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Right-to-work repeal could make Michigan’s job slump worse

Whitmer orders more bloodletting to cure state’s anemic post-shutdown recovery

… 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. …

Union-Supported Ballot Proposal Targets Right-to-Work, Recent Reforms

UAW-backed constitutional amendment would prevent future workplace choice

… 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 …

December 7, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

… 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 …

More GOP Backlash Against Recall-Happy MEA?

… 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 …

December 14, 2012, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call

… 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: …

Unionization Case Before The Supreme Court Could Have Lasting National Impact

Harris v. Quinn could make all public employees eligible for right-to-work; case is flying under the radar

… 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 …

As Unions Try to Overturn Right-to-Work in Courts, Mackinac Offers Solution

… 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. …

UAW Member: Union Workers 'Need to Embrace' Right-to-Work Laws

A union worker discusses organized labor

… 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 …

Right-to-Work and School Choice Are Victories for You and Your Children

… 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 …

Right-To-Work For Taylor Teachers Begins Today

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation case in the news

… The Detroit News and The News-Herald have reported on the state's newest right-to-work district.

Making Michigan Right-to-Work: Implementation Problems in Public Schools

… 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 …

Model Language for Michigan Right-to-Work Amendment Released Today by Mackinac Center

Amendment would send “meaningful message about the state’s business climate and the importance of workers’ rights”

… 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 Moves on Right-to-Work, Taps Mackinac Center For Bill Wording

… 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 …

Government workers can’t be forced into unions even after right-to-work repeal

Know your Janus rights: For Michigan teachers, police, firefighters & others, worker freedom is guaranteed

… 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 …

Michigan’s Right-To-Work Law Improves Lives But 'Screwing Up' Media Narratives

Incomes here were falling before law went into effect, have risen since

… 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 …

Center Experts Cited on Contract Extensions

… 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 …

Despite Bluster And Bullying, 32,208 Left Teachers Union Since Right-To-Work

MEA suffered another legal embarrassment this month

… 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, …

Supreme Court Could Bring Right-To-Work To Government Employees Nationwide

Janus case a do-over of the Friedrichs case; ruling expected next June

… 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 …

Right-To-Work Repeal Bill Denies Government Workers’ Civil Rights

Michigan Dem’s legislation appears to defy US Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus ruling

… 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 …

Union Sues Teacher For Exercising Her Right-To-Work Option

Michigan banned compulsory union fees in 2013, MEA still trying to collect them

… 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 …

Dues-Paying Membership In Teachers Union Has Collapsed Since Right-To-Work

MEA's persuasion and manipulative contract extensions not enough to keep teachers paying

… 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. …

Helping People Exercise Their Right-to-Work Option

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 …

Escape Is Never the Safest Path

… 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 …

Will Teacher Right-to-Work Die With The Recall Election of Rep. Paul Scott?

… 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 …

Mackinac Center Research Featured in The Detroit News

Vernuccio quoted on Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association

… 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 …

Whitmer would violate her own directive by signing right-to-work repeal

An appropriation attached to the bill gives it immunity to a voter referendum, something Whitmer once opposed

… 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 …

Despite Right-to-Work Repeal in Michigan, Union Workers Still Have Rights

Repeal takes effect today

… 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 …

Right-to-Work May Soon Come to Public Sector Workers Everywhere

… 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 …

US House Would Overturn Michigan's Right-to-Work Law

Michigan voters rejected similar union overreach in 2012

… 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 …

Taylor Teachers Fight Union Subversion of Right-to-Work Law

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 …

Union President Concedes Right-to-Work Lawsuit; Strikes Back Against Workers Who Left

… 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 …

Making Michigan Right-to-Work: Encouraging School Districts to Follow the Law

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 …

Court Says Union's Anti-Right-To-Work Deal 'Hostile' to Teachers

Pursuit of 'own financial advantage' was 'reckless and indifferent' to school employees

… 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 …

Ask the Economist: The Benefits of Right-to-Work Laws; and What Is Inflation?

… 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 …

Right-to-Work Could Come to Public Employment

… 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 …

Federal Labor Law, State Labor Law and Right-to-Work

… 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 …

Mackinac Takes on Ann Arbor Teachers Union in Right-to-Work Case

… 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 …

Mackinac Center Files Amicus in Pivotal Right-to-Work Case

Janus v. AFSCME could extend freedom of association to all public workers

… 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 …

How Right-to-Work and the End of the 'Dues Skim' Killed the SEIU in Michigan

Membership, revenue and political spending plummet

… “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 …

Vernuccio Quoted on UAW Bullying in The Detroit News

Coverage of intimidation by UAW local

… 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 …

Sweet Home Alabama

… 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 …

32,000 Flee Teachers Union Under Michigan Right-To-Work Law

Former member blames Michigan Education Association’s bullying tactics

… 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 …

Michigan Legislature still lacks energy reliability bills, but House hearing comes Wednesday

Lawmakers promised oversight for Michigan’s biggest utility companies, then rammed through right-to-work repeal instead

… advance energy reliability, the Michigan House spent its time approving two right-to-work repeal bills, including one version that is baldly unconstitutional. Last …

Absent MEA Action, State Could Step In

MEA ducks question about having state inform members about right-to-work law

… 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 …

Superintendent Calls GOP Reps 'Moron' and 'Mental Midget' In Right-to-Work Debate

… 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 …

Most of the Arrested Anti-Right-to-Work Protesters Have SEIU 'Dues Skim' Connections

Son of SEIU Healthcare Michigan president one of those facing charges

… 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 …

In Defense of Liberty: Unions, Right-to-Work and Majority Rule

… 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 …

MEA Sends Credit Agency After Teacher Who Stopped Paying Dues

Kindergarten teacher became eligible for right-to-work, but union says she can only get out in August

… 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, …

West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds RTW Law

Mackinac Center scholars support the ruling

… 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 …