School Districts Closed Because Of Excessive Teacher Absences Over Right-to-Work

Michigan Capital Confidential ^ | 12/11/12 | Audrey Spalding and Jarrett Skorup

[ILS21R]

I just heard Snyder on WJR. The Senate is already done with the bill. The House should finish this afternoon. And Snyder expects it on his desk tomorrow morning. Yesterday, Obama made it clear to Snyder that he didn’t agree with RTW legislation. Can’t wait for Snyder to sign it.

Founding fathers win again.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

But the low-information voters don’t belong to the Communist Party, just the party of “Gimme!”

[vpintheak]

For the children right?

[cripplecreek]

The MI GOP Response was absolutely beautiful.

Michigan Republican Party chairman Bobby Schostak issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s visit to Michigan today:

“It’s interesting that President Obama has chosen to stop in Michigan to propose his economic recovery plan of higher taxes, more spending and broken budgets. Here in Michigan we’ve seen actual economic recovery by streamlining government, cutting taxes and balancing budgets.

“The President’s divisive message and attack on Michigan workers is just another indication of how out of touch Pres. Obama has become. President Obama’s continued attempt to subvert state rights is an assult on our federal system.

“I encourage the former law professor and our current President brush up on the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, ‘The powers not delegated to the United states by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.’

“The President’s stance is a blatant attack on Michigan workers and demonstrates the President’s staunch support of special interest union bosses. Thankfully, Michigan Republican leaders are here to provide a firewall for Michigan workers and their families and to keep Michigan’s turnaround on course.”

[sheikdetailfeather]

Wow! That is classic and powerful!

Morning Bell: Unions Losing in Their Last Stronghold

http://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/11/morning-bell-unions-losing-in-their-last-stronghold/

[ILS21R]

The response by Bobby Schostak was indeed very good. Thanks for posting.

[muawiyah]

Should be possible to hire replacements ~ with ease!

[Catsrus]

We only have the Republican governors now as a shield from the federal tyranny. Thank God for the 10th Amendment and for those governors who dare to take a stand against these thugs. Sad, that we lost the fight here in OH. However, they should have gone with a RTW law, rather than what they did. Kasich tried what Walker did and it didn’t work here. The lawmakers lost the battle at the ballot box because our side didn’t inform the voters of what was really going on.

Sadly, most think that the teachers really do care about the kids and think they are next to God or something.

[DuncanWaring]

Loss of union dues isn’t what really really hurt the Wisconsin teacher’s union.

The union had a wholly-owned “health-insurance company”, with a sole-source/no-bid contract that netted them about $10,000 per year per teacher.

They lost that no-bid provision and had to cut their rates by 40% to come close to staying competitive.

[anoldafvet]

My wife has a BS and MS in teaching. She taught for 5 years in New York. When we moved to Utah she couldn’t get hired because she was “too expensive”, but finally got hired by a private school.
When we moved to California they told her she had to take 2 years of undergraduate “art” courses because her bachelor of science was not sufficient to teach in California. She wound up as a Principal of a private school.
When we moved to Colorado she took night courses to be certified and then was told she was “too expensive”.
When we moved to Texas she was hired immediately.
When we moved to Indiana, it was the old “too expensive” excuse again. That’s when she left teaching.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Here is the link to the statement you posted. I just sent it out on my Twitter account. LOL! It is powerful!

http://www.migop.org/index.php/details/news/michigan-republican-party-chairman-bobby-schostak-issued-the-following-stat/

[tweakDU]

What difference does it make if the “teacher” is there, or not? I just read research that found that only 7% of kids in the 7th grade in Detroit can read...at least the Dear Leader’s plan is successfully progressing...Forward!!

[cyclotic]

Sounds like my brother. He was a robotics engineer who decided to teach instead. He had to take all sorts of remedial classes, way below his level of knowledge to qualify for the right to teach. It was insane. He’s in Michigan and I fear he’s slightly sipping the kool-aid.

[NEMDF]

Obviously, they have greater allegiance to the union than to the children and communities they are supposed to be serving.

THE COMMUNITIES THAT EMPLOY THEM AND PROVIDE THEIR BENEFITS, I might add.