Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Group Weighs In On Michigan's Proposal 2
Harrison Blackmond, who leads DFER's Michigan arm, said the group agrees with StudentsFirst on the issue. "I'm opposed because it's pretty broad-ranging," he said.www.huffingtonpost.com
Michigan Vote a Test Case on Enshrining the Rights of Unions
Michigan's unions are asking voters to approve a referendum on the ballot this November, known as Proposal 2, that would lock a series of labor protections into the state Constitution, including the right of public sector unions to bargain collectively ...www.nytimes.com
Michigan Press Association joins opposition to Proposal 2
LANSING -- The Michigan Press Association joined the opposition to Proposal 2 Tuesday, citing the potential for the constitutional amendment for collective bargaining to override Michigan's Sunshine laws. The MPA, in a joint statement with the free ...www.freep.com
Truth Squad calls foul on pro-Proposal 4 ad
Proposal 4, which would amend the state constitution to create the Michigan Quality Home Care Council, and allow home health-care workers limited collective-bargaining rights. As reported previously by MTS: "A recent Citizens Research Council ...bridgemi.com
Michigan Decides 2012: Vote YES for collective bargaining and Proposal 2 to ...
Collective bargaining helped save Michigan's auto industry because employers and employees negotiated lower costs for manufacturers while also ensuring that Michigan factories stayed open and jobs were brought back from overseas. Without it?www.mlive.com
Labor tries new tactic after setbacks in Michigan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - It's hardly a return to the Depression era, when company guards roughed up labor organizers at auto plants.www.huffingtonpost.com
Angela Davis speaks to 2000 at Michigan rally
The last speaker, UAW Vice-President Cindy Estrada spoke of the importance of collective bargaining to Michigan workers and small business people.peoplesworld.org
Endorsement letters: Proposal 2 will protect our rights
Collective Bargaining Ballot.JPG AP FILE PHOTOVolunteers with the Protect Our Jobs Coalition, deliver boxes of petitions for a proposal to add collective bargaining rights for workers into the Michigan Constitution to the state Bureau of Elections on ...www.mlive.com
Michigan Initiative Would Give Public Employee Unions Veto Power
As very little of Michigan's basic collective bargaining statute, the Labor Relations and Mediation Act, applies to the private sector, Proposal 2 would operate as a public-sector bargaining law all but in name.nlpc.org
Michigan Parent Teacher Association backs Proposal 2, the collective ...
The Michigan Parent Teacher Association announced Wednesday that it is in support of Proposal 2, the statewide proposal that would enshrine collective bargaining in the state constitution. "When teachers have the right to collectively bargain, they use ...www.freep.com
Proposal 4 would establish in-home care worker guidelines in Constitution
Proposal 4, the Michigan Quality Home Care Council (MQHCC): Collective Bargaining for In-Home Care Workers, seeks to amend the state Constitution and establish representation, guidelines and principles for in-home care workers and their consumers.www.ourmidland.com
Collective bargaining proposal could weaken Michigan's controversial ...
"If Proposal 2 passes, an emergency manager presumably would not be able to abrogate collective bargaining agreements," said Bettie Buss, a senior research associate with the Citzens Research Council of Michigan. "It would have constitutional ...www.mlive.com
Truth Squad calls foul on pro-Proposal 2 'lying' claim
Truth Squad call: Foul. Proposal 2 would "grant public and private employees the constitutional right to organize and bargain collectively through labor unions." ts_logo1.jpg A Project of The Center for Michigan. According to a report by the ...www.mlive.com
Protection of collective bargaining makes voting in favor of Proposal 2 vital
All workers in the State of Michigan need to vote "Yes" on Proposal 2 to ensure their rights to bargain collectively, since their very lives and health may depend on passage of this constitutional amendment.www.annarbor.com
Unions focus more on state-level races to preserve collective bargaining deals
And in Michigan, unions are trying to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state constitution. The shift comes as organized labor is still reeling from battles in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and other states where governors have sought to limit ...www.foxnews.com
Wyandotte Couple Star in TV Ad Supporting Proposal 4
The proposal would amend the Michigan Constitution, establishing the Michigan Quality Home Care Council and providing collective bargaining for in-home care workers. It also would give seniors and people with disabilities a registry that links them ...wyandotte.patch.com
Collective Bargaining a 'Right' to Coerce
The union-funded Proposal 2 would amend the Michigan Constitution to recognize a "right" to collective bargaining. This is radical because for the first time it would enshrine a positive right in a foundational document of our governmental system.www.mackinac.org
Michigan Decides 2012: Proposal 2 would put collective bargaining in ...
"We hear vague platitudes about collective bargaining," said Rich Studley, president of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and a leader of Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution. "That's a smokescreen, a red herring and a distraction. They don't ...www.mlive.com
Issues in the 91st District: Candidates divided over the six state proposals ...
MUSKEGON, MI - The voters of the three-way campaign for the 91st District Michigan House seat are given a wide variety of choices if the candidate's views on the state ballot proposals are any indication.www.mlive.com
OUR VIEW — Proposal 2 comes with too much unwanted baggage
Proposal 2, the collective bargaining initiative on the state ballot, is an excellent illustration of the pitfalls of trying to legislate through the ballot box.www.hollandsentinel.com
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