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Michigan Education Association Loses Member Opt Out Case—Promises Appeal

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 9, 2014 1

IN OCTOBER, A year after his state had adopted a right-to-work law, Michigan Education Association President Steve Cook announced that his union had retained 99 percent of its members. That was a surprise. Right-to-work laws are…

Savaged: GOP Leaders Teach That Educators Are Costly Parasites. Are Americans Really Uneducated Enough To Believe It?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 14, 2011 15

by Chris Savage To say that Republicans are on a mission to destroy unions in this country is not an understatement. Across the country, and particularly in the Midwest, newly-elected Republican legislators and governors have spent the…