Dear Fellow WLEA members,
The election is Tuesday and I am sure that hasn’t escaped anyone’s attention!!! In my opinion, educators have more to win and/or lose tied to the results of what happens that day than any other group in Michigan.
No one can have missed the Proposal 2 propaganda…….and that’s just what it is. There are ads out there for both sides. However, we as individuals can make the biggest difference by talking to just 1 or 2 other people and convincing them to vote yes on Proposal 2. If 1.5 million union workers in Michigan talk to 2 other people, we will have 4.5 million people behind this proposal.
Please remember the bargaining rights and individual rights you have lost due to the laws passed by the Michigan legislature over the last year. You have lost the right to bargain your evaluation procedure, lay off and recall procedures, discipline, and anything to do with placement.
Ask yourself - Should the procedures for these issues be left in the hands of legislators in Lansing who haven’t been in a classroom in 25 or more years? Should these procedures be left in the hands of legislators that refuse to listen to your voices? That refuse to let parents talk at a meeting? That silence women legislators? That fast –gavel votes for “immediate effect” to deny the public the right of referendum?
If nothing else, their lack of adherence to the tenants of democracy and a representative republic should cause one to step up and scream STOP!!!!
This is what your vote for Proposal 2 should be about!
