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Union members and supporters chant in the Capitol rotunda, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023, as they wait for a Right To Work bill to be voted on. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
Union members, supporters and others put their hats back on after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
Senator Sarah Anthony, left, talks with Chad Fabbro, of Vassar, outside Senate chambers, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023. Fabbro is the financial secretary of UAW Local 598 out of Flint. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
Michigan Senators Dayna Polehanki, left, and Veronica Klinefelt talk at the Capitol in Lansing, as a Right To Work bill is voted on, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
Michigan Senate votes to repeal 2012 law restricting unions
The Michigan Senate has approved legislation to repeal the state's “right-to-work” law, further advancing one of Democrats' top legislative goals since taking control of the state government this year
Union members and supporters chant in the Capitol rotunda, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023, as they wait for a Right To Work bill to be voted on. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
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Union members, supporters and others put their hats back on after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
Todd McInturf - member image share, Detroit News
Senator Sarah Anthony, left, talks with Chad Fabbro, of Vassar, outside Senate chambers, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023. Fabbro is the financial secretary of UAW Local 598 out of Flint. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
Todd McInturf - member image share, Detroit News
Michigan Senators Dayna Polehanki, left, and Veronica Klinefelt talk at the Capitol in Lansing, as a Right To Work bill is voted on, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. A Michigan Senate committee voted Tuesday morning to advance bills that would represent landmark victories for labor unions by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of union supporters filled the halls of the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday as Senate Democrats voted along party lines in support of repealing the decade-old “right-to-work” law in a state long considered a pillar of organized labor.
Democrats have listed the repeal as one of their top legislative goals this session. The law, enacted in 2012 when Republicans fully controlled Michigan government, prohibits public and private unions from requiring that nonunion employees pay union dues even if the union bargains on their behalf.
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