… 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 …
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.
… 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 …
… 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 …
… beneficial, requires the least restrictive method of obtaining it. It also allows workers to sue the state if a regulation excessively burdens their right to earn a living; if a court agreed, the mandate would be thrown out." If politicians want to truly help the little guy, more needs to be done to …
… apple pie. To others, it means right to work and a serious threat to unions. … states have exercised the right-to-work option by making it illegal … increasingly, they are choosing to work in nonunion settings. From …
… 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 …
… 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. …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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 …
… 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, …
… Foundation, about the Center’s role over the past 20 years in bringing right-to-work to Michigan. Lehman earlier detailed those efforts in an interview with …
… 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 …
Contents of this issue: Right-to-work legislation passes DPS cuts … Michigan land Final MED of 2012 Right-to-Work Legislation Passes LANSING, … Michigan legislators passed a right-to-work bill last Tuesday, …
History is unfolding in Michigan as the state's new right-to-work law goes into effect. Union members and non-union members are determining how the law …
… Michigan Senate on Tuesday approved a right-to-work repeal bill in a party-line vote. House Bill 4004, a repeal of Michigan’s right-to-work law in the public sector, will headed …
… approaching a small group of right-to-work supporters gathered on the … Snyder's decision to push for right-to-work legislation that lets workers … pointed fingers and chanted at right-to-work supporters before physically …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… dues is in violation of the right-to-work law passed in December. Teamsters … employees. "I was waiting for [right-to-work] for a long time," said Fred … being active, I saw the lack of work that they were doing for us." …
… Michigan’s labor force under a right-to-work law. Paul Kersey, labor policy … stations that not having a right-to-work law has cost Michigan jobs … from locating in Michigan. A right-to-work law also would have …
… taken to avoid the state's right-to-work law. Allegations against the … also granted employees the right to opt out of union membership. … when they exercised their right to opt out of their Michigan … violation of the Freedom to Work Act," he said. "The teachers …
As Michigan transitions to a right-to-work state, the main benefit for teachers and others is that they will not be forced to financially support a union …
… freedoms under Michigan’s right-to-work law. The contracts states that … time during the school day to work on union business. Neuman opted … who represent the union to work on union business at employer … the union under Michigan’s right-to-work law. In this case, …
… Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, discussed Michigan’s new right-to-work law as being successful based on business … An econometric examination of the effects of right-to-work laws in different places over different …
… 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 …
… Mackinac Center, says that if right-to-work is repealed in Michigan, the … people Over the long run, right-to-work laws are associated with stronger … moved from states without right-to-work laws to states that …
… becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state. In the past year, CapCon … Excessive Teacher Absences Over Right-to-Work” “Teacher Upset She Can’t Retire … Union ‘Free-Rider’ Myth in Right-to-Work Debate” "Extra Early …
… special needs students. Sue has worked as a para-professional for … Learning Program. The program worked with students who have minor … the district and went on to work with Early Childhood Special … One-on-one paraprofessionals work with students individually. … The court ruled in favor of right-to-work protections for all …
… membership numbers under the right-to-work law just going into effect … everybody’s worst fear.” Right-to-work means employers cannot require … membership is down 25 percent since right-to-work became law. MEA Spokesman …
… 143,000 members since Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect, according … whether to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work law, they should wrestle with … over the period. “Michigan’s right-to-work law is very simple …
… unions and was opposed to right-to-work laws, under which workers cannot … talking about taking away the right to organize. What matters is … blacks. That’s how things are right now, without right-to-work and with the state …
… 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 …
… advance energy reliability, the Michigan House spent its time approving two right-to-work repeal bills, including one version that is baldly unconstitutional. Last …
… recession, the option of becoming a right-to-work state is likely to become more … more attractive. For decades right-to-work states have had a significant … of incomes as well. Under a right-to-work law Michigan workers …
… 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 …
… 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, …
The 22 states that were right-to-work saw an increase in the number … of Labor Statistics. The right-to-work states had an overall increase … 39,000 union members while non-right-to-work states lost 390,000, …
… become the 28th state to have a right-to-work law after its General Assembly … a Republican who supported right-to-work during his 2016 election campaign, … the fourth state to adopt a right-to-work law since Michigan …
… recently taken up by the Supreme Court. Their decision could extend the right to work to all public sector employees in the country. The Detroit News discussed …
… affected when the state passed a right-to-work law that went into effect in … allowed to leave under the right-to-work law. The data cover 2013-18 … Civil Service Commission. Right-to-work has had different effects …
… 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 …
… Great Lake State the 24th right-to-work state in the nation, announcing … worker freedom.” Extending right-to-work protections to employees in … financially support them. “Right-to-work does not affect collective …
… the ongoing debate over the right-to-work bill under consideration in the Indiana House. The right-to-work bill, which would ensure that … crossed party lines to show up to work.
… Michigan the nation's 24th right-to-work state. "When it arrives on … However, unless a state has a right-to-work law, employees in companies … people to have the choice. "Right-to-Work states have higher …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… would give union members the right to not pay dues or fees as … that try to circumvent the right-to-work law. Rep. McMillin said he … allowed. That's the date when the right-to-work laws take effect. WMU Spokeswoman …
… recognizes the "negative" right of individuals to be free from … notoriously), such as the right to food, housing, health care, … grant every individual the "right" to live off his or her fellow … thing: Every individual has a right to other people's stuff. The … power by passing a “right-to-work” law. Michigan has not chosen …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… expressly to circumvent Michigan's right-to-work law. In addition, the memo … the impact of the new law [right-to-work]. Macomb has been approached … contracts before March 28 (when the right-to-work law goes into effect) …
… states bolsters the case for right-to-work laws. Mayer pointed to an … fundamental reforms, such as state right-to-work laws that make union membership … voluntary. The record of right-to-work states is pretty clear: …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… did not make things easier when we tried to learn more about the state’s work to count the number of COVID-related deaths in long-term care nursing facilities. … have a transparency problem. Do the people who represent you defend your right to know?
… week in Janus v. AFSCME, a case that if successful would virtually mean right-to-work status for all public sector workers across the nation. At the hearing the …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 the five years since Michigan became a right-to-work state, most of its largest unions have seen a significant hit to their membership, revenues and …
… stipend to conduct research. In March 2012 Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation clarifying that in Michigan, graduate students at public universities who work as research assistants are legally considered to be students and not employees. So while graduate students teaching undergraduate classes or serving …
… how taxpayers foot the bill for public-sector union dues, the need for right-to-work protections in Michigan and how unions spend a fraction of the dues they …
… 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 …
… they’ve jumped through the right hoops — are among the most … both the political left and right, shows that licensing laws … ensure that certain construction work costing less than $3,000 would … allow dental therapists to work in Michigan. These workers are trained, work under the supervision of a …
… General Assembly last week that “right-to-work states have higher rates of … 2002 study, “The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Economic Development,” … greater accountability that right-to-work has on unions.
… end of March when the new right-to-work law takes effect, while others … contracts that are extended before right-to-work goes into effect will need … modified before exercising their right-to-work freedoms. No matter …
… Workers for Opportunity — which will work alongside state and national allies, … privilege of representing their interests. Right-to-work: Public employees across the country … expansive national initiative to house the work of My Pay My Say while additionally …
… Michigan seemed to become a right-to-work state in seven days flat last … line in the first place. Our right-to-work timeline marks milestones that … Lawmakers have given us a right-to-work law, “if we can keep …
… of looking at whether people are having an easier or harder time finding work. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks six of them. Regardless of which of these you measure, Michigan’s rates are moving in the right direction and doing so at rates that often lead the entire nation. For instance, …
Michigan officially is a right-to-work state and as soon as current … workers can exercise their right to not pay dues or agency fees … featuring "fast facts" about right-to-work vs. non-right-to-work states, …
… country,” Kay says, citing the work of the Institute for Justice. … game.” Kay and his colleagues worked to build a coalition to support … support from the left, from the right, from the middle,” Kay says. … not the first time they’ve worked in occupational licensing … influence in the Legislature and work it really hard.” This time, …
… with the Freedom of Information Act in place, various units of government work to thwart requests for information that may be useful to the public. Access … change to the constitution that could have chilling effects on citizens’ right to know.” #####
… system of charter schools as a "model" for other communities to follow. If policy makers decide to restrict choice, Detroit parents will have every right to question that move. Detroit public charter school students post higher learning gains than their DPS counterparts. And yet, the coalition’s recommendations …
… Fiat Chrysler, and General Motors will expire for the first time since right-to-work legislation took effect in Michigan, allowing autoworkers to opt out of …
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 …
… cover all the promises made to all the system’s existing members. Properly managed pension systems do not require a fresh stream of new entrants to work. And new entrants don’t help a system when it is underfunded. Unfortunately, the state has failed to adequately fund the school pension system, resulting …
… union to circumvent Michigan’s right-to-work law and preserve its own power … “sick-out” that was used to protest right-to-work legislation at the Capitol. … circumvent” Michigan’s freedom to work law. “This is about our civil …
… on the likely effects of a right-to-work law on Michigan’s economy as … Mackinac Center studies. Right-to-Work allows individual workers to … withhold support from unions, right-to-work makes unions more responsive …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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, …
… 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/
… to go to Lansing to protest right-to-work legislation. As a result, about … the state’s recently signed right-to-work law. That security clause … enough employees showed up to work. Warren Consolidated Schools, …
Contents of this issue: ‘Right-to-teach’ headed to Legislature? … Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels ‘Right-to-Teach’ Headed to Legislature? … R-Monroe, would support a “right-to-teach” law in Michigan, … wasn’t interested in broad right-to-work legislation in Michigan, but …
… three public employees in the state of New Jersey. They believe it is their right to leave a union and end financial support to it at any time. The Mackinac … and Terence Gaudlip. These employees contend that they should have the right to leave a union and end financial support to it at any time. They challenge …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… Choice provides a method to fix the "free/forced rider" issue that exists in right-to-work states. Without requiring a complete overhaul of collective bargaining laws, …
… 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 …
Contents of this issue: Right-to-work legislation moving quickly … tax revenues for Red Wings Right-to-Work Legislation Moving Quickly … the House and Senate passed right-to-work bills on Thursday, …
… response to the state’s new right-to-work law, the Wayne State University … University are negotiating. “Right-to-work was an attack on unions and … seeks 10-year contract before right-to-work takes effect,” Jan. …
… 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 …