...Brief The Michigan Court of Appeals heard a case that involved the legality of forcing employee’s “to pay union dues or fees just to keep their jobs, despite the fact they do not belong to the union nor sought the union's so-called representation” ("Workers Defend Free Choice For Workers Against Spurious Union Boss Legal Challenge", 2014). The court ruled in favor of Michigan’s Right to Work Law that states, employees are not required to pay Union dues. The court stated that “the state had the power to make union membership optional” (Livengood, 2014). In this brief, we will identify how the legal concept of Right to Work is applied to relieve employees of compulsory union fees in a managerial setting using the IRAC method. Issue – Are mandatory service fees payable to collective bargaining agencies constitutional for state civil service non-union employees? Rule – “Agency shop” policies enforcing compulsory union fees may force employees to go against their own principles [Ellis v (Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, 466 US 435, 455; 104 S Ct 1883; 80 L Ed 2d 428 (1984)]. Prohibiting or forcing employees to support ideological beliefs and unions violates a person’s constitutional right in the eyes of the State of Michigan. Analysis – The Michigan Court of Appeals considered the limits of the law to avoid infringing on laws superseding the State (Federal laws). During the analysis of the court, questions of protected constitutional rights (1st amendment)...
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...2014) | Michigan’s Right to Work | Looking at Taft-Hartley and Landrum-Griffin as legal precedent, what relevance do they have to the MI situation? How did the Governor use them, if at all? (No more than 400 words). | Edwina Howard-Agu2-27-2014 | Taft Hartley and Landrum-Griffin Acts as legal precedent was relevant to the decision made by Governor Rick Snyder and his legislative body that supported his platform to make Right to Work a reality in Michigan in December 2012. The Legislature passed the bills and Governor Snyder signed them, he was within his legal authority to make such a decision based on the Taft Hartley and Landrum-Griffin Acts. The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) also known as the Landrum-Griffin Act deals with the relationship between a union and its members. The LMRDA grants certain rights to union members and protects their interests by promoting democratic procedures within labor organizations. The Act establishes a Bill of Rights for union members; reporting requirements for labor organizations, union officers and employees, employers, labor-relations consultants, and surety companies; standards for the regular election of union officers; and safeguards for protecting labor organization funds and assets (www.nlrb.gov/who-we-are/our-history/1959-landrum-griffin-act). In the United States today there are 24 states that have passed Right to Work legislation. A Right to Work Law secures the right of employees to decide...
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...I was happy that we’re able to read about a relevant topic. I personally don’t know much about the medical marijuana history/debate in Michigan so I found this assignment to be very informative and useful. I’m glad this assignment gave me the opportunity to read the most current information on the laws concerning medical marijuana. I have never personally smoked marijuana, so I have a hard time understanding why some people push so hard to have it legalized. This being said, I do believe that the case presented against McQueen and Taylor is valid. Given what I read in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA), it would appear to me that CA, the defendant’s co-owned marijuana dispensary, was operating illegally. The MMMA states that there is to be no “patient-to-patient” sales (MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT (EXCERPT), 2008). Even though CA rented out lockers to registered qualifying patients to store and sell their excess marijuana, CA claims that they did not violate any of the rules outlined in the MMMA because they believed they did not own the rights to the stored marijuana. CA attests that the rights and ownership of the stored pot were still that of the patients whom rented the lockers, not CA. The State of Michigan challenged that notion by defining possession as dominion and control of the drug. The State of Michigan’s position is that CA had control over the access and sale of the drug there by placing possession of the drug with CA, not the patients. This is a violation...
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...citizens of Michigan will have to make a decision on not only who will run the country, but if proposal two is the right thing to enact in our state. As defined, proposal two states that “the people shall have the rights to organize together to form, join or assist labor organizations, and to bargain collectively with a public or private employer through an exclusive representative of the employees choosing, to the fullest extent not preempted by the laws of the United States.” This proposal has a good and a dark side to it, with many supporters of each side. The positive side to this proposal is what it is proposing. Collective bargaining helps level the playing field for employees so that CEOs aren’t the only ones benefitting from a company’s success. Without it, corporate bosses make millions while the people who actually do the work see their wages cut. People who support this bill, according to Protect Working Families, are nurses, policemen and women, firefighters, teachers and business owners. They are people who want to control their wages and make sure that the work environment in which they are in is fair. This proposal also helps to insure that departments have the necessary equipment to provide an adequate service. In that same regard, this would make sure that staffing levels are at what they need to be to insure quality care. In the negative side, there is a lot written in the fine print of this proposal that we cannot afford. According to the Protect Michigan Taxpayers...
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...What is a hostile work environment and how to prevent it? What is a hostile work environment and how to prevent it? Many people have a misconception about what a hostile work environment really is. They feel that if they have a boss or co-worker who yells, teases or causes a high stress work day that it is a hostile workplace. That is a true statement in a literal sense but it is not illegal, this becomes illegal is when there are comments about race, gender, disability or age. When the workplace becomes intimidating to one of these classes is when there is more likely to be problems or even a lawsuit. There are different state and federal laws that will apply for each case of hostile work environment. The hostile workplace laws fall under the following federal laws: * The Civil Rights act of 1964 Title VII * Equal Pay Act of 1963, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 * Rehabilitation Act of 1973 * Civil Rights Act of 1991. * The Michigan law is The Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights act of 1976 (ELCRA) A hostile work environment can be anything from sexually oriented jokes, posters, age comments, race comments, discrimination because of a disability. That being said in Michigan there are five requirements that have to be met for a hostile work environment claim to be filed: * The employee belonged to a protected group; * The employee was subjected to communication or conduct on the basis of sex; * The employee was subjected to...
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...In the month of April 2012, Michigan lawmakers sought to remove the motorcycle helmet law that had been in place for 20 plus years. This is been a hot topic that has had a lot of proposals, none of which seemed to be acceptable to Michigan lawmakers until the fate of Michigan motorcyclists was dangling in one man’s hand. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder made the difference when he voted yes to not enforcing motorcyclists to wear helmets. Since this decision there has been a substantial increase in fatalities of the motorcyclists. Michigan no longer requires motorcyclists to wear protective head gear. The new law basically states that if a rider chooses to not wear a helmet you are to have a $20,000 insurance policy that is supposed to cover your medical and other costs, in the event you are injured in an accident without a helmet on. It has been proven time and time again that $20, 000 will not cover even one day in a critical care unit at a local hospital. Michael Dabbs, president of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan, said the $20,000 insurance coverage that riders are required to buy “would probably buy a part of the day in the ER and intensive care and not much more”. (Durkin, 2013) Motorcyclists feel that if they are required to wear a helmet it takes away their personal freedom. They feel it is a breach of their freedom and motorcyclists stand firm on this belief. Bikers think that if they choose not to wear a helmet, bikers should not have to. Bikers back up their...
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...We as citizens of Flint Michigan and citizens of the United States of America are entitled to the right of a better quality of life. Our country has denied numerous basic human right. We will no longer stand for the injustices that have been enacted against our people. Through the creation of tremendous economic downfalls and the crises of corrupt government; We are forced to take action to defend our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Abolishing these unworldly acts that have been brought upon us is our duty as American citizens. We do this in hopes of creating a more perfect union. We find truth in our claims by the actions of our government. As citizens of the United states and of Flint Michigan we have the right to clean water, we have the...
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... Illinois has yet to make changes and pass legislation to improve work force opportunities. Right now there is low hanging job solutions that could be achieved through basic legislation. Reduce states corporate tax which is 4th highest in industrial world. Has the 9th most costly regulatory burden nationally and the second highest in start up fees for LLC. * Cutting and control spending. Use Wisconsin as model for success. Others will similar constraints have been successful and have a road map for the State of Illinois to use. * Second most disliked state in the nation. No room to fall, only room to improve. Do not have to worry about offending the masses because the population is sick and tired of the current state and are looking for change. * Midwest is desirable, as seen by neighbors. Real estate is 12% of the state GDP, and a good foothold for growing GDP, once reforms are in place and companies are brought back into the state. This specific sector can grow. * Infrastructure is there: airport that is well connected and is hub in the Midwest. Public transportation. * Problems can be fixed, not inherent to the land or the region. There are decisions that can and need to be made. * Chicago was once a desirable town. Can be transformed * Great lakes, tourist attraction. * Professional services * Threats: * Indiana and Michigan are now Right-To-Work states. * Dakotas opened the states up to energy production ...
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...Dick and Betsey DeVos have spent decades trying to change Michigan institutions and policies, particularly in the areas of business, education and labor. For example, when the idea of building a new sports arena north of Grand Rapids was proposed in 1991, Dick DeVos began a campaign to have it built in the city's downtown area instead. His determination led to the creation of Grand Action, a group of mid-Michigan business moguls who eventually oversaw the construction of Van Andel Arena, the Grand Rapids City Market, the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and the DeVos Place Convention Center. These buildings are credited with halting urban sprawl in the area and making Grand Rapids a destination city. Meanwhile, Betsy DeVos spent years pushing for the expansion of charter schools in Michigan and across the nation. One of those charter schools is the West Michigan Aviation Academy, which was...
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...Discrimination right under our noses Yvette Sevrey 170 September 09, 2014 University of phoenix Discrimination may happen whenever there are many differences in religion, sexual orientation, race, or age. I know discrimination started way before Germany and the Jews but, I wanted to start at that point in time. For examples; in Germany Jews were killed for being Jews. In Soviet Union Jews and millions of others were put to death for being capitalist. (Ponte, 2001,02) Our society today is as if it was decades ago. The only difference is now, our wealthy citizens in the U.S.A are trying to kill the minorities. My second example of discrimination is sexual orientation. There are many states that still do not accept different sexual orientation or gender identity. It is not as bad as it was years ago but, it is still a problem in our society. I stay in Michigan and according to Michigan radio.com; Michigan’s law is to prohibit discrimination. It includes protection for religion. The Elliot-Larsen civil rights act is race, color, age, sex, height weight family status, and marital status. But if your gay your out of luck. (CBS news, 2008). Everyone should be equal. Why discriminated against one another? Why is it a problem for people of different sexual orientation do what they want? They are not committing a crime and for us to categorize them (LGBT) that is very disturbing. Leslee Fritz is from the Michigan department of civil rights, and she explained; if you are gay...
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...Prepared by: Lisa Fell The Effect of the “Right to Work” Law on Unions and Union Workers in the United States Capstone Co-ordinator: Ted Seath Faculty Advisor: Gary Gannon Table of Contents CHAPTER I 1 DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM 1 Background Statement 1 Problem Statement 2 Purpose Statement 3 Limitations of Study 3 Reliability 4 Availability 4 Timeliness 4 Precision Error 4 Researcher Prejudice 5 CHAPTER II 5 LITERATURE REVIEW 5 Selected Review of Literature 5 The Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Workers and Wages 5 Right-to-Work Laws are Beneficial to Unions and Union Workers 10 Right-to-Work Laws Negatively Affect Unions and Union Workers 16 Free-Riders are the Cause of Union Demise 23 Free-Riders Make Unions More Accountable 26 Results Summary 28 Right-to-Work Laws Weaken Labor Unions 28 Workers Gain Fewer Benefits from Economic Growth under Right-to-Work Laws 28 The Broader Economic Effects of Right-to-Work Laws are Difficult to Separate 29 CHAPTER III 29 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 29 Conclusions 29 Recommendations 30 WORKS CITED 32 CHAPTER I DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM Background Statement The typical factory worker in the late nineteenth century worked ten hours a day, six days a week. Unskilled workers were paid between $1.00 and $1.50 per day. Children were a significant part of the labour force after the Civil War. Workplace accidents were common, and the idea of compensating workers...
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...CURRENT STATUS Mr. Jones moves constantly, he is also rubbing the right thigh. He walks with a limp. Mr. Jones reports his pain is an 8. He reports that he has had a constant headache since hitting his head in the fall. He also reports that he has low back pain with radiation of a burning pain don the right leg. He has numbness to the right and left legs. Mr. Jones reports having difficulty going up and down the stairs so when he is home he stays on the second floor bedroom. CURRENT TREATMENT PLAN Mr. Jones was seen by one of the surgeon at the Michigan Spine and Brain group. He was referred to a chiropractor and also to the Pain Clinic. I attended the appointment with Dr. Vakhariya on 2/15/18. We went over the MRI. Per Dr. Vakhariya Mr. Jones has a very large extruded herniation at L5-S1. The goal is to try and heal this without surgery. He approves the continued use of the Gabapentin and the Motrin. He did add Norco but spoke at length with Mr. Jones about only using the narcotic if he really needs to and to not plan on staying on them for...
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...The Right to Work policy has created many negative consequences. I n places like Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi and Texas, right to work has destroyed the American dream. Workers there have a lower standard of living, make an average of $1,500 less per year and are more likely to live without health insurance (Whobrey, 2012). These states usually have higher levels of poverty and infant mortality rates as well. People have been promised jobs, opportunity, economic growth, and help businesses attract companies. In Oklahoma this policy led to jobs falling by 25 percent and the number of companies relocating there dropped by 33 percent (Whobrey, 2012). Companies have positions open for employees but our education is America is getting worse and there are no workers that are skilled enough or have enough experience to get the job. There is an alternative to this right to work policy. They can use work share which is an unemployment insurance program allowed by federal rules which makes more sense than the divisive right to work legislation that labor groups say will destroy unions (Cox, 2012). Work share allows employers to choose to cut the wages and hours of either all employees or a single department and the state’s unemployment insurance agency. Instead of employees facing layoffs they could decrease worker’s hours instead and let employees collect unemployment benefits to make up part of the lost wages. This will help to maintain a workforce and make it easier to adapt when...
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...State of Michigan What Every Driver Must Know Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State July 2012 WEDMK November 2012.indd 1 11/1/2012 9:02:59 AM Dear Michigan Motorist: There are nearly 7 million licensed drivers and 10 million registered vehicles in Michigan, which means our highways and roads are busy places. Ensuring motorists have the skills and knowledge to drive safely and responsibly is one of the best ways to remain safe on the road. I am pleased to offer this latest edition of What Every Driver Must Know. In it, you will find information about driver’s licenses, teens and driving, common traffic rules, signs and signals, what to do in emergencies, and much more. Whether you are a novice driver or have years of experience behind the wheel, this booklet can be a helpful guide. Driving requires your full attention. Distractions such cell phones, texting, tuning the radio, and eating should be avoided when you are behind the wheel. Please make sure that you and your passengers remain safe. Obey all traffic laws, make sure everyone is buckled up or in an appropriate child safety seat, and never drink and drive. Michigan is a great state with many different opportunities for travel, recreation, and fun. Please drive safely. Sincerely, Ruth Johnson Secretary of State WEDMK November 2012.indd 2 11/1/2012 9:03:00 AM Table of Contents Introduction 6 1. Michigan Driver’s License Information 7 Michigan Residents New Michigan Residents ...
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...Staffing/Recruitment program Capstone University of Michigan September 4, 2011 Contents Executive summary 3 Background of the company 4 Identification of six staffing/recruitment strategies 5 Identify research tools used to determine current background information 6 Identify best practices 7 References 8 Appendix 9 Executive summary Successful recruitment involves several processes which involves development of a policy of recruitment and retention and determining the current and future need of the organization. The University of Michigan has set these policies in place in order to recruit and retain the best faculty and staff. “Diversity matters at Michigan. It is a core value of our distinguished university and a key factor in assuring the excellence, inclusiveness, and welcoming environment that make Michigan a great place to work and learn. Their web site has been created to demonstrate the University of Michigan’s commitment to ensuring diversity in recruiting, selecting and retaining a diverse and highly engaged staff community”(University of Michigan, Diversity, 2011). The University of Michigan’s recruitment site is based on a six-step process which I have listed below. Their website provides a wealth of tools and resources provided to guide their staff in recruiting and retaining valued staff members who will contribute their ideas, experience, and talents to making the Michigan Difference. 1. Building Awareness and Knowledge...
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