In a major victory for labor unions, Michigan has become the first state in more than half a century to repeal a right-to-work law.
“Michigan workers are the most talented and hard-working in the world and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,” said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after signing the legislation. | Patrick Semansky/AP PhotoIn a major victory for labor unions, Michigan on Friday became the first state in more than half a century to repeal a right-to-work law.
Republicans, however, said the move would backfire by discouraging employers from locating or expanding in the state. “For us, being the home of labor and getting attacked 10 years ago was a gut punch to workers across Michigan,” state Sen. Darrin Camilleri, the sponsor of, told POLITICO. “We are a state so steeped in union activism and union history that we knew this was a policy that our constituents wanted for the last 10 years as well.”
Michigan’s law was highly contentious when Republicans pushed it through during the lame-duck session following the 2012 election, with unions rallying thousands of people to the statehouse in protest of the legislation. The state’s then-governor, Republican Rick Snyder, at the time pointed to voters’that would have enshrined collective bargaining rights as validation of the GOP’s actions.
The effort was helped by several factors unique to the state, though by the same token could make it hard for union backers to replicate Michigan’s example elsewhere. Weiss is among the more than 40 percent of state House Democrats — 24 out of 56 — who have been members of a union, according to data from the Michigan AFL-CIO.
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