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Right-to-Work Mythbusters

… begin to seriously consider a right-to-work measure as part of a solution … _______________________________ MYTH: Right-to-work laws prevent workers from organizing … Center_for_Policy_Alternatives_RTWFL.pdf QUOTE: "Right to work laws inhibit the right …

American Federation of Teachers-Michigan Union Membership In Decline

Union has had a 22 percent decline in membership since right-to-work

… five years after the state’s right-to-work law took effect. That’s according … 23,388 in 2012, the year before right-to-work took effect here. It dropped … lost members every year since right-to-work became effective in …

Survey says: 60% of Michigan residents support right-to-work law, only 17% oppose it

In union households, support is 55% to 28%

… may be to repeal the state’s right-to-work law, enacted in late 2012. … about their opinion of the right-to-work law, 60.0% of respondents said … were more likely to support right-to-work (54.5%) than oppose …

Right-to-Work Laws Improve Growth Prospects

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 …

The Research Challenges of Right-to-Work

… isolating and measuring the impact right-to-work laws have on state economies. … several years for the effect of right-to-work to show up in a meaningful … have both empirically studied right-to-work laws. In a 1998 review …

Know your Janus rights: Government employees still can’t be forced to pay unions in Michigan

Across America, a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Janus vs AFSCME, protects right-to-work for government employees

The repeal of right-to-work left some public sector workers … country have a First Amendment right to not pay a union thanks to … AFSCME decision. Repealing right-to-work does nothing for public sector …

State, National Media Cite Center on Right-to-Work

Right-to-work states have more job growth and wage growth than forced unionism … more information on the benefits of right-to-work for Michigan see here and here.

Vernuccio Explains Right-to-Work in Detroit News

… explains in The Detroit News today that a right-to-work law in Michigan would “not affect collective … of Oregon study about the impact of right-to-work in Oklahoma, which passed such a law …

Indiana Is A Right-to-Work State

What does this mean for Michigan?

Michigan now has a right-to-work state as a neighbor, as Indiana … making his state the 23rd right-to-work state in the nation and the … Tallian, D-Portage, characterized right-to-work supporters as a radical …

Republican House Members Who Voted Against Right-to-Work

House Reps: 'I voted my district'

… Michigan the nation's 24th right-to-work state. On both bills, 58 Republicans … members who voted against right-to-work are starting a new term in … in 2012 and in the future. Right-to-work prohibits anyone from …

Rule Request Would Require Public Sector Unions To Notify Members Of When They Are Eligible To Resign

Union members often unaware of limited windows when they can opt out under state's right-to-work law

Having the right to leave a union doesn't mean much if union … the passage of the state's right-to-work law, union members can no longer … members of when they have the right to resign from the union. … window." Before the state's right-to-work law went into effect, …

Right-to-Work Bill Rejected

14 House Republicans vote "nay"

… union members support the right of a worker to opt out of union … have turned Michigan into a right-to-work state. According to the MIRS … it was unlikely that this right-to-work bill would be taken up for …

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

… institutions.  Many opponents of right-to-work laws justify their ability to force … that person. While unions in non-right-to-work states can get a worker fired for not …

MEA Spends More On Salaries, Benefits Than Member Representation

Union deficit, spending issues hit as Michigan becomes right-to-work state

… benefits increased. Michigan's new right-to-work law, which goes into effect in late … Union 'Free-Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Teacher Union Executives Get …

Teachers Union On Supreme Court Janus Ruling: ‘Women And Minorities Hardest Hit’

Assertion based on mistaken reading of Michigan’s right-to-work law

… about their newly recognized right to opt out of paying dues and … 2012 passage of Michigan's right-to-work law, which did not apply to … these individuals about their right to not pay union dues and fees … about their newly recognized right to opt out of paying a union. …

Michigan Supreme Court Upholds Right-to-Work for State Employees

Accepting Mackinac Center Legal Foundation argument, justices decide 4 to 3 that Michigan Constitution prohibits agency fees for state workers

… sector workers may freely exercise right-to-work under a ruling passed down today by … constitutionality of Public Act 349 of 2012 (right-to-work). The UAW argued that PA 349 was unconstitutional …

A Pair of Republicans Help House Dems Dump Right-to-Work

… 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 …

Michigan Gives Unfair Tax Handouts To Try and Counter 'Right to Work' States

Democratic Rep. ignores millions in special deals for company picking Michigan over Tennessee

… Rep. Woodrow Stanley says right-to-work states aren’t as attractive … says chose Michigan over a right-to-work state said in a video on the … to a competing site in the right-to-work state of Tennessee. …

New Evidence: Right-to-Work Laws Work

Center scholar co-authors CEI study

… 2013 Mackinac Center study found positive economic effects for states with right-to-work laws. RTW states enjoy increased real personal income growth, population …

Right-to-Work Laws

… dues or “agency fees.”[†] Right-to-work laws enable employees to continue … The first states to pass right-to-work laws did so in the 1940s and … Altogether, 24 states have passed right-to-work laws (see the light …

As Right-to-Work Expands, So Do Union Membership Rolls

… 4, 2016 under the title, “Right-to-work strengthens workers.” In March, … substantial number of UAW members work in right-to-work states like Michigan. But the …

'Real Jobs' vs. 'Job Announcements' In Right-to-Work Debate

Media cites questionable study

The debate over right-to-work has seen statistics cited about … Oklahoma and its move to become a right-to-work state, and specifically mentioned the … which assessed the impact of "right to work" by measuring changes …

Court of Claims Tosses MEA's Right-to-Work Lawsuit

State Capitol was closed when union protesters pushed past guards, impeded medical workers

… Meetings Act when they passed the right-to-work law in 2012 while the Capitol … ruling also stated that the right-to-work bill was not passed while the … Capitol was reopened. The right-to-work law was passed at 7:30 …

The UAW lost members in Michigan last year

As right-to-work law is repealed, tens of thousands will be forced back into unions

… members. Michigan has been a right-to-work state for the past decade, … to workers exercising their right to get out of union membership under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The UAW has been dealing …

Unions On The Offensive Against Possible Right-To-Work Bill in Michigan

Training sessions teach union members what to say when pressuring lawmakers

… behind the possibility that a right-to-work bill will be introduced and … causing the most handwringing — right-to-work — is the only one of the group … recall) if they vote “yes” on a right-to-work bill. The trainees …

Oklahoma’s Right-to-Work Amendment

… voters of Oklahoma passed a right-to-work amendment to their state constitution … most recent state to pass a right-to-work amendment. Almost immediately … be filed in Michigan if a right-to-work amendment were ratified, …

School Haze: Contract Convoluted Regarding Right-to-Work

Armada Area Schools has unenforceable language in teacher contract

… opted out of the union under right-to-work. Musary said the school board … illegal. They can figure it out, right? That’s a little over the top, … Aug. 31, 2013. Michigan's right-to-work law went into effect on March …

Fight for Your Right (To Work)

Auto worker Terry Bowman’s march for freedom for Michigan’s union workers

Terry Bowman has worked for the Ford Motor Co. for over 26 years. … 2012, when Michigan became a right-to-work state. Once his UAW contract … that came with Michigan’s right- to-work law. He used the Mackinac Center’s …

Private sector right-to-work

… mechanism that provides that right differs between the two sectors. … essential for understanding how right-to-work laws function. During the … legislatures to establish right-to-work laws in their own state.[*] …

Right-to-Work Law Means Less Money For Union Political Power Grabs

… he wasn't interested in a right-to-work bill, but when labor unions … it would have prevented a right-to-work law from ever happening. One of the main effects of right-to-work laws is that they lessen …

Labor Expert Explains Right-to-Work in Bay City Times

… City Times explains what a right-to-work law can accomplish. “It’s … the Mackinac Center has said right-to-work is right for Michigan. It’s a huge policy …

Right-to-Work in Michigan and Beyond

Tales from the road

… Mackinac Center has been saying right-to-work is right for Michigan and the events … residents about what the new right-to-work law means and how it will affect …

'We'll Be At Your Daughter's Soccer Game!'

Union protest speaker tells governor that union members will 'visit you' everywhere over right-to-work bill

… at a union protest against right-to-work legislation said if Gov. Rick … into law making Michigan a right-to-work state. One of his daughters … ~~~~~ See also: Facts On Right to Work vs. Forced Unionization …

Right-to-Work law repeal more than doubles federal complaints

Filed cases increase from 4 to 10 over one year

… protection of a decade-old right-to-work law. A measure to repeal right-to-work took effect Feb. 13, 2024. … for workers. The National Right to Work Foundation says it …

Teachers Unions Locking in Forced Dues

… attempting to renegotiate contracts in an attempt to skirt Michigan’s new right-to-work law, Education Policy Director Michael Van Beek told The Detroit News. …

Local Right-to-Work

Yes we can! Well, maybe. If we set it up just right...

… set up what might be called “right-to-work zones.” The authority of local … courts have struck down local right-to-work ordinances both times they … statute that authorized local right-to-work. This is a question …

Capitol Protesters Fined $500 Each For Trying To Storm Senate Chamber

Most of arrested right-to-work protesters had SEIU 'dues skim' connections

… in Lansing over the state's right-to-work law. As part of a plea agreement, … protests over the then-pending right-to-work bill, the forced unionization, … Most of the Arrested Anti-Right-to-Work Protesters Have SEIU …

Teachers Shouldn't Be Fired For Not Joining Union

… incompetence or inebriation. Right-to-work legislation, something Lansing … Association argues against right-to-work, it does not mention teacher … cost of that representation. Right-to-work allows people to freeload …

Right-to-work in Michigan

… of modern labor, became a right-to-work state in 2012. The passage … Michigan’s transition into a right-to-work state had its genesis in an … Constitution as a guaranteed right of both public and private …

Right-to-Work: A Brief History

… that empowered states to pass right-to-work laws, which prohibit union … and Virginia — had enacted right-to-work laws.[5] In the 1950s, six … until 2012, state adoptions of right-to-work laws were rare. Wyoming …

Major Newspapers Highlight Center RTW Video

… possibility of Michigan becoming a right-to-work state that highlight this explainer … Analyst Anne Schieber explaining what right-to-work is. Schieber also discussed the issue …

Model Right-to-Work Language

Model language for a right-to-work amendment to the Michigan Constitution … because part of the value of a right-to-work provision is the message the … might be attenuated if the right-to-work provision were simply …

Michigan Becomes 24th Right-to-Work State in the Nation

‘The power an idea can have when it is pursued with principle and persistence,’ says Center president

… legislation making Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the nation. “The Mackinac Center has said right-to-work was right for Michigan for more than …

A 'Date' With Destiny

Reed's call for right-to-work published exactly 17 years before bills passed

… has a long history of support for right-to-work policies that stretches back more than … Michigan Legislature passed three right-to-work bills, which could be finalized and …

Michigan Legislature Passes Right-to-Work Bills

… Michigan House and Senate passed right-to-work  bills tonight aimed at preventing … Michigan, folks. The first of the Right to Work bills has passed in the Senate. … person in Michigan deserves the right to join or not join, support …

Right-to-Work: Resistance Is Feudal

Unions and Their 'Fundamental Privilege'

… about the prospects for a right-to-work bill. Richardville replied that right-to-work, which guarantees individual … own opinion of the union's work, would not be a top priority: …

On the Case: Right-to-Work

Legal Corner

… The passage of Michigan’s right-to-work law made headlines locally, … sought to weaken and challenge right-to-work at every opportunity. Senior … opportunities to either defend right-to-work or broaden its impact. …

July 24 MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call Report

Proposals to repeal right-to-work, expand licensure mandates, more

… this time. Senate Bill 262: Repeal Right to Work law Introduced by Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D), to repeal the state’s right to work law for government employees. Specifically, …

Wage Law: The “Right to Work

… dues and make Michigan a "Right to Work" state. Right to Work means that every worker can … Virginia, employees working in Right to Work states enjoyed a 42 …