The Michigan Senate is at it and they are moving fast! Please call your legislator and/or send an email ASAP.
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The Senate Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee reported out this morning to the full Senate HOUSE BILL 4929 which was sponsored by Rep. Joe Haveman.
This bill would BAN public school districts from collecting UNION Dues for their unionized employees!
In a substitute bill a PROVISION WAS ADDED that requires audits of public school unions and that public school unions file the audits with the state. Unions already file tax statements with the Internal Revenue EVERY January, including the WLEA. Our finances are already a part of the public record. The state does not need to have additional information regarding our financial information.
In addition, the substitute appropriate $100,000 to cover the cost of data collection. THIS IS A TACTIC that prevents House Bill 4929 from being subject to a public referendum, i.e., a public vote to disallow it. In other words, they are adding a technicality to prevent your right to have a say on this legislation!
Tell your senator:
Tell your senator:
1)This is a clear attack on public school unions and their members.
2)It is harrasment.
3)Your union already files statements with the IRS every year.
4)The addition of a minimal expenditure is only meant to deny you your democratic right to a voice in government! They must not block democracy!
5)Tell them to vote NO on HB 4929
2)It is harrasment.
3)Your union already files statements with the IRS every year.
4)The addition of a minimal expenditure is only meant to deny you your democratic right to a voice in government! They must not block democracy!
5)Tell them to vote NO on HB 4929
USE THIS LINK TO CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MICHIGAN SENATE!
The Walled Lake area Senator is Mike Kowall:
Phone: 517-373-1758
Livingston County area senator is Joe Hune:
Phone: 517-373-2420
Email: senjhune@senate.michigan.gov
