In a win for unions, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed Democratic legislation repealing the state's right-to-work law. The move makes Michigan the first state in decades to repeal the ...
On Friday, Michigan became the first state in decades to repeal a right-to-work law that allowed workers to opt out of paying union dues and fees. The change goes into effect 90 days after the ...
Democrats said the measure was needed to ensure unions had the ability to help employees. But Republicans argued the change ...
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers recently made their opinion on so-called “right-to-work” laws abundantly clear, and in the process praised the state of Michigan, for being the ...
Along with repealing the right-to-work law, Michigan has also reinstated prevailing wage. The law requires union-level pay and benefits for any publicly-funded state construction projects.
Regardless, a decade after it became law, right-to-work in Michigan appears to be at death ... Both unions and pro-repeal policymakers are acutely aware of that. “Let’s restore fairness ...
Rick Snyder helmed Michigan in the pre-Trump years. He's the antithesis of a MAGA Republican and has made his distaste clear.
Some Democrats want Whitmer to repeal Michigan's emergency manager law, but she said there needs to be something to replace ...
Matt Wehrmeister was working at a Starbucks in East Lansing in March when he learned about Michigan Democrats' successful repeal of the state's right-to-work law. Wehrmeister is a barista at the ...
Lansing — The Democrat-controlled Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to repeal a policy ... repealing Snyder-era laws, including the Republican-authored right-to-work and prevailing wage laws.
Michigan has become the first state in 58 years to repeal a "right-to-work" law. The law, passed more than decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature, had allowed those in unionized ...
But there's one controversial GOP measure she may be less eager to overturn: Michigan ... repealed or approved major overhauls of other Snyder-era policies, including the state's "right-to-work ...
