Michigan Democrats have doubled down since National Review’s last report about their efforts to reshape the state’s labor laws (“Michigan Democrats Want to Bring Back Union Coercion”). The Michigan Senate approved a bill along party lines last Thursday to require public employers to furnish unions with employees’ personal information — including their full names, home and work addresses, home and work email addresses, personal phone numbers, and wages — regardless of whether they are union members.

Per NPR, the bill’s sponsor, state senator John Cherry, argues that “unions need that data to fully serve everyone in a workplace.” But the decision not to allow individuals to opt out of sharing their personal information offers a high potential for abuse. As National Review has previously reported, the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus means that public employees cannot be forced to pay union dues, even despite the recent repeal of the state’s right-to-work law. Ensuring that unions have access to the data of non-members will do little to help them serve their members. It will, however, help unions get around Janus by assisting them in bothering non-members on their personal phones and at their homes.

The law doesn’t restrict how unions can use the information, either. Cherry does not deny that this means that the information may be used for political purposes. Of course, the deep connections between liberal politicians and many of the state’s unions suggest that the data will become a large in-kind contribution to Democrats up and down the ballot.

As senate minority leader Aric Nesbitt has pointed out, this legislation is riskiest for those who “went through bad divorces” or domestic violence. Those who are hiding from stalkers or abusers, as well as those who simply wouldn’t feel safe doing so, should not be required to give out their addresses and contact information. Apparently, the Democratic Party’s insistence that a woman’s right to privacy is sacrosanct only holds as long as it is politically advantageous.