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MERC Outlines Future Decision Outlawing ‘August Window’ and Stopping Collections

The MEA should stop harassing teachers

… “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 …

New ‘Labor Voices’ Column, Same Old Teachers Union Disinformation

The new MEA president spreads the same inaccuracies as the old MEA president

… 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 …

MEA: Too Many People Making $ Off Public Schools

MEA president made $212,848 last year

… 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 awarded $77K for reporting that MEA improperly took COVID-19 relief money

MEA and MESSA improperly took $12.5 million in COVID relief money through Paycheck Protection Program

… 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 …

Michigan School Employees Can Officially Resign from Their Union at Any Time

Supreme Court rejects MEA’S ‘August window’ appeal

… 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 …

Mackinac Center on Sean Hannity Show

Attorney, teacher discuss MEA bullying

… 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 …

RTW 'Freeloader' Claim Still a Farce

MEA is the one freeloading off of teachers

… 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 …

MEA Still Chasing Thousands Not Paying Dues Or Fees

Union says 7,000 not paying; MEA members can leave the union only during month of August

… 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 …

Michigan Education Digest

Teachers leaving the MEA, Benton Harbor overspending crisis

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.

Vernuccio, Spalding on WILS in Lansing

Discussed MEA attacks on teachers, charter schools

… 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 …