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HB 4003 - Limits Labor Organization Activities: Public Entities - Key Vote

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Legislation - Signed (Executive) -

Title: Limits Labor Organization Activities: Public Entities

Signed by Governor Rick Snyder
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (58-51) - (Key vote)

Title: Limits Labor Organization Activities: Public Entities

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).
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Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (22-4) - (Key vote)

Title: Limits Labor Organization Activities: Public Entities

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).
See The Voting Record

Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (63-46) -
Legislation - Introduced (House) -

Title: Limits Labor Organization Activities: Public Entities

Sponsors

  • Paul E. Opsommer (MI - R) (Out Of Office)

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