Cheers erupted in the Michigan Senate after lawmakers voted along party lines to repeal the state’s decade-old “right-to-work” law while reinstalling the practice of prevailing wage.
“Dems have delivered on one of our biggest promises that we’ve made, today, which is restoring workers’ freedoms,” Rep. Regina Weiss, D-Oak Park, told reporters following session.
If bills are signed by the governor as expected, an employer and a labor organization may again enter into an agreement that requires employees to financially support the union, or pay dues. This is banned by a Republican policy enacted in 2012 and long unpopular among Democrats and labor leaders. Further, the legislation would ensure all workers on state projects receive union-level wages.
Yet, which of four bills – House Bill 4004, House Bill 4007, Senate Bill 6 and Senate Bill 34 – will obtain Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature remains to be seen.
All the bills passed the legislature in party line votes and were enrolled March 21. Lawmakers, however, opted to leave the decision of which to sign in the hands of the Whitmer administration.
Amber McCann, press secretary to House Speaker Joe Tate, D-Detroit, said it is likely the governor will sign HB 4007 and hold SB 6 in case there are reservations surrounding the House bill.
“It’s not uncommon for there to be a dispute between the (Legislative Services Bureau) and the administration’s attorneys or our attorneys about the best way to accomplish the change,” McCann...
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