Proposed legislation would relieve Michigan schools of union funds collection
Payroll legislation to prevent public school resources from being used to collect union dues was recently proposed in Michigan, The Associated Press reports.
According to the bill's co-sponsors - state senators Arlan Meekhof and Joe Haveman - Senate Bill 636 and House Bill 4929 would free up local public schools' time and money by transferring the union dues collection process to union officials themselves.
Currently, school districts in the state deduct dues from teachers' paychecks before being sent on to the Michigan Education Association, the news source explains.
"Michigan schools should not be forced to do the union's work for them," said Meekhof in a prepared statement quoted by the news source.
"Schools should not also have to carry the burden of administrative work for an outside labor group," Haveman elaborated. "They have their plates full enough educating our children."
Earlier this year, the Michigan Department of Human Services announced it would stop withdrawing union dues from subsidy checks sent to home-based day care providers who supply child care services to low-income families.
According to the bill's co-sponsors - state senators Arlan Meekhof and Joe Haveman - Senate Bill 636 and House Bill 4929 would free up local public schools' time and money by transferring the union dues collection process to union officials themselves.
Currently, school districts in the state deduct dues from teachers' paychecks before being sent on to the Michigan Education Association, the news source explains.
"Michigan schools should not be forced to do the union's work for them," said Meekhof in a prepared statement quoted by the news source.
"Schools should not also have to carry the burden of administrative work for an outside labor group," Haveman elaborated. "They have their plates full enough educating our children."
Earlier this year, the Michigan Department of Human Services announced it would stop withdrawing union dues from subsidy checks sent to home-based day care providers who supply child care services to low-income families.
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