HOUSE BILL NO. 4585
May 16, 2023, Introduced by Reps. BeGole, Bierlein and Bezotte and referred to the Committee
on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 176, entitled
"An act to create a commission relative to labor disputes, and to
prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the mediation and
arbitration of labor disputes, and the holding of elections
thereon; to regulate the conduct of parties to labor disputes and
to require the parties to follow certain procedures; to regulate
and limit the right to strike and picket; to protect the rights and
privileges of employees, including the right to organize and engage
in lawful concerted activities; to protect the rights and
privileges of employers; to make certain acts unlawful; to make
appropriations; and to prescribe means of enforcement and penalties
for violations of this act,"
by amending section 14 (MCL 423.14), as amended by 2023 PA 8, and
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by adding section 14a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 14. (1) An employer and a labor organization may enter
2 into a collective bargaining agreement that requires all employees
3 in the bargaining unit to share fairly in the financial support of
4 the labor organization. This act does not, and a law or policy of a
5 local government must not, prohibit or limit an agreement that
6 requires all bargaining unit employees, as a condition of continued
7 employment, to pay to the labor organization membership dues or
8 service fees. This section is subject to section 14a.
9 (2) For fiscal year 2022-2023, $1,000,000.00 is appropriated
10 to the department of labor and economic opportunity to be expended
11 to do all of the following regarding the 2023 amendatory act that
12 added this sentence:
13 (a) Respond to public inquiries regarding the amendatory act.
14 (b) Provide the commission with sufficient staff and other
15 resources to implement the amendatory act.
16 (c) Inform employers, employees, and labor organizations about
17 changes to their rights and responsibilities under the amendatory
18 act.
19 (d) Any other purposes that the director of the department of
20 labor and economic opportunity determines in the director's sole
21 discretion are necessary to implement the amendatory act.
22 Sec. 14a. (1) A city, county, township, or village may adopt
23 an ordinance or resolution that prohibits an employer and a labor
24 organization from entering into an agreement described in section
25 14.
26 (2) The commission shall not enforce an agreement described in
27 section 14 with respect to an employee whose primary workplace is
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1 located in a city, county, township, or village that adopts an
2 ordinance or resolution described in subsection (1) if the
3 employee's employer entered into or renewed the agreement after the
4 effective date of the ordinance or resolution.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 423.14