… aimed at circumventing Michigan’s new right-to-work law risk losing funding, according … of Teachers from exercising their right-to-work freedoms. F. Vincent Vernuccio, director …
… raises bar on MEAP, MME More right-to-teach controversy Howell … Mean,” March 22, 2010 More Right-to-Teach Controversy EAST … expressed frustration with a new “right-to-teach” proposal, under which … governor is unlikely to back the right-to-teach proposal. Michigan … Lansing State Journal, “Right to work for teachers on agenda,” Sept. …
… 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.
… corporate welfare industrial complex. Lawmakers ought to rethink their approach to encouraging economic development, because what they are doing doesn’t work and wastes taxpayer money. Pure Michigan. The state should eliminate this program. It is fundamentally unfair to make everyone pay for the advertising …
… believe we do that.” LaFaive also said Gov. Snyder should offer support for right-to-work legislation, particularly now that Indiana is on the verge of passing such …
… freedom of religion and the right to trial by jury. Such rights … employee also has a personal right to decide which groups to associate … clarify the reasoning behind a “right to work” statute, a law which this … initiative would prohibit. A right-to-work law prevents employees …
… for individuals to find gainful employment. But there is some bipartisan work being done to reform them. From the story: The Obama administration and … eliminated. This is relatively small potatoes, but still a step in the right direction. Going forward, legislators should roll back more of these licensing …
… up to session Tuesday to vote for the repeal of right-to-work. This is the third time in two months that a Democrat … member of the Democratic caucus to show up for work. “We’ll pass on the constructive criticism from …
… to new teachers union contracts in order to circumvent the state’s new right-to-work law. “They have locked in teachers and other school employees from being …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… it was supposed that every person possessed an inherent understanding of right and wrong by virtue of their humanity. Today, a law with no intent requirement … outcomes. There are many instances in which these flaws in our law have worked against well-meaning Michiganders. In one case from 2003, a man named Kenneth …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… Sunday and on CNN today discussing Michigan’s progress toward passing a right-to-work law.
… union officials are scrupulous and work hard to protect their members’ interests, … school district and Buist, picketed the work site, filed several Freedom of Information … waste, fraud and abuse. A Michigan right-to-work law would correct this flaw, make union …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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 …
… begin unionizing workers in right-to-work states. The words and actions … all remember Alabama is a Right to Work state; therefore, it is totally … feel it isn’t then it is your right not to join. Q: Alabama is …
… 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. …
… is even considering constricting the citizens’ ‘right to know,’” Andrzejewski said. “Taxpayers already … and already own the payroll records.” “When you work for government, you work for the taxpayer,” he added. “Taxpayers deserve …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
Union membership is on the increase and wages are higher in right-to-work states, the Washington Examiner reports based on recent research by James Hohman, …
… unions that want to extend contracts in order to circumvent Michigan’s new right-to-work law.
… 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. …
… 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 …
… R-Monroe, would support a “right-to-teach” law in Michigan, … wasn’t interested in broad right-to-work legislation in Michigan, but … reported. Richardville sees right-to-teach as part of broader … McCann said she expects a right-to-teach bill will be introduced …
… 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 …
… January, Kentucky became the 27th right-to-work state, sparking what could … Show-Me State may not stop with right-to-work. Its Legislature is currently … the economy as a whole in right-to-work states. Vernuccio and …
… 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 …
… you listen to opponents of right-to-work laws, the claims are dire. … forced unionism states to right-to-work states? My colleague Michael … gains in income and jobs for right-to-work states. But they also …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… Michigan has lost more than 7,000 jobs since neighboring Indiana became a right-to-work state. The Hoosier State, however, has added more than 43,000 jobs during …
… that violates the state’s right-to-work law by stating that teachers … language contrary to the state's right-to-work law. Several have indicated … State Violating Michigan's Right-to-Work Law School Haze: Contract …
… 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 …
… main stumbling block to passage of a right-to-work law. While remaining in Indianapolis, … the House the enactment of an Indiana right-to-work law is all but guaranteed. See Michigan …
… 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 …
… 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, …
… opted out under the state's right-to-work law by printing their names … out of the union under the right-to-work law. At that time, Business … “weathered the storm” with right-to-work. Michigan Capitol …
… Midwestern states were adopting right-to-work laws, several unions decided … new challenge to these laws. Right-to-work laws allow employees to choose … not. When states do not have right-to-work laws, employees can …
… enterprises, the adoption of a right-to-work law bodes well for workers … for opportunity. Over time, right-to-work states have experienced far … people who had moved from non-right-to-work states. Rigorous statistical …
… U.S. Supreme Court granted “right-to-work” status to 5 million public … about their First Amendment right to leave a union. Since then, … unions. Giving workers the right to choose whether they want … Mackinac Center priority. Our work was instrumental in making …
… support their union or not. Right-to-work simply means that a union no … tried to delay or avoid the right-to-work law. Some unions took advantage … extended their contracts to delay right-to-work. Washtenaw County even …
… in violation of the state's right-to-work law and says they should be … conflict with the state's right-to-work law that took effect March … in violation of the state's right-to-work law, though district …
… members from exercising their right to not pay dues or fees to … becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state late last year. The law … union in the absence of a right-to-work law. Union members in the …
CMU Public Radio says August is “an important month” for right-to-work in Michigan, reporting that teachers can exercise their worker freedom rights this …
… manufacturing jobs nationwide, right-to-work laws have to be considered. There are 22 states that have right-to-work laws that allow employees to … possibility of Michigan enacting right-to-work legislation after the …
… to circumvent the state’s right-to-work law would make it difficult … granted by the state’s new right-to-work law. And, he’s telling potential … nationally that if they want to work for Wayne State their future …
… the impact of the state's right-to-work law. The union contracts allowed … to be re-ratified and then right-to-work would kick in. "This raises … cost was needed. However we worked hand in hand with our actuary …
… employment. But the state's right-to-work law makes that illegal if the … rejected that request. When the right-to-work law was passed in December 2012, … contracts for several years before right-to-work became effective on March …
… the argument for a Michigan right-to-work (RTW) law, demonstrating that … disadvantage of unionized employees. Right-to-work laws are state statutes or … labor and imposing inefficient work rules, Vedder and Gallaway …
… of legislation to provide right-to-work status for Michigan public … been that he wouldn't press right-to-work as an agenda item, but he'd … would that position apply to right-to-work just for teachers? …
… University is trying to circumvent Michigan’s new right-to-work law by signing a new contract before the law takes … elected Legislature has said that they have the right to choose, and these moves are clearly making an …
… The Detroit News and The News-Herald have reported on the state's newest right-to-work district.
… just days before the state's right-to-work law goes into effect. Michigan's right-to-work law takes effect March 28, … in a way that bypassed the right-to-work law. To me, that was …
… was about to take a vote on right-to-work. The educational efforts the … Show-Me State. Missouri passed right-to-work in 2017, though the law was … a union-led referendum. I worked with the Mackinac Center again …
… against the effort in Lansing to pass a right-to-work law and is expected to reiterate his … and would have prevented the very right-to-work law the president now opposes. More …
… should have triggered his right-to-work rights. The Mackinac Center … contracts entered into after right-to-work was enacted but before it went … bargaining unit to exercise a right explicitly conferred upon them …
… their freedoms under the new right-to-work law in Michigan to opt out … According to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWF), … their rights under Michigan’s right-to-work law," said Mark Mix, …
… to passage of the state's right-to-work law as the driving force for … 1947 through 2011 states with right-to-work laws experienced a 0.8 percentage … been 2 percent, and adding a right-to-work law made it 2.8 percent, …
… August, he used the state's right-to-work law to leave the MEA. Now … opt out of the MEA under the right-to-work law "freeloaders" in a TV interview, … 'Free Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Union Will …
… Michigan court has upheld the right of teachers to leave their … further enhancing the state’s right-to-work law. Ron Robinson, a teacher … meant to subvert Michigan's right-to-work law, special “opt out windows” …
… establishment. The Michigan right-to-work law enacted in late 2012 may … in numbers that rival the right-to-work law. A total of 9,645 teachers worked in Michigan charter schools …
… economic impact of adopting right-to-work laws. It is in regard to this … was strenuously opposed to right-to-work. After his testimony, Wilson … economic development aspects of right-to-work laws. Wilson’s termination …
The recent right-to-work law passed in Michigan is having an … representation. Under the right-to-work law, union members must wait … 30-year career. Even before right-to-work, teachers who wished …
… not currently eligible for right-to-work, but she wants to explore her … March to skirt around the new right-to-work law and failed to update their … extensions with their unions before right-to-work took effect on March …
In 2012, Michigan passed a law to become a right-to-work state. This means that most workers — everyone … place until current contracts expired, unions worked to extend contracts to put off worker rights as …
… Because her state does not provide right-to-work protections, Friedrichs must pay dues … protected public employees in non-right-to-work states from being fired for not paying …
… union failed to honor their right not to pay dues or fees under Michigan's right-to-work law. The union claimed the … To Investigate Possible MEA Right-to-Work Violations Teachers Sue MEA …
… Jersey, city employees who seek the right to end their financial obligation … Center’s campaign, My Pay My Say, and its work in New Jersey. Having learned many … in union tactics when Michigan went right-to-work in late 2012, the Mackinac Center has …
… Michigan gained in 2013 with the right-to-work law. What makes this dispute … violate their First Amendment right of free speech? The teachers … we pointed out that even in right-to-work states like Michigan, where …
… to inform members of their right to leave the union. According … paychecks. The other was Michigan's right-to-work law, which allows people to … on Aug. 26, 2013. "After right-to-work passed in December 2012, did …
… Legislature got serious about a right-to-work law. As I predicted last quarter … Michigan into the nation’s 24th right-to-work state. Look for a two-year … And ask yourself, now that right-to-work is law in Michigan …
… complying with the state's right-to-work law. Tennessee has been a right-to-work state since 1947. MEA spokesperson … To Investigate Possible MEA Right-to-Work Violations Teachers …
… opting out under the state's right-to-work law to initial a "Nonmember … nothing to do with the actual right-to-work process. An attorney compared … 'Free Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Union Will …
… contract negotiations? Before right-to-work was signed into law in December … He talked about the state's right-to-work law and the union's insistence … said. "That's why they passed right-to-work in the first place …
… out as part of the state's right-to-work law, but the union will not … with the state's passage of a right-to-work law, she felt she had more … Education Association CapCon Right-to-Work Coverage Know Your …
… institutions. Many opponents of right-to-work laws justify their ability to force … government. While unions in non-right-to-work states can get a worker fired for not …
… members from exercising the right to leave the union without … Michigan's recently passed right-to-work law. The decade-long extended … Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state on Dec. 11. The law prohibits …
… including charter schools, right-to-work laws, tuition tax credits, … win was making Michigan a right-to-work state. We made this case consistently … possible. The Legislature passed a right-to-work law in 2012, an unlikely …
… Regrets and Possible Ways To Fight Right-to-Work Law MEA Spends More On Salaries, Benefits … Union 'Free-Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Teacher Union Executives Get …
… MEA was complying with Michigan's right-to-work law. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation … Panel To Investigate Possible MEA Right-to-Work Violations Teachers Sue MEA To Escape …
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 …
Gov. Rick Snyder never lied about right-to-work legislation in Michigan. In 2009, he … and stuck to his preference that a right-to-work bill not reach his desk because he …
… belief that MERC should overturn that prior ruling or that Michigan’s new right-to-work law supersedes that ruling.” (Editor's note: One of the Mackinac Center …
… of the Union Month' For Teachers The Union 'Free Rider Problem' Myth In Right-to-Work Debate Union Will Use 'Any Legal Means' To Combat Members Who Want To L …
… for Public Policy is informing teachers of their rights under Michigan's right-to-work law. Teachers who belong to the MEA but do not want to support the union …
… “It was either that or find employment elsewhere,” O’Neil said. When right-to-work became law in March of 2013, O’Neil thought she was free to leave the Michigan …
What is the right education for your children worth? Is it worth … is precisely how much the right education for their children … all parents should have the right to choose where their children … the Education Committee. We work for the citywide food drive. … the kids also serve. They all work on the food drive, too. That's …
… $1 per page. In addition, Westland demands $45.61 an hour for the actual work of assembling the requested documents. Michigan’s FOIA law allows a public … request under this act.” Extrapolating $45.61 an hour times 2,080 hours in a work year comes to $94,868 annually. “That’s pretty hefty compensation for a …
… The study offers a solution to the free/forced rider issue that exists in right-to-work states: Current law requires unions to represent all workers in a bargaining …
… jobs. Those of us who live and work in Michigan might want to set … report, "The Economic Effect of Right-to-Work Laws: 2007," we described the numerous advantages that right-to-work states like Alabama have over …
… The reason is simple: Done right, privatization can save money … districts contracting for custodial work is likely to have increased … must. Districts also should work hard to ensure that plenty … promises are being kept. Done right, privatization remains an effective … Michigan. Getting privatization right is vital because failure unnecessarily …
