… workers may freely exercise right-to-work under a 4-3 ruling passed down … of Public Act 349 of 2012 (right-to-work). The UAW argued that PA 349 … result.” ~~~~~ See also: Right-to-Work in Michigan: A Visual …
… accurately captures the impact of right-to-work laws on average state wages. This alternative … study, finds that average wages in right-to-work states are higher by modest but statistically …
… employment under the state's right-to-work law. In an April 16 email … could no longer be allowed to work for the district "unless he … struggle to see how he is taking work away from individuals who are … driver was doing bargaining unit work and was not a union member. …
… states bolsters the case for right-to-work laws. Mayer pointed to an … fundamental reforms, such as state right-to-work laws that make union membership … voluntary. The record of right-to-work states is pretty clear: …
… U.S. Supreme Court granted “right-to-work” status to 5 million public … about their First Amendment right to leave a union. Since then, … unions. Giving workers the right to choose whether they want … Mackinac Center priority. Our work was instrumental in making …
… Capitol Confidential report from Indianapolis for more information on a right-to-work effort there. Additional CapCon reporting from Indiana can be found here …
… warning its members about right-to-work laws that “undermine high-quality … critics of the NEA say what right-to-work laws really undermine is the … notwithstanding Michigan's right-to-work law: August is the …
… manufacturing jobs nationwide, right-to-work laws have to be considered. There are 22 states that have right-to-work laws that allow employees to … possibility of Michigan enacting right-to-work legislation after the …
… Mackinac Center, says that if right-to-work is repealed in Michigan, the … people Over the long run, right-to-work laws are associated with stronger … moved from states without right-to-work laws to states that …
… main stumbling block to passage of a right-to-work law. While remaining in Indianapolis, … the House the enactment of an Indiana right-to-work law is all but guaranteed. See Michigan …
… of legislation to provide right-to-work status for Michigan public … been that he wouldn't press right-to-work as an agenda item, but he'd … would that position apply to right-to-work just for teachers? …
The founder of Union Conservatives, Terry Bowman is a Michigan UAW member and is now working on protecting the state's new Freedom-to-Work law. He discusses the challenges ahead and how his organization plans to meet them.
… special needs students. Sue has worked as a para-professional for … Learning Program. The program worked with students who have minor … the district and went on to work with Early Childhood Special … One-on-one paraprofessionals work with students individually. … The court ruled in favor of right-to-work protections for all …
… becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state. In the past year, CapCon … Excessive Teacher Absences Over Right-to-Work” “Teacher Upset She Can’t Retire … Union ‘Free-Rider’ Myth in Right-to-Work Debate” "Extra Early …
… the argument for a Michigan right-to-work (RTW) law, demonstrating that … disadvantage of unionized employees. Right-to-work laws are state statutes or … labor and imposing inefficient work rules, Vedder and Gallaway …
Contents of this issue: Right-to-work legislation passes DPS cuts … Michigan land Final MED of 2012 Right-to-Work Legislation Passes LANSING, … Michigan legislators passed a right-to-work bill last Tuesday, …
… was about to take a vote on right-to-work. The educational efforts the … Show-Me State. Missouri passed right-to-work in 2017, though the law was … a union-led referendum. I worked with the Mackinac Center again …
… membership numbers under the right-to-work law just going into effect … everybody’s worst fear.” Right-to-work means employers cannot require … membership is down 25 percent since right-to-work became law. MEA Spokesman …
… 143,000 members since Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect, according … whether to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work law, they should wrestle with … over the period. “Michigan’s right-to-work law is very simple …
… Doug Pratt asserted that two right-to-work states lost jobs when they adopted right-to-work legislation. “You look at … they lost jobs when they went right-to-work,” Pratt said. But …
… school employees' rights under right-to-work violates state labor law and … specifically Michigan’s new right-to-work law. The case began when Jason … they would exercise their right to opt out of paying dues — …
… questions about Michigan’s right-to-work law and provides sample opt-out … exercising their new freedoms under right-to-work, according to Labor Policy … legislation making Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the nation, …
… Democrats are continuing their work stoppage. Republicans control … way the Democrats can stop a right-to-work measure from being passed – … their amendment to put the right-to-work issue on the November ballot …
Right-to-work states have generally had higher economic growth … the labor force looking for work. A growing economy has jobs … period in the late 1980s, right-to-work states over the past 30 years …
… need for Michigan to become a right-to-work state, according to Mackinac … the posting of an online "Right-to-Work Dashboard." This regularly … the economic performance of right-to-work states to that of non-right-to-work …
… in a debate over Michigan’s right-to-work law. “Those who are behind … weakened,” Gaffney asserted. “Right-to-work comes from the rise of the political right in this country and the conservative …
… way of Indiana becoming a right-to-work state was a threatened walk-out … would basically have been a work stoppage, the Democrats backed … the Democrats have returned, right-to-work legislation is expected to …
Right-to-work was never about unions. It was always about you. … gavels in Lansing. They’ve put right-to-work in their sights and named it … your choice. At one point, right-to-work was the impossible …
… make the case for Michigan’s right-to-work law. Since March 2013, Michigan has had a right-to-work law, allowing people in union … even taking power, they named right-to-work repeal, which would …
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's right-to-work legislation crawled a little … to become the nation's 23rd right-to-work state. Under House Bill 1001, … Democrats can stop or delay a right-to-work measure from passing …
… state Legislature adopted a right-to-work statute, which said nobody … makers and legislators that right-to-work states frequently do better … borders, where one state enjoyed right-to-work protections and an …
… should have triggered his right-to-work rights. The Mackinac Center … contracts entered into after right-to-work was enacted but before it went … bargaining unit to exercise a right explicitly conferred upon them …
… Indiana Republicans to pass right-to-work legislation remained stalled … using this authority over the right-to-work issue last year that resulted … for three days to keep the right-to-work legislation from moving. …
… class warfare on this level,” Kersey added. “That is why Michigan needs right-to-work.”
… become the 28th state to have a right-to-work law after its General Assembly … a Republican who supported right-to-work during his 2016 election campaign, … the fourth state to adopt a right-to-work law since Michigan …
… becoming the nation's 23rd right-to-work state is once again in limbo. … supposed to lead to a vote on right-to-work legislation by the end of this … the Democrats can stop the right-to-work bill from passing is …
… policy, describes her latest study on potential violations of Michigan's new "right-to-work" law by public school districts and teachers unions.
… Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels over right-to-work legislation is claiming that … union claims that the Indiana right-to-work bill "requires dues-paying union members to work alongside non-union personnel," …
… how taxpayers foot the bill for public-sector union dues, the need for right-to-work protections in Michigan and how unions spend a fraction of the dues they …
… 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 …
… saying they'll show up for work today. If the Democrats keep … would hold a debate today on a right-to-work measure. Basically, the debate … will become the nation's 23rd right-to-work state. Under the legislation …
… Statistics, show that state right-to-work laws have a significant effect … December 2008, states with right-to-work laws had an average unemployment … percent for states without right-to-work. Under a right-to-work …
… In the ongoing battle over right-to-work legislation in Indiana, the … Friday morning over a proposed right-to-work bill, but for the second consecutive … legislation that would have provided right-to-work protections to public-sector …
… unions and was opposed to right-to-work laws, under which workers cannot … talking about taking away the right to organize. What matters is … blacks. That’s how things are right now, without right-to-work and with the state …
… fight back against so-called right-to-work. Right-to-work is wrong for workers and wrong … ForTheRecord says: Perhaps because right-to-work laws — which prohibit …
The recent right-to-work law passed in Michigan is having an … representation. Under the right-to-work law, union members must wait … 30-year career. Even before right-to-work, teachers who wished …
… to go to Lansing to protest right-to-work legislation. As a result, about … the state’s recently signed right-to-work law. That security clause … enough employees showed up to work. Warren Consolidated Schools, …
Since Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect in 2013, … employees have exercised their right to opt out of paying union … Supreme Court established right-to-work for public employees across …
… recent repeal of the state’s right-to-work law is likely to make that … worsen with the repeal of right-to-work, according to a study published … University, measured the impact of right-to-work laws in various states. …
… prevent Michigan from becoming a right-to-work state. Instead, it would put … Constitution that would prohibit right-to-work legislation. Right-to-work prohibits labor contracts …
… Bill 4054, Make Michigan a "right-to-work" state: Passed 58 to 52 in … Bill 116, Make Michigan a "right-to-work" state: Passed 22 to 16 in … The Senate vote on the same "right-to-work" measure described …
… week that he now supports a right-to-work law for public school employees: … have to recruit and do their work off campus.” The full text … opposed an across-the-board right-to-work law for all public- and private-sector …
… Senate Bill 116, Make Michigan a "right-to-work" state: Passed 58 to 52 in the House … Voted "No" House Bill 4003, Extend "right-to-work" law to government and school employees: …
… impact on Michigan and other right-to-work states that it would have on non-right-to-work states." House Speaker Pro-tem, … hear about it was that some right-wing groups were funding the …
… Mary approach to eliminating right-to-work for the entire country. On … brought court cases challenging right-to-work in Wisconsin and Idaho. The lawsuits claim that right-to-work laws violate the U.S. …
… leaders promote. They favor right-to-work laws and oppose being forced … should union members support right-to-work legislation? A. Union members need to embrace right-to-work legislation because …
… ambitious goals: Make Michigan a right-to-work state and achieve universal … aspirational was the prospect of right-to-work that for 20 years, some of … becomes politically inevitable. Right-to-work was too important for …
… The Detroit News and The News-Herald have reported on the state's newest right-to-work district.
… responded to Michigan's 2012 “right-to-work” law. It describes the key … with contracts subject to the right-to-work law removed language that would … they would be subject to the right-to-work law, but then didn’t …
… case law in the nation’s 22 right-to-work states. Such an amendment has … Wright said this morning: "This right-to-work amendment would grant Michigan … Wright’s review of other states’ right-to-work provisions led him …
… Minnesota lawmakers sought a right-to-work measure they turned to the … used for a pair of Minnesota right-to-work proposals. Under a right-to-work law, employees who …
… legislation repealing Michigan’s right-to-work law, which has passed the House … you stand with respect to right-to-work. The bad news is that many … resigned their memberships under right-to-work will have to pay dues …
… weeks after Michigan’s new right-to-work policy was signed into law … years before Michigan adopted right-to-work, it had been dead last among … 13.0% in the eight years after right-to-work became the law. Figures …
… aimed at circumventing Michigan’s new right-to-work law risk losing funding, according … of Teachers from exercising their right-to-work freedoms. F. Vincent Vernuccio, director …
… Legislature had enacted a right-to-work law, the president of the Michigan … from the MEA since Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect, reducing … announced Sept. 12 by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, …
… same effect as establishing a right-to-work law for public sector employees … such a law. Michigan passed right-to-work legislation in 2012, but Janus … not covered by Michigan’s right-to-work law. Also, a handful …
… essentially repeal the Michigan right-to-work law enacted in 2012. One of … workplaces, by deleting the right-to-work provision that prohibits employers … fees since the passage of right-to-work in the state. Many …
… five years after Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect, the state’s … teachers who exercised their right under the law to stop paying … Digneit, a retired teacher who worked with special needs students … out, before the passage of right-to-work. Unions contended …
… December 2013, Michigan’s new right-to-work law had been in effect for … day the governor signed a right-to-work bill and the time it took effect. … 2013, just two days before right-to-work became effective. …
In 2012, Michigan passed a law to become a right-to-work state. This means that most workers — everyone … place until current contracts expired, unions worked to extend contracts to put off worker rights as …
… to resolve them. In the absence of right-to-work protection, employees are bound to … officials accountable by passing a right-to-work law and giving workers the final say …
… is off, does that mean the Right to Work for Teachers bill will flounder? … it was referred to as the Right-to-Work for Teachers bill. In that … legislation evaporate? “'Right-to-Teach', which would allow …
… all public sector employees right-to-work. Vernuccio explains that half … in the country are already right to work and this case would simply … agency fees and 84 percent in right-to-work states. The center …
… objects to in the legislature’s right-to-work repeal bills. The governor … of the state’s decade-old right-to-work law despite her stated misgivings … legislation that circumvents the right to a referendum,” Whitmer wrote …
… in Michigan still have the right to opt out of union membership, … the repeal of the state’s right-to-work law takes effect today. The … originally impacted by the state’s right-to-work law when it took effect in …
… making all public employees right-to-work. The potential impact of the … years since Michigan went right-to-work, the Michigan Education Association … surrounding publicity, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation …
… would effectively nullify right-to-work laws in Michigan and 26 other … month. The Protecting the Right to Organize, or PRO Act, has … era, which lets states enact right-to-work laws. Under such laws, unions …
When right-to-work was passed in Michigan, it was only a matter … fees. This is a practice that right-to-work was meant to end. What the … before March 28, when the right-to-work law took effect, separate …
… newsletter. Under Michigan's right-to-work law, employees can no longer … “Before Michigan’s Freedom-to-Work law, the union would simply … parent union. The state’s right-to-work law says that once union members …
When Michigan’s right-to-work law was passed in December 2012, … school district unions have worked in conjunction with the Michigan … questions under Michigan’s right-to-work law. These districts were identified …
… in spite of Michigan's new right-to-work law. The law prohibits employers … courts must follow. Michigan’s right-to-work law was enacted in December … districts that in the days before right-to-work went into effect entered …
… asked two questions, one about right-to-work laws and the other about inflation. … Center. You asked, "Would right-to-work laws benefit the economy wherever … same benefits we see from right-to-work laws might not appear …
… Michigan gained in 2013 with the right-to-work law. What makes this dispute … violate their First Amendment right of free speech? The teachers … we pointed out that even in right-to-work states like Michigan, where …
… understanding the role of right-to-work laws. The "supremacy clause"[7] … the power to prevent state right-to-work laws from becoming legally … union shops,[12] trumped the right-to-work amendment in the Nebraska …
… exercising their rights under right-to-work. The statewide union refused … wasn't able to exercise his right-to-work rights. His district’s union … was reached in August 2015. Right-to-work was supposed to take …
… urges the court to extend right-to-work freedoms to all public employees … public sector unions in non-right-to-work states could have nonmembers … at the bargaining table. “Right-to-work functionally stopped …
… “dues skim” and then passing right-to-work. Dues Skim In 2005, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm worked with the SEIU to “organize” … ended officially in 2013. Right-to-Work In the meantime, state legislators …
… have chosen to exercise their right to not belong to a union — as allowed by Michigan’s right-to-work law. In addition to printing … those who have exercise their right to start paying the union again. … Prior to Michigan becoming a “right-to-work” state, UAW members …
… jobs. Those of us who live and work in Michigan might want to set … report, "The Economic Effect of Right-to-Work Laws: 2007," we described the numerous advantages that right-to-work states like Alabama have over …
… active members since Michigan’s right-to-work law was enacted six years ago … members in the first year of right-to-work. “I wouldn’t have been surprised … who started to leave due to right-to-work,” Perialas said. “Rather …
… advance energy reliability, the Michigan House spent its time approving two right-to-work repeal bills, including one version that is baldly unconstitutional. Last …
… not fully complying with Michigan's right-to-work law. Under Michigan's law, employees … Panel To Investigate Possible MEA Right-to-Work Violations Teachers Sue MEA To Escape …
… Posthumus Lyons, R-Alto, on Dec. 12 while linking to right-to-work stories that appeared on news sites. On Dec. 12, … person." Rep. Agema said he defends Britten’s right to use his private Twitter account to say what …
… others were arrested on Dec. 6 at the Capitol where they were protesting right-to-work legislation. They allegedly attempted to force their way onto the floor …
… institutions. Many opponents of right-to-work laws justify their ability to force … government. While unions in non-right-to-work states can get a worker fired for not …
… their desire to exercise their right under the law and leave the … Sept. 9, 2013. Michigan's right-to-work law became effective March … clear" because of the state's right-to-work law. According to the MEA, …
… litigating legal issues surrounding right-to-work laws. Having championed the … on any legal challenges to right-to-work. One recent challenge was … Virginia, where lawmakers passed a right-to-work law in 2016. But unions …
