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Teacher Benefits in Wisconsin and Michigan [Mackinac Center]
Also, in both states, teachers unions run their own health insurance companies — the Michigan Education Special Services Association was created in 1960 and the Wisconsin Education Association Trust in 1970. An estimated 64 percent of Wisconsin school districts buy WEA Trust coverage, and about 80 percent of Michigan districts get the insurance with a union label. Both unions relentlessly pressure local school boards to buy insurance from their subsidiaries — MESSA actually brags about how many districts suffered teacher strikes over whether to purchase its costly coverage (such strikes are now illegal in Michigan).
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If this is not illegal it needs to be made illegal. The unions are negotiating for benefits that are purchased from companies they own. Taxpayer funds effectively are going right into their hands.
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