Michigan could become first state in nearly 60 years to ditch 'right-to-work' law
LANSING, Michigan — A fight brewing over the future of Michigan's "right-to-work" law is drawing national attention as Democratic lawmakers in Lansing eye repealing the law Republicans passed just over a decade ago allowing workers in unionized jobs to opt out of paying union dues and fees.
When Republican lawmakers made Michigan a "right-to-work" state in 2012, thousands of protesters massed at the Capitol while police on horseback and in riot gear tried to control the scuffles that broke out.
Michigan was not the first state to enact right-to-work. But it is a state steeped in labor history now poised to become the first state in nearly 60 years to ditch such a law, with Democrats controlling the executive and legislative branches of state government for the first time in four decades.
"Michigan should be first," said Jennifer Root, the executive director of SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Michigan, which represents nearly 30,000 public and private sector workers. "Michigan and unions in this state built the middle class in this country. There's no reason we can't do it again."
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