Sec. 1. It is hereby declared as the public policy of this state that the best interests of the people of the state are served by preventing or promptly settling labor disputes; that strikes and lockouts and other forms of industrial strife, regardless of where the merits of the controversy lie, are forces productive ultimately of economic waste; that the interests and rights of the consumers and the people of the state, while not direct parties thereto, should always be considered, respected and protected; and that the voluntary mediation of such disputes under the guidance and supervision of a governmental agency will tend to promote permanent industrial peace and the health, welfare, comfort and safety of the people of the state.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.1
Declaration of public policy
Applied in 30 court decisions — leading case Judges of the 74th Judicial District v. Bay County (1971)
Most recently applied in Michigan State AFL-CIO v. Callaghan (March 2014)
1939, Act 176, Imd
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