Michigan Senate votes to repeal right-to-work law in victory for organized labor

Michigan makes history, first state to repeal Right-to-Work (for less) in 60 years

LANSING, Mich.—Michigan’s pro-worker Democratic sweep last November swept out the Wolverine State’s corporate Republican-passed right-to-work (for less) laws in March. Democratic legislative leaders, who took “trifecta” power in the election, made RTW repeal their #1 priority and won it 56-53 in the state House and 20-17 in the Senate on party-line votes. Then lawmakers, also on party-line votes, restored project labor agreements, too. Gov. Gret…

Michigan Senate Votes to Repeal Right-to-Work, Reinstate Prevailing Wage - Tennessee Star

The Democrat-dominated Michigan Senate voted to repeal right-to-work and to reinstate the prevailing wage.

Michigan Senate Repeals Right-To-Work Law As State Removes Campaign Contribution Limits From PACs

The Michigan Senate has voted to overturn the state’s right-to-work laws, marking a major victory for unions and organized labor. The measure passed in a 20-17 vote with Democrats voting along party lines. Right-to-work legislation, passed by state Republicans in 2012, guarantees that workers cannot be compelled to join or pay dues to labor unions, which are responsible for billions of dollars in political donations. During the 2020 election cyc…

Michigan Senate Approves Bill to Repeal 'Right-to-Work' Law

The Michigan Senate approved a bill on March 14 to repeal the 2012 right-to-work law that made paying dues or agency fees to a union at unionized workplaces optional. The bill narrowly passed along party lines in a 20–17 vote. A similar package of three bills passed the House the previous week, meaning the two chambers will have to decide on which version to send to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to be signed. Whitmer, a Democrat, has said she will sign …

Labor celebrates as Michigan Senate votes to overturn 'right-to-work' law

Just over a decade after union members and labor advocates from across the United States rallied at the Michigan State Capitol to protest state Republicans' passage of a so-called "right-to-work" law, many of the same people were present in Lansing on Tuesday as the Democratic-led state Senate voted...

Michigan Senate votes to repeal right-to-work law

Michigan's Senate approved legislation on Tuesday to repeal the state's right-to-work law. The senators approved the repeal on a 20-17 vote and sent it back to the House.