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Michigan Capitol Confidential Vote History

… on whether TO RESTRICT THE RIGHT of shareholders to sell their own stock.    April 2010 "Right to Work" - Lawmakers voting on an amendment SUPPORTING RIGHT-TO-WORK zones. "Dept. of State Cost-Saving" …

Right-to-Work Inches Ahead in Indiana

A dispatch from Indianapolis

… that would make Indiana a right-to-work state moved to the floor of … each, decided to show up for work, ending their walk-out Monday, … terms of economic competition, right-to-work states fare better than those …

Union Claims About RTW Flawed

Right-to-work opponents have long claimed that such laws are … Detroit News with the moniker right-to-work (for less). But his claims … workers’ average annual pay in right-to-work states was $4,476 less …

Michigan Capitol Confidential Election 2014 Coverage

… about keeping Michigan on the right track,” Sen. Mike Kowall said. … abortion. And Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in the face of tremendous … been repealed in 2012, when right-to-work was passed. I proudly voted …

Right-to-Work States Outpacing Michigan

… on WJR AM760. Kersey discussed the "Right-to-Work Dashboard," a new feature on the Center's … economic data and shows that states with right-to-work laws are performing better than Michigan …

Mike Bouchard and Right-to-Work Legislation

Principled or pragmatic, either way it's a good move

… Mike Bouchard’s embrace of right-to-work. The Oakland County sheriff … of Michigan voters support right-to-work in principle (that includes … Bouchard’s decision to support right-to-work involves political …

Grand Rapids/Belmont Right-to-Work in a Townhall Forum Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity

… professor of economics, as they discuss right-to-work in a townhall forum sponsored by Americans … visit http://americansforprosperity.org/michigan/event/right-to-work-townhall-grand-rapids/

Right to Work Isn't the Only Option

‘One or none’ also gives workers, unions choice

Even with Michigan’s right-to-work law, workers do not have full … nonmembers. In Michigan, unlike non-right-to-work states, workers do not need … they want it or not. But right-to-work isn’t the only option …

Union Rushes Contract To Avoid Right-to-Work; 'Put This Whole Nightmare Behind Us!'

Dearborn Public Schools voting on contract days before law kicks in

… contract is avoiding the state's right-to-work law. Michigan's right-to-work law goes into effect on March … and not trying to avoid the right-to-work law, the union president …

By the Numbers: Right-to-Work

… Statistics Find out more about the Mackinac Center’s work on right-to-work, by visiting mackinac.org/rtw

Legal Expert: Reopening School Union Contracts Makes Them Subject To Right-to-Work

… contracts to avoid the state's right-to-work law, but some have since reopened … could give union members the right to leave the union. That's … with their unions days before right-to-work became effective.  Michigan …

Brighton Right-to-Work in a Townhall Forum Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity

… professor of economics, as they discuss right-to-work in a townhall forum sponsored by Americans … visit http://americansforprosperity.org/michigan/event/right-to-work-townhall-brighton/ Note: This is not …

Midland/Auburn Right-to-Work in a Townhall Forum Sponsored by Americans for Prosperity

… professor of economics, as they discuss right-to-work in a townhall forum sponsored by Americans … visit http://americansforprosperity.org/michigan/event/right-to-work-townhall-midland/ Note: This is not …

MEA Memo Outlines Regrets and Possible Ways To Fight Right-to-Work Law

Union President: '[Recalls] are the least appealing of all the options'

… plans to fight Michigan's new right-to-work law. Cook also discusses why … Senate who were attempting to work with them." Sen. Jones said … effort affected efforts to pass the right-to-work law. Cook also discussed three …

Research Shows Right-to-Work Laws the Right Way to Go

… Indiana is now America’s 23rd right-to-work state. Michigan may need to … Research shows that states with right-to-work laws arguably are better off … seems to demonstrate that right-to-work status can be a powerful …

CMU, Ferris State Protecting Worker Rights

Some universities not agreeing to lengthy agreements that force faculty, others to pay dues or fees after right-to-work law goes into effect

… have averted the state's new right-to-work law. The Ferris State University … members from exercising their right to decide if they want to pay … becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state late last year. Some …

Worker Freedom Advocates Lobby Legislators in Lansing

Event held to urge a right-to-work vote and show support for legislators who vote 'yes'

LANSING — Right-to-work supporters were straightforward and … to state lawmakers Tuesday: Right-to-work is an issue that needs to be … take a vote." The "Freedom To Work" event was the first of a number …

Professionalizing the Teaching Profession

… would represent a form of “right-to-work” for teachers. Even if that … he now essentially supports right-to-work for public school teachers, … have to recruit and do their work off campus.” Under current …

At Least 54 School Districts Have Contracts Dodging Michigan's Right-to-Work Law

… contracts that dodge the new right-to-work law. Michigan's law was passed … which created a window for unions to work with public school administrators … agreed to regardless of the right-to-work law, it is not included in …

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 to avoid and circumvent the … local union tried to avoid right-to-work. Incredibly, Wyoming union …

Right-to-Work Law Gives Workers Reason to Celebrate on Labor Day

Fast food protests highlight tired tactics of the past

… conditions they've chosen to work in. They demanded $15 an hour … good, $30 an hour is better, right? Or $60? Of course not, and … in the responsibility of a work environment, learn to communicate … Additionally, states that have right-to-work laws, which don't force union …

State Hired More Employees To Administer SEIU 'Dues Skim' Than Oversee Right-to-Work Law

'Where were they when the unions were running around creating fake employers so they could siphon off money?'

… with the headline: "Michigan right-to-work law creates at least two jobs; … enactment of the state's new right-to-work law. It quoted one union official … people I represent doing the work of two or three people. … For …

Commentary: Right-to-Work Will Keep Michigan Competitive

… soon become America's 23rd right-to-work state: Legislation is under … information on the influence of right-to-work laws comes from a 1998 study … states where one state had right-to-work protections and the …

Most Michigan Voters Think Right-to-Work Is a Winner

Overwhelming support for choice in unionization

… of Michigan voters support right-to-work, according to multiple polls … most recent polling result on right-to-work in Michigan. The survey, commissioned … percent of likely voters support right-to-work. Opposition among Michigan …

Two Right-to-Work States in One Month

… later by the Show-Me State.  Right-to-work simply means that unions cannot … in 28 states now have this right, thanks to the law.  The Mackinac … that year, the Center has worked with local think tanks, elected … every state that has become right-to work. Jim Waters, president …

Right-to-Work Laws Improve Economic Well-Being

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 …

Indiana Right-to-Work Bill Slows Down

… POLIS — Indiana becoming a right-to-work state still appears inevitable, … of the House version of an right-to-work bill (House Bill 1001) until … unions from the effects of the right-to-work measure. It now appears …

Michigan Already Benefitting from Right-to-work

… to discuss Wisconsin’s new right-to-work law at The Heritage Foundation. … Economic Policy Institute that right-to-work reduces wages. According to … the cost of living between right-to-work and non-right-to-work …

What a Right-to-Work Law Would Mean for Cities

… voters will be presented with a right-to-work ballot initiative or constitutional … and their employees? While a right-to-work law would not have a large, … their financial situations. Right-to-work protections would not …

Has the Overton Window Shifted on Right-to-Work?

… lawmakers passed the state’s right-to-work law, which kept workers from … possible completely invert? Right-to-work was clearly outside the Overton … legislative committee that right-to-work was a good policy. …

Should Michigan Become a Right-to-Work State?

… prospect of Michigan becoming a "right-to-work" state in the recent campaign, … Engler has a secret agenda for right-to-work," they charged. Governor Engler … Michigan should not adopt the right-to-work principle. The union …

Seminal Academic Research on Right-to-Work Impact

… tried to isolate the impact of right-to-work to measure its influence on … teasing out the effects of right-to-work laws from other confounding … prior to its adoption of a right-to-work law and other state-specific …

These Teachers Earning More Under ‘Right To Work For Less’

Their union is getting less, though

… Press headline that read “Right To Work For Less,” a pair of letters … condemned the state’s just-passed right-to-work law. Teacher salary data is … Public Schools, read, in part: “Right-to-work legislation will have …

Union Attempt to Force Teacher to Pay Fees Deemed Illegal Under Right-to-Work

Mackinac Center challenges attempt to limit worker freedom

… the union under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The union demanded he … understanding with the AAEA right before Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect in March …

Should Michigan Become a Right-to-Work State?

… freedom of those very workers. Right-to-work, in its broadest application, … of labor.  It is his legal right and no one can or dare question his exercise of that legal right."  Unfortunately, that right is no longer respected everywhere …

What Does the Repeal of Right-to-Work Mean?

Letter from the president

… Legislature repealed Michigan’s right-to-work law in March. It’s a big setback. … four points to note about right-to-work repeal: It is one step back … state. And we must reinstate right-to-work as soon as possible. …

State Senator Kicks Open Right-to-Work Door

… John Proos has opened the right-to-work “can” that Gov. Rick Snyder … municipalities in Michigan to create right-to-work zones. It is Senate Bill 120. … R-Troy, has also introduced a right-to-work zone bill in the Michigan …

Right-to-Work Advocates Learn from Each Other

… anniversary of Oklahoma’s becoming a right-to-work state. Though the event was … the 16-year drought of new right-to-work laws at the state level, which … 11 years would pass before right-to-work came to Michigan, after …

Right-to-Work Turns Ten: The Law and Its Benefits

… provides a brief history of right-to-work in Michigan and the right-to-work movement more generally. It … the purpose and merits of right-to-work laws.

(No) Right to Work

How state licensing laws cost Michigan jobs and money

… to pass a single $6 test to legally perform this work. In contrast, a builder who repairs the gutters … in Alaska but need no education or training to work in Washington, D.C. The economic theory of public … of their choice. But for too many people, the right to pursue their dreams has been halted by governments …

Right-to-Work Laws in the U.S. Supreme Court

… challenges to North Carolina’s right-to-work law and Nebraska’s right-to-work amendment. As the court described these right-to-work provisions, "A North …

Right-to-Work Laws Accelerate Economic Development, New Study Finds Michigan Losing Ground to Right-to-Work States

For Immediate Release

MIDLAND-States with right-to-work (RTW) laws grew their economies … unemployment, and income inequality. Right-to-work laws are state statutes or … findings in the study: * Right-to-work states created more …

Study: Right-to-Work Laws Lead To More People, More Jobs and Higher Pay

Report looks at RTW states and data from 1947 through 2011

States that have passed right-to-work laws have seen increased employment, … impossible to totally disentangle right-to-work from every other business friendly … this area acknowledge that right-to-work laws are really the …

Michigan Appeals Court Denies Stay in Taylor Teacher Case

Teachers could exercise right-to-work starting on March 6, 2015

… bargaining unit may exercise their right-to-work freedoms beginning Friday. Prior to … 10-year “security” clause that dodged right-to-work was illegal. If the Court of Appeals …

Other Court Decisions Regarding Right-to-Work Provisions

… the entirety of the relevant right-to-work laws or amendments overturned. … held that despite Nevada’s right-to-work law, unions could charge nonunion … to prevent enactment of a right-to-work law: "We see no discrimination …

The Union ‘Free-Rider Problem’ Myth in Right-to-Work Debate

The union is the one truly taking advantage of the collective bargaining arrangement

… Michigan on track to become a right-to-work state, which would make it … who don’t pay dues under a right-to-work law, union heads are implying … representation or other non-political work. That is a myth. For example, …

Vernuccio Op-ed Published on FoxNews.com

Labor policy director discusses Friedrichs case in press

… 11: The legal precedent at work here is a 1977 Supreme Court … public sector union members the right to opt-out of paying the portion … As of 2015, employees in 25 right-to-work states can exercise the right that Friedrichs seeks, to completely …

Half-Good Role Model on Right-to-Work

… moved from forced-union to right-to-work states," and that over a 30-year period beginning in 1977, "right-to-work states experienced a 23% faster … [Colgate] want to be in a right-to-work state." Mr. Daniels …

Right-to-Work Laws Can Make Unions Stronger

… pledged his support to sign a right-to-work law, he said he preferred the … pro-worker and pro-liberty. A right-to-work law would have almost no effect … National Rifle Association work on behalf of all gun owners, …

Repealing Right-to-Work is a Massive, Unforced Error

A statement from Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman

… legislation today repealing right-to-work protections in Michigan. This … or losing their jobs. Since right-to-work passed in 2012, nearly 140,000 … places than Michigan to live, work, invest, and create jobs. Compelling …