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Michigan Could Become 24th Right-to-Work State

‘Won’t affect collective bargaining; only takes away unions’ ability to fire those who don’t financially support them,’ says labor policy expert

… 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 …

Right-to-Work Right for Business

… 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 …

After Decades of Little Change, Why Are So Many States Going Right-to-Work?

Five years, five new worker freedom states

… 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 …

Kroger Reaches Deal With Union Postponing Right-to-Work Law

… 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 …

Tax and Union Battles Show Importance of Mackinac Center

… 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. …

Vernuccio in Reuters, on Fox Business Talking RTW

… 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 …

Our Accomplishments

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 …

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Pivotal Right-to-Work Case

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation on the front lines of Janus v. AFSCME dispute

… 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 …

UAW President Bob King Admits Proposal 2 Was About Right-to-Work

… 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, …

Another Judge Upholds Teachers’ Right-to-Work Status; Faults Union’s Tactics

Mackinac Center calls on Michigan Education Association to stop sending teachers to collections

… 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 …

Fighting to Make Right-to-Work Effective

… 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 …

A Steady Decline for Unions Under Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law

The birthplace of the modern labor movement finds workers increasingly opting out

… 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.” …

Vernuccio Testifies on Missouri Right-to-Work

Cited in St. Louis Post-Dispatch

… 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 …

Michigan House passes right-to-work repeal in party-line vote

Repeal bills still need to pass the Michigan Senate and be signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to become law

… 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 …

Labor Policy Initiative

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 …

Despite a Setback, Right-to-Work is Advancing Across America

… 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 …

Right-to-Work

… 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 …

A Look at Unions in Michigan, Five Years After Right-to-Work

Most of state’s largest unions have seen a collapse in members and political spending

… 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 …

Michigan Union Invokes Slavery in Argument Against Right-to-Work Law

Teamsters make claim in court filing

… 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 …

Right-to-Work Is Here

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 …

Vernuccio Cited on CNN About Right-to-Work

… 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 …

In the ‘Birthplace of Organized Labor,’ Union Membership Plummets

Since Michigan's right-to-work law was adopted organized labor struggles to retain dues-paying members

… 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, …

Michigan Democrats submit right-to-work repeal bill

House Bill 4005 would remove the right to choose from private sector workers

… 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 …

Right-to-Work States Dominating In Job Growth

… 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 …

Center Shines Spotlight on Indiana Right-to-Work Battle

… 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, …

Universities Dodging Right-to-Work Law Under Scrutiny

Wayne State University agrees to unprecedented contract

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 …

Michigan Poorer Than Average Of Right-to-Work States

Trends show RTW states growing faster in population, jobs and income

… 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 …

Right-to-Work States Have Higher Incomes

When adjusted for cost-of-living

… 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 …

Income Growth In Right-to-Work States Significantly Higher

Since 1990, most of states with fastest wage growth are RTW while most with least wage growth are non-RTW

… 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 …

Michigan home health workers would be protected from dues skim if right-to-work is repealed

Home health care workers are one group of people who would not be affected by right-to-work’s repeal

… 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 …

Lawmaker: 'No Real Savings’ in Wayne State Contract

Contract with little financial benefit that avoids right-to-work law could cost university

… 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 …

Right-To-Work Matters for Some Michigan Businesses

'If you treat your people right, they don't need a union'

… 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 …

Count Update: 145 School Districts Have Deals That Dodge Right-to-Work

… 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. …

National Labor Expert: Right-To-Work Just the Beginning for Missouri

Show-Me State poised to become next Wisconsin for labor reform

… 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 …

Court of Appeals Rules Union and District Violated Right-to-Work Law

MERC decision is upheld in a win for Taylor teachers

… 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 …

School Districts Across the State Violating Michigan Right-to-Work Law

Thousands of teachers misled into believing they have to pay union dues

… 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 …

The Time Is Right for a Right-To-Work Law

… 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 …

LaFaive: Why Michigan Needs a Right-to-Work Law

… explains in this Lansing State Journal Op-Ed why Michigan should consider a right-to-work law.

Right-to-Work Event Marred By Protesters Spitting At Worker Freedom Advocates

Union activists and supporters disrupt event where Mackinac Center expert was invited to speak

… 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 …

Right-to-Work Right Now

… 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 …

Center Analysts' Op-Eds Address Right-to-Work Law, Charter Public School Discrimination

… 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 …

Analyst: Income Argument Against Right-To-Work Legislation Isn't Valid

… 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 …

Repealing Michigan's right-to-work law would silence workers

Corrupt UAW shows it can’t be trusted

… 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 …

Vernuccio Op-Ed in USA Today on Right-to-Work

'Right for business'

… 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 …

Right-to-Work Bills Pass Michigan House, Senate

Dem Rep.: 'This legislation will return us to the sharecropping days of the deep south'

… 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, …

Auto workers can still resign from UAW and work during strike

Michigan’s right-to-work law, slated for repeal, is still in effect

… 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 …

Majority of Fastest-Growing U.S. Cities Are In Right-to-Work States

77 of the top 100

… 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 …

Schools Put Unions Ahead of Teachers on Right-to-Work

'Labor accord' more important than employee freedom

… 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 …

Some School Districts and Unions Embrace Right-to-Work

Pewamo-Westphalia and Hamilton put worker freedom into union contracts

… 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 …