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School Principal Faces Big Pay Cut If She Wins Seat In Legislature

From $120k plus benefits to around $83k

… me or because I’m looking to increase my salary or because I’m looking for anything other than the opportunity to serve and lead,” Kennedy told the MEA in its online magazine. It’s a good thing Kennedy isn’t going into politics for the money, because if she wins the seat, she will take a pay cut. (This … more

Union Enlists a Mayor to Endorse Fabulist Claims on Teacher Pay

Poverty-level pay? Only if a first-year teacher has seven dependents

… definition of poverty. Michigan’s largest teacher union recently enlisted a new ally in promoting this narrative: Royal Oak Mayor Mike Fournier. The MEA wrote in a press release that Fournier “knows educators who’ve watched their pay drop to poverty levels due to step freezes and state-mandated health … more

Teachers Union Rails at For-Profit Charters While its Leaders Spike Own School Pensions

Past three MEA presidents are set to receive pensions larger than their school salaries

… reducing the number of dues-paying MEA members. In this case the line … to grow their profits.” The MEA has consistently criticized … government pensions. Former MEA President Luigi Battaglieri … after 18 years to join the MEA. On the way out he swung a special … include their years with the MEA and their six-figure union salaries … more

Schools in Poorer Towns ‘Poorly Funded’ — If You Don't Count All Their Funding

State union cites Rutgers study, national union gave gifts to authors’ employers

… received $11,519 per pupil, while in the much more affluent community of Okemos, the school district got $10,019. Although the report cited by the MEA doesn’t include the amount of federal money that schools also get, other sources show that Lansing received $1,751 per pupil from Washington and Okemos … more

School Officials, Teachers Unions, Media All Complicit In Edu-Disinformation

The effect is to undermine recent reforms opposed by unions

… “Those changes appear to be working, so why change that?” Shibler told the MEA. But in 2010, before the first round of partial reform, Shibler’s district … experienced freezes, keeping teachers at the same step years in a row.” The MEA made a claim in its February newsletter about a teacher at the East China … more

'Simon Says': Teacher Union Toys with Members Wanting Out, Demands Requests Go to 'Stealth' P.O. Box

Judge has already ruled the one-month window MEA allows for resignations to be illegal

… address on just one page of MEA's main website, and on one affiliate … notification to the address of the MEA's headquarters in East Lansing. … email seeking comment. The MEA only allows school employees … Despite the obstacles, the MEA lost over 5,000 members last … Policy obtained a letter the MEA sent to school employees who … more

Teachers Sue MEA To Escape Union

Union demanded bank account information and threatened teacher's credit

… their local unions and the MEA, challenging the one-month August … thought to opting out of the MEA until this past spring when … in a separate letter to the MEA. Chanski said she was not aware … Wright said. Chanski said the MEA told her that if she didn't … Foundation to file suit against the MEA on her behalf. "I definitely … more

Teacher Union Executives Get Double-Digit Raises While Liabilities Skyrocket

Top MEA officers, unlike teachers, get 18.6 percent average pay bump in three years

… years. At the same time, the MEA's liabilities increased by nearly … raises come at a time when the MEA’s financial liabilities are skyrocketing, … in 2015. The salaries the MEA reports to the U.S. Department … predecessor made in 2011. Former MEA President Iris Salters made … touch,” Perialas said about the MEA executives. “They are extremely … more

MEA 'fights for you' while spending very little on actual representation

In a recent video, MEA Secretary-Treasurer Rick Trainor tells members, “No matter what they tell you, we exist to fight for you.” Trainor’s salary was … says: According to the 2013 LM-2 filing with the US. federal government, the MEA collected $133.4 million and spent just $14.2 million on “representational … more