Michigan agency under fire for How to Organize a Union event
Lansing A Republican-led Senate panel will reconsider a Michigan department s budget recommendation after the department revealed it would hold training to instruct private and public sector employees on how to organize a union.
Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, said the unionization training is beyond the scope and mission of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, accused the state of putting a thumb on the scale for unions.
The union organizing training and the department s development of permanent COVID-19 workplace rules have pushed the Senate to schedule a subcommittee meeting next week to reconsider the Senate s budget plan for the department, Horn said.
How to Organize a Union was the state agency s original title. A state government workers rights webinar this coming Monday provokes a backlash from Republican senators in Lansing. A deputy director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity will present guidance for public sector workers on how to organize a union. The online session s leader, Grand Rapids attorney Sean Egan, is described at the agency s site as an activist for working people . [who] maintains his membership in his union and state license as a journeyman electrician. The half-hour instruction kicks off Michigan s first Workplace Rights Week as we . work to streamline resources for workers and their rights in the workplace, the department posts Friday. Egan s presentation is aimed at not only answering questions we receive from constituents on a regular basis, but to also educate Michiganders of their protected rights under the law, he tells The Detroit News, which notes that Gov. Gretchen
Lenawee County state representatives support ethics reform legislation
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LANSING New bipartisan ethics legislation in the Michigan House has the support of Lenawee County s two state representatives.
Rep. Bronna Kahle, R-Adrian, and Rep. Sarah Lightner, R-Springport Twp., both announced their support of the bills that would require financial disclosures from lawmakers and top state officials and prohibit them from becoming lobbyists for two years after their tenure.
Kahle helped introduce the legislation, a news release said.
“People are losing faith in their elected leaders,” Kahle said in the release. “Government shouldn’t operate under a cloak of darkness. I am committed to restoring confidence in the process by holding elected officials fully accountable.”
4 ways Michigan can start addressing sexism in the state political sphere
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An illustration of a woman standing underneath the glass ceiling at the ground level at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Michigan on Monday April 19, 2021. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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The barriers women in politics face – from sexual harassment to tokenization – are unmistakably demonstrable.
But one common thread between the dozens of women and experts MLive spoke to about their experiences navigating Michigan’s political culture is that there’s no silver-bullet solution that will immediately fix the persistent, systemic issues at play.
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