Under your state’s recently-enacted Right to Work laws, no worker can be forced to join or pay dues to a union. However, you must take certain steps to assert these rights if you are currently a dues-paying union member. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a charitable organization that provides free legal assistance to employees across the country. Right to Work staff attorneys can help you resign from a union and stop paying dues, but you must contact us to request free legal assistance. Our toll-free legal aid hotline is 800-336-3600. You can also fill out this form on our website to request free legal assistance.

The National Right to Work Foundation has also compiled legal information for Michigan employees about their workplace rights. Private sector employees can find more detailed information about how to leave a union and stop paying dues here. Public sector employees can find more detailed information here. Although employees can leave a union and stop paying dues without legal assistance, many find it difficult to navigate the resignation process alone. Others face bureaucratic obstructionism from union officials. Again, we encourage any Michigan worker who wishes to leave his or her union to contact the National Right to Work Foundation for help. 

If you are a member of the Michigan Education Association (MEA) union, you are subject to a special union resignation window period that only takes place during the month of August. Click here for more detailed information about your legal rights. Right to Work staff attorneys can also provided free legal assistance to any MEA members who wish to stop paying union dues and leave the union. 

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a charitable organization that strives to provide legal assistance to all employees subjected to compulsory unionism. Foundation staff attorneys currently represent thousands of workers in over two hundred cases nationwide. However, we cannot guarantee that Right to Work attorneys will be able to assist every employee who contacts us. Each request for assistance will be evaluated based on the facts and the characteristics of the specific case, among other things.