Union-Busting Corporate Giveaways in Michigan
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Michigan’s infamous Financial Martial Law is now well known to those paying attention to this sort of thing. Numerous towns, cities and jurisdictions—including Detroit Public Schools (DPS)—have already been declared financial catastrophes and had “emergency financial managers” (generally business executives) imposed on them. These managers have the authority to override or fire elected officials, lay off unionized workers, cut services, and give away public institutions (like public schools) to private, for-profit operators.
According to Detroit News.com, 800 DPS teachers will not be hired back next year, while their