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Recommendation #4

… union and nonunion members, should be entitled to a secret-ballot vote to accept or reject collective bargaining agreement or employer contract proposals that involve vital issues that will determine wages, benefits, and working conditions. Federal and Michigan collective bargaining laws should be …

The New Public Employer-Employee Relationship Under Proposal 4

Proposal 4’s new Article 5, Section 31(5) and Article 11, Section … caregivers under MERC.[*] Proposal 4, having made in-home caregivers … This provision means that Proposal 4 would not grant in-home … action by the Legislature. Proposal 4 continues to permit Medicaid … individual provider.”[66] The proposal also reaffirms that in-home …

Proposal 6: Who Is Right About New Bridge?

… the state about the ballot proposals on the Nov. 6 ballot.)  Proposal 1: A Referendum on PA 4  Proposal 2: More Power for Government … This is the back-story to Proposal 4, which would cement the …

Legislators Chip Away at Proposal A Property Tax Limits

Legislation would break 1994 promise to taxpayers

… constitutional amendment known as Proposal A to both overhaul school … promises, which they may do with a 3/4 supermajority vote in the House … expenses of the type covered by Proposal A’s restrictions on new millage … spending items restricted by the Proposal A promise. Some of these … expenses of the type covered by Proposal A millage limitations. Three …

SEIU Dues Skim Surpasses $34 Million

… scheme. The SEIU then spent millions of dollars attempting to lock these workers into the union permanently through a constitutional amendment — Proposal 4 — which was voted down 56 percent to 44 percent last November. The skim is slated to finally end on Feb. 28 when the “contract” between the union …

Michigan Sales Tax Hike Proposal May Provide Schools With Less

What the law says now and what it would be changed to

The tax hike proposal that goes before Michigan voters on May … unfounded and the language in the proposal not only wouldn’t create … exists. Under the ballot proposal, the state sales tax would … percent since passage of Proposal A in 1994. In the Michigan … split in two portions — the 4 percent that had existed prior …

#4 The Unstable Funding Myth

… October 7, 2010). [34] “Effective Foundation Allowance Changes since Proposal A, Fiscal Years 1993-94 through 2009-10” (Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency, … sfa/publications/notes/2002notes/notesjulaug02carrascosummers.pdf (accessed October 12, 2010). [36] Kathryn Summers-Coty, “Proposal A: Are We Better Off?: A Ten-Year Analysis, 1993-94 through 2003-04” (Michigan …

Chapter 4 - A Focus on Detroit

… pupil compared to $7,107 for that city's public schools, according to the May 4, 1991 New York Times.) At Detroit's very few non-sectarian private schools, … full (at least two were less than 30 percent full), prompting a belated proposal from the Superintendent to close 16. An outside consultant who studied …

$1.6 Billion in Savings Lost Under Prop 2

Proposal 2, the “Protect Our Jobs” constitutional amendment, would fundamentally change the power structure … liabilities, according to a 2011 Mackinac Center report.[4] MPSERS reforms. In addition to the savings mentioned … https://www.mackinac.org/16125 (accessed Sept. 12, 2012). [4] Richard C. Dreyfuss, "Estimated Savings From Michigan’s …

A. Pupil Transportation

… safe or safer than district operation (See Figure 4). According to Austin, Texas Superintendent Jim Hensley, … terminals to the contractor. For example, in a proposal under consideration (June 1993) in Pinckney, … operating costs (cost growth would be limited to 4 percent per year or the annual change in the Michigan …