2023 House Bill 4586

Labor: collective bargaining; labor organizations; require to prepare quarterly report regarding expenditures.

A bill to amend 1939 PA 176, entitled “An act to create a commission relative to labor disputes, and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the mediation and arbitration of labor disputes, and the holding of elections thereon; to regulate the conduct of parties to labor disputes and to require the parties to follow certain procedures; to regulate and limit the right to strike and picket; to protect the rights and privileges of employees, including the right to organize and engage in lawful concerted activities; to protect the rights and privileges of employers; to make certain acts unlawful; to make appropriations; and to prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for violations of this act,” (MCL 423.1 to 423.30) by adding section 8a.

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Mandates that every labor organization representing employees in Michigan must provide a written report to all represented employees and post it on their website every calendar quarter. The report must detail the names, salaries, and fringe benefits of each officer of the labor organization, disclose the amounts paid for political activities and charities, and provide an itemized list of all other expenditures.

Introduced in the House

May 16, 2023

Introduced by Reps. Timothy Beson (R-96) and Matt Bierlein (R-97)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations