Gov. Snyder Asks Supreme Court To Rule On Right To Work

Governor Asks State Supreme Court To Rule On Right To Work
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 28: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder watches the pre-game warms up prior to the start of the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on October 28, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 28: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder watches the pre-game warms up prior to the start of the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on October 28, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)

Lansing -- Gov. Rick Snyder on Monday took the rare step of asking the Michigan Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of the new public and private sector right-to-work laws before labor unions try to tie them up in court.

In a letter to Chief Justice Robert Young Jr., Snyder asked the high court to decide whether the public sector right-to-work law applies to the 35,000 unionized state workers because of the Michigan Civil Service Commission's autonomy to negotiate wages, benefits and working conditions with labor unions.

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