Sec. 9. Public employees may organize together or form, join, or assist in labor organizations; engage in lawful concerted activities for the purpose of collective negotiation or bargaining or other mutual aid and protection; or negotiate or bargain collectively with their public employers through representatives of their own free choice.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.209
Public employees; rights; labor organization
Applied in 46 court decisions — leading case Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977)
Most recently applied in 325 Mich. App. 614 - Wayne County v. Afscme Local 3317 (August 2018)
Add. 1965, Act 379, Imd
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