Posts Tagged ‘ MEA ’

Claims of ‘concessions’ and doing ‘more with less’ are unsupported, misleading or false The Michigan Education Association is airing television and radio advertisements that are misleading the public, according to Michael Van Beek, director of education policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Instead of heralding its ability to shield its members from...
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In arbitration, a neutral third party is empowered by the parties involved, to decide the outcome of a dispute.  Somewhat resembling legal proceedings, it is generally agreed beforehand the arbitrators decision will be final. Perusing through a recent financial statement of the MEA I decided to randomly pick a name of someone who had...
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While it may seem that the MEA has done great things for educators in its bludgeoning of Michigan lawmakers over the last few days, the end result might well be a snap back, that makes more glaringly obvious the over compensation of Michigan’s public school teachers.  The quest by Lawmakers to reduce spending by...
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Michigan has a snow day.. in September.  Yes its Cold, but not THAT type of Snow day.. Michigan Assistant House Republican Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, issued the following statement after failure of legislative leaders to reach a balanced budget agreement before the start of the 2009-2010 fiscal year: “This is a dark day...
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Not that I really expect anything to happen with Andy Dillon’s proposal, at least as long as Granholm is still governor, and on the leash of the MEA or other big labor, but it should be noted that there would likely be some significant saving by looking into the union negotiating process with your...
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An amazing new development!  The MEA has apparently taken a stand on the efforts of the Obama administration with this quote: “This is a massive expansion of government at a time when we can’t even get the budget balanced,” said MEA spokesman Doug Pratt. “These savings aren’t here and the taxpayers shouldn’t fall for...
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Michigan in my lifetime and for a long time before has always had a large manufacturing presence.  This state has played a large part in the long term building of our Republic and supported efforts in expanding the democratic ideals throughout the world with innovative machinery built by proud michigan hands and created with...
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