January 22, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Knollenberg, McMillin and Rogers and referred to the Committee on Labor.
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; and to
prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for violations of this
act,"
by amending section 14 (MCL 423.14) and by adding section 14a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
14. Nothing Except as
provided in section 14a, nothing in
this
act shall be construed to interfere interferes with the right
of an employer to enter into an all-union agreement with 1 labor
organization if it is the only organization established among his
employes
or her employees and recognized by him or her, by consent,
as
the representative of a majority of his employes or her
employees; nor shall does anything in this act be
construed to
interfere with the right of the employer to make an all-union
agreement with more than 1 labor organization established among his
employes
or her employees if such the labor organizations are
recognized by him or her, by consent, as the representatives of a
majority
of his employes or her
employees.
Sec. 14a. If a city, county, township, village, public school
district, or intermediate school district has authorized a right-
to-work zone within its boundaries by a vote of its governing body
or by adoption of a measure initiated by the people, the commission
shall not enforce an all-union shop agreement covering employees in
that zone that the employer entered into or renewed after the date
of adoption of the measure.