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I. Reforms to Correct Specific Flaws

By Paul Kersey, published on Feb. 14, 2011

Contents

  • Eliminating Agency Fees: Open Government Employment
  • Enhancing Financial Oversight
  • Limiting the Scope of Bargaining and the “Union Veto”
  • Ending the Strike Threat
  • Repealing Public Act 312
  • Suspending Contracts in Financial Emergencies
ISBN: 978-0-98330-041-0, SKU: S2011-02

Reconsidering Michigan's Public Employment Relations Act

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction: Problems and Premises
  • The Price of PERA
  • Three Approaches to Reform
    • I. Reforms to Correct Specific Flaws
      • Eliminating Agency Fees: Open Government Employment
      • Enhancing Financial Oversight
      • Limiting the Scope of Bargaining and the “Union Veto”
      • Ending the Strike Threat
      • Repealing Public Act 312
      • Suspending Contracts in Financial Emergencies
    • II. Overhauling PERA: Voluntary Local Unionism and Bargaining
    • III. Power to the People: The Case for a Local Government Collective Bargaining Ban
  • Conclusion and Recommendations
  • Endnotes

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