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OPINION: Michigan became the first state in decades to repeal its right-to-work laws, which stifles workers by making it harder to collectively bargain for their wages, benefits and working ...
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.
New Hampshire adopted a right-to-work bill in 1947, but it was repealed in 1949 by the state legislature and governor.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]
In March 2023, she signed the repeal of the state's 2012 "right-to-work law"; Michigan was the first state in 58 years to repeal such a law. Whitmer also signed legislation reinstating a prevailing wage law, which mandates that contractors hired for projects with the state pay union-level wages.
repeal of Right-to-work law (signed into law March 24, 2023 [5]) expansion of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation, gender identity, hair style and texture , and more (LGBT protections signed on March 16, 2023, [ 6 ] CROWN Act signed June 15, 2023 [ 7 ] )
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Outman and his father (a state senator) opposed the labor-rights package of bills signed into law by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in March 2023; the legislation, which passed the House and Senate on party-line votes, repealed the "right-to-work law" enacted in 2012 under Governor Rick Snyder and reinstated the prevailing wage law. [15]