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: Unions
Breaking The Law
With an incredible level of WTF, Ferndale, Michigan Schools have jumped the track. Michigan Cap con reports: Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in employment and public services on the basis of religion. The state constitution says it, “shall…
Random Thursday
Just because I feel like it, and because Michigan has its share of this insanity.
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…
Taylor-Area Teachers Outraged
Taylor-Area Teachers Stunned by Secret Deal, Sue District, Union to Protect Rights Educators Sue Taylor Federation of Teachers for Violation of Public Employee Relations Act LANSING, MI, February 28, 2012 –Michigan Freedom Fund President Greg McNeilly today issued the…
Republic Services Files ULP Charge Against Teamsters
Republic Services Files Unfair Labor Practices Charge against International Brotherhood of Teamsters “When It Comes to Trusting Local Unions, Teamsters Say One Thing but Do Another“ Republic Services of Southeast Michigan, serving approximately 265,000 homes in Metro-Detroit and more than…
School Boards Encouraged to Protect Teachers, Taxpayers – Stand-Up To Union Pressure
Teacher Union Bosses Pressuring School Boards into Renegotiating Contracts in Rush Effort to Deny Teachers the Freedom to Work LANSING, MI, January 11, 2012 –The Foundation for Michigan Freedom today issued a a memo to school board members (it references…
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…
MERC Excludes Graduate Student Research Assistants From Judicial Proceedings That Directly Impact Them, Attorney Says
Ruling allowing unionization case to proceed ‘undermines due process’ Students’ status as non-employees needs statutory clarification MIDLAND — Hundreds of University of Michigan students who object to being re-designated as government employees for the purpose of a unionization effort have…