UAW v. Green

I. INTRODUCTION

As an intermediate appellate court, we typically decide appeals of orders issued by lower courts. But here, the Legislature placed in this Court exclusive original jurisdiction over challenges to 2012 PA 349 (PA 349), colloquially called a “right to work” law. MCL 423.210(6). PA 349 amends the public employment relations act (PERA), MCL 423.201 et seq.,1 and states that public employers — that is, the government— cannot require governmental employees to join a union or pay union dues, fees, or other expenses “as a condition of obtaining or continuing public employment. .. .”…