The Michigan Legislature is adjourned until July 13th at which time they will take up the hard cap. Members need to call and write regarding the hard cap. Also, if called to go to the capitol....members need to be prepared to do so.
INTERESTING WHOM THE BILLS PROTECT and Who Appears Pleased With The Changes
Tipping point: House Bills 4625-4628
Next step is recall of out-of-touch legislators
Votes by lawmakers to take collective bargaining rights from public employees and make sweeping changes to teacher tenure will fuel grassroots efforts by voters in many communities who question whether their elected leaders deserve to remain in office.
Next step is recall of out-of-touch legislators
Votes by lawmakers to take collective bargaining rights from public employees and make sweeping changes to teacher tenure will fuel grassroots efforts by voters in many communities who question whether their elected leaders deserve to remain in office.
Sure Could Use A Little Good News Today
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lots of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
- Robert Francis Kennedy
- Robert Francis Kennedy
Michigan House Passes Teacher Tenure Reform
Which side are you on? PLEASE MIRROR
Public education in Michigan is under direct attack. Teachers are finding their jobs downsized, budgets slashed, classrooms chocked, and their schools closed.
Michigan has become a testing ground for legislative programs designed to deprive educators of the tools they need to be effective, undermining the American promise of providing all persons with access to the education they need to thrive.
When city councils are being unilaterally dismissed, towns legislated out of existence, urban renewal schools closed and the the protesting students carried away in police vans, it's time to ask...
Which side are you on?
Right to Work ... Be Wary be VERY Wary
This is not an accident...
Bust Unions and Then Turn State into a Right to Work State
Right-to-work legislation doesn't guarantee any rights. It forces unions to represent all employees, whether they pay dues or not. Unions have to use their time and members' dues money to provide union benefits to free riders who do not pay their fair share.
Facts to KNOW:
Bust Unions and Then Turn State into a Right to Work State
Right-to-work legislation doesn't guarantee any rights. It forces unions to represent all employees, whether they pay dues or not. Unions have to use their time and members' dues money to provide union benefits to free riders who do not pay their fair share.
Facts to KNOW:
- Workers in states with right-to-work laws have a consistently lower quality of life than in other states--lower wages, higher poverty and infant mortality rates, less access to the health care they need and poorer education for their children
- Right-to-work laws hurt women and their families by keeping wages low.
- Right -to-work laws mean lower wages for all workers.