Employees at Southern Bakeries filed a decertification petition in 2011 – yes, this case started in 2011. That election was unsuccessful. Another employee waited the required 1-year and filed a second decertification petition in 2012. After that filing, the employee collected signatures of 2/3 of the bargaining unit expressing their interest in decertifying the union.…

Michigan became the 25th Right to Work state in 2012, which means employees are no longer forced to be in a union just because a union represents workers at their employer’s place of business. Since becoming Right to Work, many Michigan employees have withdrawn from the union. The Michigan Education Association – the teachers’ union…