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Flint teachers union holds illegal teacher strike

‘Unexpected closure’ as 119 teachers call in sick, district says

… includes teachers. Flint Community Schools broke the news to parents: All school buildings will be closed today due to 119 United Teachers of Flint, MEA/NEA employees calling in sick today. ... The district certainly does not appreciate how this unexpected school closure will impact our families. While …

Endnotes

… JH5V-7XCA. 4 Paul Kersey, "Lansing Proposes, the MEA Disposes" (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Feb. … Community Schools and Clarkston Education Association/MEA-NEA” (Clarkston Community Schools, Jan. 1, 2023), … Agreement between the Lakeview Teachers Represented by MEA/NEA Local 1 and the Lakeview Board of Education’ …

Recommendations and conclusion

… or other [union] identification either on or off school premises.” “Master Agreement between the Chippewa Valley Schools Board of Education and the MEA-NEA Local 1” (Chippewa Valley Schools, May 3, 2023), https://perma.cc/ X8GZ-6SJS.

Automatic revival terms

… terms will automatically go into effect. “Master Agreement 2021-2023: The Grosse Pointe Public School System, The Grosse Pointe Education Association/MEA-NEA” (Grosse Pointe Public School System, Sept. 13, 2021), 9, https://perma.cc/79HH-GKPK.

Membership plunges again for Michigan and national teachers unions

The Janus effect is still going strong

… than they were in 2020. The state affiliate, the MEA, has also continued to see a decline. The MEA is down to 78,817 members – a loss of more than … employees got a choice in union membership, the MEA’s total revenue has declined by nearly $40 million …

MEA head boasts of membership growth, but numbers tell a different story

Among non-retirees, MEA membership is declining

… But a federal filing at the end of the month told a different story. The MEA currently has 78,817 non-retired/non-trainee members. It had 79,837 such … enrollment dropped from 1,645,742 students in 2008 to 1,437,279 this year. The MEA had 117,265 members in 2012. Membership fell to 78,475 by 2020. The union …

State Policy Network Honors Mackinac Center Legal Foundation

… during government-mandated shutdowns in 2020. The MEA and MESSA were clearly ineligible to receive these … entities, respectively. But they applied anyway. The MEA received $6.4 million and MESSA received $6.1 million. … taxpayer dollars wrongfully taken would be repaid. The MEA and MESSA had already  returned the PPP loans when …

Michigan Education Association is down 37,000 members in a decade

Teachers union has dropped to under 80,000 members

… employees union in the state. Slotkin said that the MEA “represents nearly 120,000 hardworking teachers, … membership. Now that school employees have a choice, MEA membership has plummeted. Since 2012, the number of active MEA members has dropped from 117,265 down to 79,839. …

National results from public record requests

… publicize these amounts. Michigan’s largest teachers union — and largest public sector union —sets dues at $645, plus extra for local and national dues. “MEA/NEA Dues” (Michigan Education Association, 2021), https://perma.cc/AK58-7PLY. Members of the nation’s largest state-affiliate teachers union — the California …

Union Took Millions in PPP Funds

Mackinac Center lawsuit holds MEA accountable

… resolution of a lawsuit against the MEA and its affiliate, the Michigan … That did not dissuade the MEA from securing over $6 million … an eligible organization. An MEA-affiliated insurance program, … investigated and discovered both the MEA and MESSA were not entitled … now been settled. Both the MEA and MESSA have repaid the improper …