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Long and bitter teacher contract negotiations finally came to an end in one Michigan school district.
A deal was reached after secret emails were recently released.
These emails showed that union leaders used a taxpayer funded email account to plan for an illegal teacher strike last fall. The emails also shed light on the motives of the union.
The illegal strike divided the educational community of Wayne-Westland, as there were reports of teachers “turning against” their fellow teachers who crossed the picket line.
In addition, the union was attempting a recall campaign against school board members who did not support their efforts to keep union owned health insurance, which costs taxpayers $15,772.92 per family.
“The parents and other residents of the Wayne-Westland school district were seriously duped, particularly those who circulated recall petitions against two school board members based on false pretenses,” said Kyle Olsen, vice president of the Education Action Group.
Olsen explained that the teachers union used the class size issue to gain the sympathy of residents who were rightfully concerned about quality of instruction.
“The new teachers contract does address class size, but to such a small degree that it makes the union’s claims laughable,” he said.
Olsen believes that the teachers were more concerned about maintaining their expensive MESSA insurance coverage, which was a top priority for the W-WEA’s parent organization, the Michigan Education Association.
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