Right to Work Repeal, Prevailing Wage Reinstatement Pass Michigan House

One decade after then-Republicans in the legislative majority and governor’s mansion instated it as the law in Michigan, the current Democrat legislative majority and governor have kicked it to the curb. On Wednesday night, the Michigan House voted 56-53 along party lines to repeal the state’s right-to-work law. That vote tally was echoed on reinstating Michigan’s prevailing wage law. The bills now travel to the Democrat-majority Senate, which could send them to the governor’s desk as early as next week. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat and former State Senator when right-to-work went into effect in March 2013, is expected to sign both bills into law.