LANSING, MI (DETROIT FREE PRESS)-- The state House passed the first right-to-work bill late Thursday afternoon in a 58-52 vote, but the bill can’t move on to the Senate until the next session day — possibly Friday, if a session is scheduled — because of a procedural move by Democrats who are asking that the vote be reconsidered.
The bill — House Bill 4054 — is one of three separate right-to-work bills now in the Legislature that will eventually be consolidated into two bills. The Senate was debating its own version Thursday evening.
Both the House and Senate bills deal with private sector employees. The third bill, which deals with public sector employees, excluding police and firefighters, also still is winding its way around the Legislature.