"Right to teach" bill debuts in Michigan Senate
October 6, 2011
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LANSING, Mich.—Republicans who control the Michigan Senate followed through Thursday on their plan to introduce so-called "right to teach" legislation, escalating a clash with the state's largest teachers union.
Public schools would not be allowed to require employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment under the Senate bill. It appears the bill would affect only the state's largest teachers union, the Michigan Education Association, because it would apply only to unions that represent at least 50,000 workers.
A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has said he is unlikely to back