History of Right-to-Work Laws . In 1935, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), or the Wagner Act, was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt.

With the swipe of a pen held by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan on Friday became the first state to repeal a right-to-work law in over 60 years.

Right-to-work laws therefore give a worker a strong economic incentive to quit the union and become a free rider. The result is, typically, shrinking union membership.

Win for unions: Whitmer repeals Michigan's 'right-to-work' law, brings back prevailing wage After Michigan's move, 26 states and Guam now have right-to-work laws, according to the National ...

Michigan lawmakers have voted to repeal the state's right-to-work law, which allows workers to opt out of paying union dues. Republicans call the move a setback for the state's economy.

Indiana was the last state to repeal a right-to-work law. It repealed its 1957 law in 1965, but then went on to pass a new right-to-work law in 2012, which remains in place.

Currently, 26 states have right-to-work laws on the books, with the most recent state adopting the measure being Kentucky in 2017. Missouri legislators passed a right-to-work law in 2017, but voters ...

In victory for unions, Missouri voters reject right-to-work law. Missouri voters have rejected a right-to-work law banning mandatory union fees in workplace contracts.

Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as "right-to-work" that was passed over a decade ago by a ...

Over the decade Michigan has had a right-to-work law, unionization rates in the private sector dropped from 11.3% in 2012, when the law was passed, to 9.1% in 2021, according to data from ...

Michigan repealed its “right-to-work” law Friday, scrapping the anti-union policy that has hurt worker in the state for over a decade. It's a big win.

The Senate voted to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work law, which is just a step toward the direction thousands of Michigan workers want. It comes after the Michigan House already approved the same ...