DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a decision that struck down a 10-year agreement between a Detroit-area school district and a union — a deal that was seen as a way to get around the state’s right-to-work law.
The court said it’s reasonable to believe that the Taylor Federation of Teachers “took deliberate action” to try to lock in union dues and membership for a long period before the law kicked in.
The court upheld a 2015 decision by the Republican-controlled Michigan Employment Relations Commission.
The side contract between the Taylor district and the union was signed just weeks before the right-to-work law took effect in 2013.
The law says workers can’t be forced to financially support a union to keep their job.
- Posted December 21, 2016
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Court upholds ruling against union in school right-to-work case
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