… “August Window” is illegal, the MEA should not file future collections … Commission essentially said that the MEA illegally chose power over principles, … resigned outside of August.” The MEA will likely appeal the case. … employees represented by the MEA who desire to opt out may still want to send the MEA an opt-out letter in August …
… Association’s new president, Paula Herbart: The MEA wrote: “In Utica, where teachers are working without … $7,214 per student this year, not $7,845. The MEA wrote: “Grand Rapids school employees questioned … are 294. That’s not “exponential growth.” The MEA wrote: “It [charter schools] also leads to stagnant …
… Cook's comment is a reference to the private, for-profit companies that manage charter public schools. Cook made $212,848 in 2013 as president of the MEA, a private organization with annual revenues of $133 million.
… Mackinac Center’s favor. The MEA and its affiliate must pay $200,000 … 501(c)(5) nonprofits like the MEA or 501(c)(9) nonprofits like … anyway. In April 2020, the MEA and MESSA both applied for PPP funding. The MEA received $6.4 million while … its action because when the MEA and MESSA took the funds, that …
… hear an appeal related to the MEA’s attempt to reinstate its “August … limitation was illegal. “The MEA’s efforts to limit school employees’ … case. “Unfortunately, the MEA’s campaign has caused significant … agency or court because of the MEA’s hardline tactics.” From 2014 to 2016, the MEA received $241,977 from a collections …
… unions and the Michigan Education Association over the refusal by the unions to allow the educators to exercise their worker freedom rights. The MEA's insistence that its bylaws trump Michigan's right-to-work law have also been the subject of recent hearings before a special committee in the Michigan …
… them at the bargaining table. Still, no private organization should have to provide benefits to people who aren’t paying for them. But a look at the MEA’s just-released financial reports shows it is the union that is freeloading off of dues-paying members. According to the organization’s LM-2 form, just …
… union despite promises by the MEA that it will send debt collectors … Policy, said he thinks the MEA could lose as many as 10,000 … Last week, Doug Pratt, the MEA's director of member and political … This comes three months after MEA Executive Director Gretchen … Wright said. Neither Pratt, nor MEA Spokeswoman Nancy Knight responded …
The latest version of Michigan Education Digest is available at https://www.mackinac.org/20378. Topics include how teachers can resign from the MEA, the overspending crisis in the Benton Harbor school district and support for a new charter public school in Jackson.
… Lansing recently. Labor Policy Director F. Vincent Vernuccio discussed the MEA’s so-called “August window” and how teachers can opt out of the union, particularly those who the MEA has sent to collections agencies. Vernuccio also discussed the matter on …