2023 House Bill 4497

Labor: collective bargaining; collective bargaining rights for graduate assistants and student athletes; provide for.

A bill to amend 1947 PA 336, entitled “An act to prohibit strikes by certain public employees; to provide review from disciplinary action with respect thereto; to provide for the mediation of grievances and the holding of elections; to declare and protect the rights and privileges of public employees; to require certain provisions in collective bargaining agreements; to prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to make appropriations,” by amending section 1 (MCL 423.201), as amended by 2014 PA 414.

Mackinac Center Analysis

Companion bill to SB 185 which allows graduate students to unionize.