center’s work in exposing the home day care … Bureau to determine what impact right-to-work has had on union membership. …
The 22 states that were right-to-work saw an increase in the number … of Labor Statistics. The right-to-work states had an overall increase … 39,000 union members while non-right-to-work states lost 390,000, …
… photo identification in order to exercise his right under Michigan's right-to-work law to quit the union. The charges were reported …
… that could extend virtual “right-to-work” status to government employees … precipitously after Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect two years … said. “Our experience with right-to-work here in Michigan gave …
… I am sure about: I want my work to change people’s lives for … policy, and every project I have worked on contributes to that goal. … case was a major victory for right-to-work efforts, but it was not the … workers will follow. The right-to-work fight started long …
… Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, discussed Michigan’s new right-to-work law as being successful based on business … An econometric examination of the effects of right-to-work laws in different places over different …
… expressly to circumvent Michigan's right-to-work law. In addition, the memo … the impact of the new law [right-to-work]. Macomb has been approached … contracts before March 28 (when the right-to-work law goes into effect) …
… Legislature’s repeal of Michigan’s right-to-work law is being hurried through … Michigan had dropped under right-to-work. “Many people have unfortunately … “people we talk to” support right-to-work repeal. “I can get …
Michigan officially is a right-to-work state and as soon as current … workers can exercise their right to not pay dues or agency fees … featuring "fast facts" about right-to-work vs. non-right-to-work states, …
… grassroots coalition called "Michigan Freedom to Work" held a news conference June 30, 2011, at several … Michigan to the list of states that have enacted right-to-work laws. These laws allow workers to choose whether …
… on whether TO RESTRICT THE RIGHT of shareholders to sell their own stock. April 2010 "Right to Work" - Lawmakers voting on an amendment SUPPORTING RIGHT-TO-WORK zones. "Dept. of State Cost-Saving" …
… that would make Indiana a right-to-work state moved to the floor of … each, decided to show up for work, ending their walk-out Monday, … terms of economic competition, right-to-work states fare better than those …
Right-to-work opponents have long claimed that such laws are … Detroit News with the moniker right-to-work (for less). But his claims … workers’ average annual pay in right-to-work states was $4,476 less …
… about keeping Michigan on the right track,” Sen. Mike Kowall said. … abortion. And Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in the face of tremendous … been repealed in 2012, when right-to-work was passed. I proudly voted …
… on WJR AM760. Kersey discussed the "Right-to-Work Dashboard," a new feature on the Center's … economic data and shows that states with right-to-work laws are performing better than Michigan …
… Mike Bouchard’s embrace of right-to-work. The Oakland County sheriff … of Michigan voters support right-to-work in principle (that includes … Bouchard’s decision to support right-to-work involves political …
… professor of economics, as they discuss right-to-work in a townhall forum sponsored by Americans … visit http://americansforprosperity.org/michigan/event/right-to-work-townhall-grand-rapids/
Even with Michigan’s right-to-work law, workers do not have full … nonmembers. In Michigan, unlike non-right-to-work states, workers do not need … they want it or not. But right-to-work isn’t the only option …
… contract is avoiding the state's right-to-work law. Michigan's right-to-work law goes into effect on March … and not trying to avoid the right-to-work law, the union president …
… Statistics Find out more about the Mackinac Center’s work on right-to-work, by visiting mackinac.org/rtw
… contracts to avoid the state's right-to-work law, but some have since reopened … could give union members the right to leave the union. That's … with their unions days before right-to-work became effective. Michigan …
… professor of economics, as they discuss right-to-work in a townhall forum sponsored by Americans … visit http://americansforprosperity.org/michigan/event/right-to-work-townhall-brighton/ Note: This is not …
… professor of economics, as they discuss right-to-work in a townhall forum sponsored by Americans … visit http://americansforprosperity.org/michigan/event/right-to-work-townhall-midland/ Note: This is not …
… plans to fight Michigan's new right-to-work law. Cook also discusses why … Senate who were attempting to work with them." Sen. Jones said … effort affected efforts to pass the right-to-work law. Cook also discussed three …
… Indiana is now America’s 23rd right-to-work state. Michigan may need to … Research shows that states with right-to-work laws arguably are better off … seems to demonstrate that right-to-work status can be a powerful …
… have averted the state's new right-to-work law. The Ferris State University … members from exercising their right to decide if they want to pay … becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state late last year. Some …
LANSING — Right-to-work supporters were straightforward and … to state lawmakers Tuesday: Right-to-work is an issue that needs to be … take a vote." The "Freedom To Work" event was the first of a number …
… would represent a form of “right-to-work” for teachers. Even if that … he now essentially supports right-to-work for public school teachers, … have to recruit and do their work off campus.” Under current …
… contracts that dodge the new right-to-work law. Michigan's law was passed … which created a window for unions to work with public school administrators … agreed to regardless of the right-to-work law, it is not included in …
When Michigan’s right-to-work law was passed in December 2012, … school district unions have worked to avoid and circumvent the … local union tried to avoid right-to-work. Incredibly, Wyoming union …
… conditions they've chosen to work in. They demanded $15 an hour … good, $30 an hour is better, right? Or $60? Of course not, and … in the responsibility of a work environment, learn to communicate … Additionally, states that have right-to-work laws, which don't force union …
… with the headline: "Michigan right-to-work law creates at least two jobs; … enactment of the state's new right-to-work law. It quoted one union official … people I represent doing the work of two or three people. … For …
… soon become America's 23rd right-to-work state: Legislation is under … information on the influence of right-to-work laws comes from a 1998 study … states where one state had right-to-work protections and the …
… of Michigan voters support right-to-work, according to multiple polls … most recent polling result on right-to-work in Michigan. The survey, commissioned … percent of likely voters support right-to-work. Opposition among Michigan …
… later by the Show-Me State. Right-to-work simply means that unions cannot … in 28 states now have this right, thanks to the law. The Mackinac … that year, the Center has worked with local think tanks, elected … every state that has become right-to work. Jim Waters, president …
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 …
… POLIS — Indiana becoming a right-to-work state still appears inevitable, … of the House version of an right-to-work bill (House Bill 1001) until … unions from the effects of the right-to-work measure. It now appears …
… to discuss Wisconsin’s new right-to-work law at The Heritage Foundation. … Economic Policy Institute that right-to-work reduces wages. According to … the cost of living between right-to-work and non-right-to-work …
… voters will be presented with a right-to-work ballot initiative or constitutional … and their employees? While a right-to-work law would not have a large, … their financial situations. Right-to-work protections would not …
… lawmakers passed the state’s right-to-work law, which kept workers from … possible completely invert? Right-to-work was clearly outside the Overton … legislative committee that right-to-work was a good policy. …
… prospect of Michigan becoming a "right-to-work" state in the recent campaign, … Engler has a secret agenda for right-to-work," they charged. Governor Engler … Michigan should not adopt the right-to-work principle. The union …
… tried to isolate the impact of right-to-work to measure its influence on … teasing out the effects of right-to-work laws from other confounding … prior to its adoption of a right-to-work law and other state-specific …
… Press headline that read “Right To Work For Less,” a pair of letters … condemned the state’s just-passed right-to-work law. Teacher salary data is … Public Schools, read, in part: “Right-to-work legislation will have …
… the union under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The union demanded he … understanding with the AAEA right before Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect in March …
… freedom of those very workers. Right-to-work, in its broadest application, … of labor. It is his legal right and no one can or dare question his exercise of that legal right." Unfortunately, that right is no longer respected everywhere …
… Legislature repealed Michigan’s right-to-work law in March. It’s a big setback. … four points to note about right-to-work repeal: It is one step back … state. And we must reinstate right-to-work as soon as possible. …
… John Proos has opened the right-to-work “can” that Gov. Rick Snyder … municipalities in Michigan to create right-to-work zones. It is Senate Bill 120. … R-Troy, has also introduced a right-to-work zone bill in the Michigan …
… anniversary of Oklahoma’s becoming a right-to-work state. Though the event was … the 16-year drought of new right-to-work laws at the state level, which … 11 years would pass before right-to-work came to Michigan, after …
… provides a brief history of right-to-work in Michigan and the right-to-work movement more generally. It … the purpose and merits of right-to-work laws.
… to pass a single $6 test to legally perform this work. In contrast, a builder who repairs the gutters … in Alaska but need no education or training to work in Washington, D.C. The economic theory of public … of their choice. But for too many people, the right to pursue their dreams has been halted by governments …
… challenges to North Carolina’s right-to-work law and Nebraska’s right-to-work amendment. As the court described these right-to-work provisions, "A North …
MIDLAND-States with right-to-work (RTW) laws grew their economies … unemployment, and income inequality. Right-to-work laws are state statutes or … findings in the study: * Right-to-work states created more …
States that have passed right-to-work laws have seen increased employment, … impossible to totally disentangle right-to-work from every other business friendly … this area acknowledge that right-to-work laws are really the …
… bargaining unit may exercise their right-to-work freedoms beginning Friday. Prior to … 10-year “security” clause that dodged right-to-work was illegal. If the Court of Appeals …
… the entirety of the relevant right-to-work laws or amendments overturned. … held that despite Nevada’s right-to-work law, unions could charge nonunion … to prevent enactment of a right-to-work law: "We see no discrimination …
… Michigan on track to become a right-to-work state, which would make it … who don’t pay dues under a right-to-work law, union heads are implying … representation or other non-political work. That is a myth. For example, …
… 11: The legal precedent at work here is a 1977 Supreme Court … public sector union members the right to opt-out of paying the portion … As of 2015, employees in 25 right-to-work states can exercise the right that Friedrichs seeks, to completely …
… moved from forced-union to right-to-work states," and that over a 30-year period beginning in 1977, "right-to-work states experienced a 23% faster … [Colgate] want to be in a right-to-work state." Mr. Daniels …
… pledged his support to sign a right-to-work law, he said he preferred the … pro-worker and pro-liberty. A right-to-work law would have almost no effect … National Rifle Association work on behalf of all gun owners, …
… legislation today repealing right-to-work protections in Michigan. This … or losing their jobs. Since right-to-work passed in 2012, nearly 140,000 … places than Michigan to live, work, invest, and create jobs. Compelling …
