Tag: wages

The Right To Work Comments In The Interview

A couple weeks ago during a trip to Lansing for a counter rally, I was interviewed by WNEM out of Saginaw.  WNEM interviewed a number of the protesters gathered at the state capitol, and gave a little time to the…

PA 312 Forces Unreasonable Conditions Upon Community Management

Budgets are falling across the state of Michigan.  It happens.  Revenues decrease in recessionary periods, and the realities of financial forecasts become vague and somewhat Picasso-ish when markets, where much of municipal pensions funds lay, become unpredictable. So it goes…

Average State Employees Compensation Package Costs $95K

Say what? According to the Mackinac Center: The average state employee compensation package costs approximately $93,039. Inflation-adjusted wages and benefits have increased 25 percent since fiscal 1999. The figures include the value of all benefits from state-paid retirement contributions to…