After Michigan Democrats scored their first trifecta of controlling the House, Senate and governor’s office in decades this past election, the state is now set to become the first state in six decades to overturn its anti-worker “right-to-work” law.
, according to data from the Bureau of Labor statistics, with only 10.1 percent of the workforce in a union. At the same time, however, the sheer number of workers belonging to a union increased by 273,000 people in 2022, giving hope to labor advocates that there is currently momentum behind the labor movement but that people are being shackled by anti-union and anti-worker laws.
The Michigan right-to-work repeal is another indication of the current energy behind the labor movement, advocates say.Michigan Advance . “It’s a sign of the growing interest in reviving unions, and an acknowledgement of their really important role that they play in leveling the playing field and rebalancing that power.”is widely read among people with lower incomes and among young people who are mired in debt. Our site is read at public libraries, among people without internet access of their own.
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