In victory for labor unions, Michigan governor repeals 'right-to-work' law

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer makes a campaign stop at the IBEW Local 58 union hall in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. November 5, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca CookMarch 24 - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday signed a package of bills repealing the state's so-called "right to work" law that allowed workers to opt out of unions, a long-sought victory for labor organizers facing an era of diminished power.

"Michigan workers are the most talented and hard-working in the world and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect," Whitmer, a two-term Democrat, said in a statement. The Michigan state legislature, controlled at the time by Republicans, in 2012 passed a right-to-work law over the objections of union activists. It was signed into law by then-Governor Rick Snyder, also a Republican.

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This is good since those chambers of commerce and NeoLibrals hate Republicans, Democrats can unwind legislations that favors them

Mandatory participation in any group increases the likelihood that the group leadership doesn’t adequately represent their constituents. Look at government. Give people the choice, and leadership will have to perform

So you can be forced against your will to join a union with a history of corruption, and give them money, to support a political direction you don’t believe in?

Good for her, so called right to work laws are insidious.

Right to work for less.

Unions are cancer.

Victory for unions and the DNC.

Wow. Now Michigan workers will have to pay the DNC a percentage of wages now if their employer decides to force them into a union.

Well at least it's an honest headline. Yes, it was a victory for unions and not the workers.

Assault on taxpayers. The left will always come after the middle class

More money for the corrupt union leaders to finance their luxurious lifestyle at the expense of gullible workers paying union dues.

What a great victory for Labor Union power!

Do governors repeal laws? Seems like something legislatures do.

YES! A true QUEEN! She’s so perfect. She also took the virus seriously and handled the pandemic flawlessly, saving millions of lives in the process.

Forcing people to join unions and pay union dues against their will is the most criminal thing ever. No wonder people and businesses are fleeing Michigan by the thousand

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