Leading Christian and Jewish clergy from Michigan spoke out against attacks on hard-working Michiganders and reaffirmed long-standing religious commitments to working people. At a press conference at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Detroit, the diverse clergy representing thousands of people in the faith community, opposed legislation introduced in the state legislature last week (SB 729) that would impose so-called “right to work” restrictions on Michigan’s teachers and school employees.
Michigan Public Employees Are Under Compensated!!!!
A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, which is a non profit public policy think tank, shows public employees are underpaid as they are compared to the private sector.
Some elected officials are promoting public employee pay freezes and major benefits reductions as the antidote to the alleged overpayment problem and the key to reducing Michigan’s budget deficit.
