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Daily Archives: August 21, 2019

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MEA Highlights Unsettled School Employee Contracts

Collective bargaining in school districts around the state has been hampered by the Legislature’s failure to pass an education budget before leaving for summer break, MEA President Paula Herbart said…

August 21, 2019Education Support Professionals, Featured, Newsroom, Our Members, TeachersBy Miriam Garcia

Herbart Slams Pensions for Potholes Schemes

MEA President Paula Herbart used her monthly “Labor Voices” column in The Detroit News to slam various schemes being floated by Republican leaders in the Legislature to bond, restructure, or…

August 21, 2019Featured, Legislation, Legislation Update, Newsroom, Our MembersBy Miriam Garcia

Survey Results Broken Down by Region

A survey earlier this year of nearly 17,000 educators by Launch Michigan – a coalition of business, civic, and education leaders – revealed school employees’ attitudes on a range of…

August 21, 2019Education Support Professionals, Featured, Higher Ed, Our Members, TeachersBy Miriam Garcia

Opinion: Pouring pensions into potholes is too great a risk

A pension is a promise of a secure retirement. But too often in Lansing, they’re viewed as piggy banks to be broken into for political purposes. As a young educator, I…

August 21, 2019Labor Voices, Newsroom, Retirement, TeachersBy Miriam Garcia
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