Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed three labor policy bills on March 24, including a bill repealing the state’s 2012 right-to-work law. Votes for all three Democratic-sponsored bills were along party lines.
Right-to-work is a term used to describe state laws prohibiting an employer from entering into a collective bargaining agreement that requires employees to financially support a labor union as a condition of employment. Opponents of such laws sometimes use the phrases “right to work for less” or “right to freeload” (because collective bargaining agreements still cover, and unions are required to represent, employees who choose not to pay dues).
