Bill > HB4005

This bill amends sections of the 1939 Michigan Public Act 176, which established the Employment Relations Commission and regulated labor disputes and collective bargaining rights. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It removes language that prohibited requiring employees to join or financially support a labor union as a condition of employment, effectively restoring the ability for employers and unions to negotiate collective bargaining agreements that require all employees in the bargaining unit to pay union membership dues or service fees. 2. It appropriates $1 million to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to implement the changes made by the bill, including responding to public inquiries, providing the Commission with resources, and informing employers, employees, and unions about their rights and responsibilities under the revised law. The bill aims to reverse changes made in 2012 that had limited the collective bargaining rights of employees and the ability of unions to collect dues from all workers covered by their agreements.