Saturday, March 25, 2023

Gretchen Whitmer still pushing forward

The attempt to kidnap and possibly kill her hasn't made her afraid.
Michigan became the first state in decades to repeal its “right-to-work” law when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed legislation on Friday to rescind it.

The governor’s office said in a release that Whitmer signed a package of bills that will protect workers’ safety and help them push for better wages and working conditions.

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The repeal of the law is a major victory for labor unions in the state amid record low union membership nationwide.

“Right-to-work” laws allow employees at unionized workplaces to opt out of joining a union and or paying dues.

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Whitmer also signed a prevailing wage law into effect that requires contractors who are working on state projects to pay union-level wages. Republicans had repealed this law in 2018.

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Indiana was the most recent state to repeal a “right-to-work” law in 1965. Republicans restored the law in 2012.

  The Hill
"Right to work" is another GOP misleading label hoping - and often succeeding - to get low information and poor readers' votes.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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