The GOP-controlled state House of Representatives in Lansing has made it clear where it stands. Wednesday was no exception.
The House on Wednesday passed, mostly along party lines, two anti-union bills that make it harder for workers and unions to picket and easier for employers to hire workers to replace striking employees, reports Kathleen Gray of the Detroit Free Press.
She writes:
One bill would increase fines against picketers to $1,000 per person per day of a picket and $10,000 per day for an organization or union involved in the picket that is deemed to be an illegal mass picket. That bill passed on a mostly party-line vote of 57-50.
The other would repeal a law that requires employers to include information about an ongoing strike when they advertise to hire employees who will replace existing, but striking employees at a company. That bill passed on a vote of 59-48 on a mostly party line vote.
Also on Wednesday, the Michigan Republican-led House approved a strict voter identification proposal over strenuous objections from Democrats who argued the plan could disenfranchise properly registered voters, particularly those who are minority and lower income, reports Jonathan Oosting of the Detroit News.
