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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.
New Hampshire adopted a right-to-work bill in 1947, but it was repealed in 1949 by the state legislature and governor.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]
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Serving with a Republican legislature and Governor, Foster has voted on successful legislation to make Michigan a right-to-work state, repeal the Michigan Business Tax and replace it with the Corporate Income Tax, and eliminate the pension tax exemption for state employees, and has made drastic reforms to the state's K-12 education system ...
Exit polls found that Whitmer won nearly 70% of college-educated White women. [234] Despite Dixon's loss, she managed to flip Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula (which had voted for Whitmer in 2018), making this the first election since 1932 where a Democrat won the Michigan governor's mansion without carrying Gogebic County. [235]
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As of Feb. 13, Michigan’s deceptively named “right-to-work” laws officially became a thing of the past, marking the first time in nearly 60 years a state has repealed one of these laws. This ...
After a required four-day wait between the houses of the legislature passing each other's bills, [73] Snyder signed the legislation into law on December 11, 2012, making Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the United States as part of a plan to attract business and jobs to the state.