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About half of U.S. states have right-to-work laws in place. With the repeal, Michigan became the first state in nearly 60 years to abandon the policy, which is opposed by labor advocates.
The one-time stronghold for organized labor became the first state in nearly six decades to repeal a policy limiting unions' power in workplaces they represent.
New Hampshire adopted a right-to-work bill in 1947, but it was repealed in 1949 by the state legislature and governor. [72] In 2017, a proposed right to work bill was defeated in the New Hampshire House of Representatives 200–177. [73] In 2021, the same bill was reintroduced but again defeated in the House of Representatives 199–175. [74]
The right to work is the concept that people have a human right to work, or to engage in productive employment, and should not be prevented from doing so.The right to work, enshrined in the United Nations 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is recognized in international human-rights law through its inclusion in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...
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Mackinac Center building in Midland, Michigan. The organization was founded in 1987. [19] In a 2011 interview, founder Joe Olson said that the Center was first conceived in a Lansing, Michigan bar at a meeting between Olson, fellow insurance company executive Tom Hoeg, Richard McLellan and then-Michigan Senate Republican majority leader John Engler, who would later become governor.
He first became chairman of the Michigan Republican Party in 2009, when he ran unopposed. [21] He held the position from 2009 to 2011, [22] [23] and again from 2017 to 2019. [23] Weiser played a key role in the passage of "right-to-work law" legislation enacted by the Michigan Legislature. [6]
It should come as no surprise that activists on the left are pushing for unions to adopt new strategies to broaden their appeal -- and clout. After all, the number of Americans who are part of an ...