From Cap Con: Teachers Miriam Chanski and Ray Arthur say they hope their victory in getting out of the Michigan Education Association will embolden the 8,000 other teachers who have failed to pay union dues this year. Chanski and Arthur filed…
Tag: Labor
Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case
Illinois scheme similar to Michigan SEIU ‘dues skim’ MIDLAND — The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation has filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving a forced unionization scheme in Illinois. The MCLF, along with The…
MERC Mistake Stands – SEIU Keeps $34M
Michigan Employment Relations Commission Fails to Correct Its Own Mistake in Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers SEIU allowed to keep $34 million in forced dues after MERC dismisses administrative action MIDLAND — After inappropriately setting up and administering a union certification…
UAW worker Blasts Union Executives for Frivolous Lawsuits
A the beginning of the week, Terry Bowman, UAW member and founder of Union Conservatives, blasted union officials for the recent filing of a lawsuit through the ACLU. The lawsuit claims that Michigan’s recent Freedom to Work law should be…
Skoop Skubick: Right To Work Not Going Away
~ Cross posted from RightMichigan.com ~ Damn straight mister. Relentless Positive Action is a sissified way of saying “I don’t want confrontation with labor” by Mr Snyder. No one expected Rick Snyder, the left of center Republican governor to EMBRACE…
Before you all get too excited
So far historical records do not seems to be as corrupted as the administration and our society. I pondered the spin being used to make this economy appear to be turning around. Obviously it would be a good thing, yet…
The Union Trap
The SEIU working in concert to abridge employee rights? What happens when you have a problem to resolve with your employer, AND the union which represents you? You lose any opportunity to fight for your job, your own interests have…
Labor Reform Held Up Because It Works
Jack McHugh writes today about a couple of labor reform bills just hanging around the Michigan State Senate. The first of them stopping the practice of union employees being paid by school districts: “… many school district payrolls contain “phantom…
Illegitimate Scheme’s Story Ends In Michigan’s Highest Court
Today marks the end of the road for what I have considered an illegal conspiracy and collusion between the Granholm administration and union entities in order to defraud workers from their right to choose representation. Using the basis of Michigan’s…
Accountability Is Key
I’ll be the first one beating the drums for our natural rights. A sign held in a recent commission meeting read “Collective Bargaining Is A Human right”. I must agree with that. It is indeed. As a right, we enjoy…