Tag: Unions

Some Signs For Saturday

At the left. Tea Party in Lansing Signs Signs2 Signs3 6 alternate sign ideas.. (2 per PDF) feel free to use or modify to fit your sign ideas   Given the concentration on the education angle (Wisconsin) It might be…

Zarko FOIA Stopped At Highest Court.

Chetly Zarko was the plaintiff in a FOIA disagreement with the Howell education association.  Zarko wanted access to public records (emails) that were on the school system’s computers through the Freedom of Information process, and was denied. Although Zarko passed…

Kent County School Districts Sued For Privatization Language

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Files Suit Against 10 Kent County School Districts, KCEA, on Behalf of Taxpayers Suit seeks to purge illegal “no-privatization” contract language MIDLAND — Patrick J. Wright, director of the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, today announced a…

Right To Work Legislation As A Good Start

Re-posted from RightMichigan.com Unemployment is high. Manufacturing is moving out of state, and sometimes taking a “moving” opportunity” moving out of country.. Permanently.While the meat heads in the labor unions are figuring out new ways to persuade our leaders to…

Forced Unionization concerns addressed in SB731 Sub

Michigan State Senator Jason Allen R-37th Today brought out the revised SB731bill. It addressed the concerns of many that SB731 (“Michigan quality community care council act”) served as a cover for forced unionization of home care workers collecting monies from…

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Director to Testify Today on Bills to Prohibit Stealth Unionization of Small-Business Owners

Legislation would clarify definition of ‘public employee,’ stop compulsory ‘union dues’ being taken from caregiver subsidies MIDLAND — Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Director Patrick J. Wright will testify today before the Senate Families and Human Services Committee on proposed legislation…

Us and Them – Michigan Style

Democrats hoping to turn a recent “discovery” by a maid after a Republican gathering into gold for their party might want to settle down and think about some other things politic.  Excitement over a presentation to Republican leadership should fade…

Michigan State Senators Need Your Advice

CALL TODAY. Stop the Gov’t Union Raise! Please call each of these Senators and tell them to stop the gov’t union raises.  This issue could come up for a vote in the Senate as soon as Tuesday. (tomorrow) Government employees…

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Seeks Court of Appeals Reconsideration in Home-Based Day Care Union Case

Center’s attorney calls Appeals Court’s failure to provide an opinion a “palpable error” MIDLAND — Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Director Patrick J. Wright today filed a motion with the Michigan Court of Appeals for reconsideration of a lawsuit filed by…