After regaining full control of the Michigan Legislature in November for the first time in four decades, state Democrats are patting themselves on the back for marching through their liberal priority list, from expanding LGBTQ protections to restricting guns.
One of the most damaging and shortsighted proposals would overturn the state’s decade-old right-to-work law, which gives workers the choice to opt out of paying union dues and fees and still keep their job. Unions can operate as they did before – they just have to earn the support of their members.
Michigan is one of 27 states with a right-to-work law. No state has overturned its law in nearly six decades, which will make the Great Lakes State an extreme outlier.
Michigan’s economy is still fragile after extended pandemic lockdowns put in place by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, so this is an especially bad time for the state to put union interests ahead of what’s best for all citizens.
What’s happening in Michigan is noteworthy because it's a microcosm of what President Joe Biden (self-anointed the “most pro-union president leading the most pro-union administration in American history”) wants to do to the rest of the country.
It’s no surprise that Democrats want to return favors for the labor unions who generously fund their campaigns. The union membership rate has fallen in recent decades – to 10% in 2022 from 20% in 1983, yet unions remain a powerful political influence.
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