“If medical experts say it’s not safe for us to return to buildings to teach students face-to-face, then we can’t and we won’t,” said MEA President Paula Herbart in a video released Wednesday.
“If school districts are keeping you and your members out of the process, making decisions about returning to school that don’t include you, and are ignoring you at the bargaining table, then they’ll see us in court.”
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By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor Retired MEA Lobbyist Christina Canfield used to get asked by members in her training sessions at conferences what was the hardest part of her job? Was it watching a vote in the Legislature go the wrong way — as when Republicans rammed through right-to-work laws in 2012? No, she […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Michigan’s labor movement, including the Michigan AFL-CIO, UAW and the Michigan Education Association, issued the following joint statement on Governor Whitmer’s veto of the stalled bills: “Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s veto of these nine bills, following a long legal battle waged by leaders in her own party, betrays democratic values and abandons […]
I am one of many share time teachers for Brighton Area Schools (7years) we do not get the representation salary/benefits/preps etc. that a regular teacher would get. Who is going to represent us?