LANSING — Barely two months after taking control of the Michigan Legislature, Democrats are taking aim at a major Republican policy by moving to repeal the state's Right-to-Work law.
House Labor Committee Democrats on Wednesday morning advanced union-backed bills to repeal the 2012 law that prohibits compulsory union dues or fees, along with a separate measure that would restore a construction-industry “prevailing wage” law the GOP repealed in 2018.
The full House is expected to vote on the bills later Wednesday, sending them to the Democratic-controlled Senate for consideration as early as next week.
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