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LISTEN: How Right to Work history connects with the plan to repeal

A Right to Work button from a 1976 campaign is displayed.
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A Right to Work button from a 1976 campaign is displayed.

Repealing Right to Work is on the agenda of Michigan democrats for the new year. It was signed into law by Republicans in 2013. The law it means unions can no longer require employees to pay union dues even in a union shop.

Right to work has a long history in the U.S. Ben Jodway spoke to Central Michigan University history professor Dr. Kathleen Donohue, who studies how Americans see their political world. She explains the politics and ramifications of repealing right to work.

Ben Jodway is an intern, serving as a reporter for WCMU Public Media and the Pioneer in Big Rapids. He has covered Indigenous communities and political extremism in Michigan.