Signed by Governor Rick Snyder

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits public employees from being required to join labor unions or pay union dues as a condition of employment, effective 90 days after the legislature adjourns.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a public employee from being required to engage in certain activities as a condition of employment, including, but not limited to, the following activities (Secs. 9 & 10):
  
  • Becoming or remaining a member of a labor organization or bargaining representative;
  • Financially supporting a labor organization or bargaining representative; or
  • Paying to a charity or third party charges required of members of a labor organization or bargaining representative.

• Prohibits any individual from interfering with, restraining, coercing, or discriminating against public employees in order to encourage or discourage membership in a labor organization (Secs. 9 & 10).

• Prohibits labor organizations from interfering with, restraining, coercing, or discriminating against public employees or employers for the purposes of collective bargaining (Sec. 10).

• Appropriates $1 million to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for the enactment of this bill (Sec. 10).

• Exempts public police and fire department employees from the provisions of this bill (Sec. 10).

• Exempts agreements in effect on March 16, 2012, from the provisions of this bill until the agreement expires or is terminated, extended, or renewed (Sec. 10).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits public employees from being required to join labor unions or pay union dues as a condition of employment, effective 90 days after the legislature adjourns.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a public employee from being required to engage in certain activities as a condition of employment, including, but not limited to, the following activities (Secs. 9 & 10):
  
  • Becoming or remaining a member of a labor organization or bargaining representative;
  • Financially supporting a labor organization or bargaining representative; or
  • Paying to a charity or third party charges required of members of a labor organization or bargaining representative.

• Prohibits any individual from interfering with, restraining, coercing, or discriminating against public employees in order to encourage or discourage membership in a labor organization (Secs. 9 & 10).

• Prohibits labor organizations from interfering with, restraining, coercing, or discriminating against public employees or employers for the purposes of collective bargaining (Sec. 10).

• Appropriates $1 million to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for the enactment of this bill (Sec. 10).

• Exempts public police and fire department employees from the provisions of this bill (Sec. 10).

• Exempts agreements in effect on March 16, 2012, from the provisions of this bill until the agreement expires or is terminated, extended, or renewed (Sec. 10).

Full Bill Text