… unions that want to extend contracts in order to circumvent Michigan’s new right-to-work law.
… Michigan seemed to become a right-to-work state in seven days flat last … line in the first place. Our right-to-work timeline marks milestones that … Lawmakers have given us a right-to-work law, “if we can keep …
… not currently eligible for right-to-work, but she wants to explore her … March to skirt around the new right-to-work law and failed to update their … extensions with their unions before right-to-work took effect on March …
… closing days of 2012, give school employees the right to opt out of financially supporting public sector … performance-based merit pay for teachers. In the years since right-to-work became the law of Michigan, contracts between school …
… studies debating the merits of right-to-work legislation. Because state … national recession, low-tax, right-to work states have been gaining the … when evaluating states. And right-to-work states are still significantly …
… University is trying to circumvent Michigan’s new right-to-work law by signing a new contract before the law takes … elected Legislature has said that they have the right to choose, and these moves are clearly making an …
… 2 ballot initiative, which would have banned a right-to-work law in Michigan, among other things. Based on the … seen on the street there instead of concentrated right in front of the Capitol. In addition, several hundred …
… Michigan has lost more than 7,000 jobs since neighboring Indiana became a right-to-work state. The Hoosier State, however, has added more than 43,000 jobs during …
… officials say the state's right-to-work law helped the university get … ticking toward the state's right-to-work law going into effect. At stake … through 2021. The state's right-to-work law goes into effect …
… union dues if they are in a right-to-work state; To become an agency fee payer in a non-right-to-work state (or if they are waiting … expire so a recently enacted right-to-work law applies to them …
… here in Michigan.” “Good news, labor!” Polehanki added. “Union-busting ‘Right to Work’ is gonna go bye-bye.” Polehanki’s tweets are worth reading, both for the …
… to inform members of their right to leave the union. According … paychecks. The other was Michigan's right-to-work law, which allows people to … on Aug. 26, 2013. "After right-to-work passed in December 2012, did …
… recognizes the "negative" right of individuals to be free from … notoriously), such as the right to food, housing, health care, … grant every individual the "right" to live off his or her fellow … thing: Every individual has a right to other people's stuff. The … power by passing a “right-to-work” law. Michigan has not chosen …
… union failed to honor their right not to pay dues or fees under Michigan's right-to-work law. The union claimed the … To Investigate Possible MEA Right-to-Work Violations Teachers Sue MEA …
… morning, discussing a new study on right-to-work that he and co-author Michael LaFaive … growth experienced by states with right-to-work laws compared to what would have occurred …
CMU Public Radio says August is “an important month” for right-to-work in Michigan, reporting that teachers can exercise their worker freedom rights this …
… Because her state does not provide right-to-work protections, Friedrichs must pay dues … protected public employees in non-right-to-work states from being fired for not paying …
… out as part of the state's right-to-work law, but the union will not … with the state's passage of a right-to-work law, she felt she had more … Education Association CapCon Right-to-Work Coverage Know Your …
… Legislature got serious about a right-to-work law. As I predicted last quarter … Michigan into the nation’s 24th right-to-work state. Look for a two-year … And ask yourself, now that right-to-work is law in Michigan …
… complying with the state's right-to-work law. Tennessee has been a right-to-work state since 1947. MEA spokesperson … To Investigate Possible MEA Right-to-Work Violations Teachers …
… opting out under the state's right-to-work law to initial a "Nonmember … nothing to do with the actual right-to-work process. An attorney compared … 'Free Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Union Will …
… contract negotiations? Before right-to-work was signed into law in December … He talked about the state's right-to-work law and the union's insistence … said. "That's why they passed right-to-work in the first place …
… union members with so-called 'right-to-work' legislation. However, with … managed to fight off a damaging right-wing education agenda — for … update for other Democrats. "I work with Republicans all the time … with same message: this is right, this is wrong," Austin wrote …
… the union's misreading of Michigan's right-to-work law. The union recently adopted a policy … processing of filing grievances. The right-to-work law clearly states that no employee …
… Republican Legislature passing a right-to-work law, thousands of union members … Legislature, “Could we shove it right down their throats?” Al Garrett, … would be able to get rid of it right away. … In November of 2014, … both houses. The state's new right-to-work law was barely mentioned …
… and collect dues. The absence of right-to-work laws is what makes such a cynical strategy … large enough company. At this point, right-to-work isn't union-busting, it's an intervention …
… teacher to leave the classroom to work on union business, Neuman felt … his rights under Michigan’s right-to-work law. But the union informed … allows the union steward to work on union matters during the … violates two Michigan laws – right-to-work and another 2012 law …
… granted under the state's right-to-work law. Unlike other union workers, … legal means at our disposal" to work against teachers who want to … "We believe that under the right-to-work law, educators should be able …
… union as part of the state's right-to-work law. After being taken to court … case. Under the state's right-to-work law, employees cannot be required … 1, just three months after the right-to-work law went into effect. …
… says the district and union are violating his freedoms under Michigan’s right-to-work law. Adam Neuman, a social studies teacher, resigned from the BEA and its …
… Choice provides a method to fix the "free/forced rider" issue that exists in right-to-work states. Without requiring a complete overhaul of collective bargaining laws, …
… The study offers a solution to the free/forced rider issue that exists in right-to-work states: Current law requires unions to represent all workers in a bargaining …
… members from exercising the right to leave the union without … Michigan's recently passed right-to-work law. The decade-long extended … Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state on Dec. 11. The law prohibits …
… "State of the State" address. Though anti-right-to-work demonstrators arrived at the State … pictures of lawmakers who approved the right-to-work law. The crowd was far smaller than …
… lawn during protests against right-to-work legislation this week. The … done at a union rally against right-to-work legislation, which passed in … other states — rallied against right-to-work legislation. Union …
… locally and nationally for his work as a wrestling coach. In February … union as part of the state's right-to-work law. In response to being … they could opt out under the right-to-work law. "If it's important for …
… public-sector unions. The right-to-work law enacted by the Legislature … and March 28, 2013 – the day right-to-work became effective. The effect … Commissioners meeting prior to the right-to-work law going into effect, …
… including charter schools, right-to-work laws, tuition tax credits, … win was making Michigan a right-to-work state. We made this case consistently … possible. The Legislature passed a right-to-work law in 2012, an unlikely …
… Jacob Comello of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. … demanding money from me when right-to-work was in force,” Wells told the … knew that I was defending my right to pay nothing at all to Teamsters …
… unions have a First Amendment right to spend nonmembers’ money … when state legislatures enact right-to-work laws will nonmembers in a union … Nonmembers have long had a right to not have their money used … represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Fund. …
Private-sector right-to-work, enrolled Senate Bill 116, now Public Act 349 … of bill as enacted Public-sector right-to-work, enrolled House Bill 4003, now Public …
… advisory opinion on the state’s new right-to-work law reflects poorly on the law, but … questions presented on Michigan’s right-to-work law will need to make its way through …
… Vernuccio at a panel discussion on right-to-work Saturday held at CPAC near Washington, … while it took 20 years to achieve right-to-work in Michigan, “It’s not going to be …
… country would be better off if elected officials worked across state lines and partisan divides to go … needing or wanting union representation. In non-right-to-work states, workers are forced to give unions money …
… business such as the minimum wage increase and the repeal of the state's right-to-work law, are suppressing Michigan's economy, he said. “A 32% tax at the wholesale …
… became the country’s 24th right-to-work state. The law prohibits employers … legislative session, meaning the right-to-work law will take effect on March … portion of the law that requires right-to-work to take effect anytime …
… judge struck down the state’s right-to-work law April 8, he relied on the … giving employees the ability to work without the fear of being fired … real issue is that even in right-to-work states, those who work in unionized …
… Association over the state's right-to-work law. In September, Breza said … Breza should be eligible for right-to-work because her union's contract … health care provisions after right-to-work became law. By reopening …
… loses 1,500 members under right-to-work Declining birth rate will dramatically … Loses 1,500 Members Under Right-to-Work EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan … were extended just before right-to-work took effect, The News …
… do not want to pay them. Before right-to-work, unions could get employees fired for … workers in a bargaining unit. Even with right-to-work, individual workers represented by …
… happy with the outcome and the work that the Mackinac Center Legal … "This is a step in the right direction, but with 8,000 people in jeopardy, clearly more work needs to be done," Wright said. … their local union. Michigan's right-to-work law no longer allows unions …
… business community and key legislators for getting a right-to-work law passed in Michigan in a recent speech at the … Snyder and the Legislature pursued “Freedom to Work.” Labor Policy Director F. Vincent Vernuccio discussed …
… behalf of workers all over the United States. The work is paying off. In Florida, our worker freedom … an article that mentioned the Mackinac Center’s work, this law helps eliminate “zombie unions” that … continued to see success. It informs workers of their right, under the 2018 Supreme Court’s Janus decision, …
… Regrets and Possible Ways To Fight Right-to-Work Law MEA Spends More On Salaries, Benefits … Union 'Free-Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Teacher Union Executives Get …
… MEA was complying with Michigan's right-to-work law. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation … Panel To Investigate Possible MEA Right-to-Work Violations Teachers Sue MEA To Escape …
… Relations Manager Ted O'Neil explain in today's Detroit Free Press that right-to-work is as much about liberty as it is about economics.
… today’s Lansing State Journal about the one-year anniversary of Michigan’s right-to-work law passing, and what the law means — and doesn’t mean — to the state.
… treatment of the Mackinac Center’s right-to-work study. We received no response. … Institution on the impact of right-to-work laws, you focused on a “single … growth have increased faster in right-to-work states.” Wessel initially …
… a decision by Boeing to build a new plant in South Carolina, which is a right-to-work state, rather than expanding operations in Puget Sound, Wash., where it …
… they can do under Michigan's right-to-work law. Yet in 2014, Nancy Strachan, … memo. ForTheRecord says: In a right-to-work environment, it appears the … members since 2012, the year right-to-work was signed by Gov. …
… their option, under Michigan’s right-to-work law, to opt out. But Dearborn … March 2013, just before the right-to-work law went into effect. The law … said. “Whether they believe in right-to-work or not, they are releasing …
… chastised Gov. Snyder recently for not giving an estimate on how many jobs the right-to-work law would create in Michigan. In February 2012, Skubick also criticized …
Union members protesting a right-to-work law turn from picketing the capitol … intimidating other citizens supporting a right-to-work law, getting physical and screaming …
… union as part of the state's right-to-work law. "You're not harassing … that means I opted out to my right to privacy, too?" Roehrig … 'Free Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Union Will Use 'Any …
… factors — including increased auto sales, lower state taxes and Michigan’s right-to-work law — make for an optimistic outlook in 2014 for the state’s economy. Littmann …
… stipend to conduct research. In March 2012 Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation clarifying that in Michigan, graduate students at public universities who work as research assistants are legally considered to be students and not employees. So while graduate students teaching undergraduate classes or serving …
… committee in 1999 about the benefits of a right-to-work law. Wilson made a triumphant return … supporters to celebrate the state passing a right-to-work law.
… supporters have a First Amendment right to spend money on elections, … Michigan from ever becoming a right-to-work state. Under right-to-work laws, employees are given the …
… bypassed more than just the right-to-work law with their agreement earlier … approved before the state's right-to-work law went into effect, the union … requirement." Michigan's right-to-work law prohibits requiring …
… Hawaii, discusses the institute’s work to improve the cost of living … great savings, and it goes right back into the economy, and … collaboration remains central to this work. “‘E hana kākou’ is the Hawaiian way of saying ‘Let’s work together.’ Change comes about when parties work together on common ground. …
… mayor is offering free bumper stickers to people opposed to Michigan’s new right-to-work law, according to The Detroit News. “If he wants to prevent workers’ freedom …
… unions are circumventing Michigan’s new right-to-work law by trying to extend contracts for … them their ability to exercise their right-to-work freedoms. You can read more about …
… ForTheRecord says: Thanks to the state’s right-to-work law, they soon can withhold dues without … contract was signed in 2012 before right-to-work became law and ends in 2016. Teachers …
Gov. Rick Snyder never lied about right-to-work legislation in Michigan. In 2009, he … and stuck to his preference that a right-to-work bill not reach his desk because he …
… boring, so I began thinking about law school. Right then, Ave Maria School of Law opened in Ann Arbor.” After earning his degree, Derk worked in municipal, construction, trucking and mental … and I was lucky enough to be accepted.” Outside work, Derk stays active. He has participated in field …
… most states now live under a right-to-work law. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme … introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2019. … far — have decided to pass right-to-work legislation. The PRO Act would …
… (”MEA Misleads on Oklahoma Right-to-Work Numbers”) about Michigan’s … that since Oklahoma became a right-to-work state in 2001, “10 years later, … Oklahoma voted to become a right-to-work state. Also, the link …
… defense of the Taylor School District's right-to-work dodging contract. On Feb. 28, three … between the signing of Michigan's right-to-work law in December and today, the date the …
… 18,585 in 2015. Michigan’s new right-to-work law is only one of the likely … unionized. And under the right-to-work law enacted three years ago, … with local school boards. Right-to-work does not apply in those …
… price of candy bars and soda at work. Looking at some other state … collective bargaining, but provides right-to-work protections and prohibits government-employee strikes: The right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged …
… when the check comes you say you are not going to pay for your meal because you didn't like the side dish that came with your meal. Do you have the right to make your friends pick up your tab?” This appeared in an “open letter to teachers” posted by union activist John T. McCrann in the Education Week …
… due to Michigan becoming the 24th right-to-work state. Vernuccio said he did not think … their membership under Michigan’s right-to-work law if they thought their dues were …
… order to skirt around Michigan’s new right-to-work law. “Amy is not currently eligible for right-to-work, but she wants to explore her First …
… School District that would prevent the plaintiffs from exercising their right-to-work freedom. MLive, the Livingston Daily Press & Argus and Southgate News-Herald …
… decade-long agreement to continue taking money from them. Michigan became a right-to-work state in December 2012. The law bans the practice of requiring employees …
… agenda. It also would ban right-to-work legislation in Michigan. Right-to-work laws give workers the freedom … and discourages people who work hard and try to excel above their …
… Grand Rapids has ruled that a class action lawsuit brought by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation aimed at ending the forced unionization of small-business …
… held that the Hoosier state's right-to-work law is unconstitutional based … National Labor Relations Act, right-to-work laws were permitted (they are … Railway Labor Act). Generally, right-to-work laws prohibit union …
… systematic dismantling of fiscal reforms, right-to-work, education choice and energy policy. … regulatory environment should promote hard work and innovation, not stifle them. Our … their own choices about how to live, work and raise their families.
… individuals across the country work to educate workers about their … National Employee Freedom Week, right-to-work states like Michigan should … union. Though Michigan is right to work, employees still face challenges …
… states now subject to the Janus decision — states that previously were not right-to-work — has seen the largest drop in union membership. In the 22 states that had …
… want to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work law, which just turned 10 years … only beneficiary of repealing right-to-work is unions, increasing their … consequences of repealing right-to-work, on the other hand, …
… years. The MEA says all the right things. In the Sept. 2013 edition … themselves. Before the state's right-to-work law went into effect, workers … could be fired. The state's right-to-work law does not change anything …
… employees from exercising their right under right-to-work to not pay union dues or fees, … comply. Under the Michigan right-to-work law that took effect in 2013, …
Tight security locked out dozens of anti-right-to-work protesters from the State Capitol as Governor Snyder was delivering his "State of the State" address. …
… Michigan’s Legislature considers whether to make ours a right-to-work state, an MLive political column on the issue calls … of GM property, refused to leave or to allow any work to be done there, and fired bullets at any strikebreakers …
… published the names of 19 former members who resigned under Michigan’s right-to-work law in its statewide winter 2013 newsletter, labeling the workers as “freeloaders.” …
