Lapointe: Michigan is set to repeal ‘right-to-work.’ Next, corrupt unions must be reformed.
Posted on AllSides March 16th, 2023
It is good for Michigan’s Democratic leadership to abolish the “right-to-work” law in the Great Lakes State. The decade-old scheme was instituted by Republican legislators in a lame-duck session in 2012 to damage unions in a state that once backed workers’ rights. The debate brought back memories of my first conversation about “right-to-work.” It was with none other than Jimmy Hoffa, who stood next to me off camera at the studios of WTVS, Channel 56. This was back when metro Detroit’s public television station was headquartered at Second and Bethune...