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Public Act 312

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Brothers and Sisters:
I have been on vacation for the past 10 days and for the most part unable to send electronic communications. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for a productive convention.
 
Although we have been successful with 312, the fight is still not over. Calls are still needed to our legislators as there are changes pending in how insurance costs will be paid including a cap on what employers will pay. This will result in a greater financial burden to members. We need to let our legislators know that this is unacceptable. (John

Buczek sent information out about this earlier today.) Please write and/or call your legislators and please continue to be professional.
 
It is important that this information be shared with other members. Please share this with your lodges and encourage then to keep contacted legislators. Our voices were heard on 312 and we need to have them heard on this pending legislation as well.
 
As always, take care of yourselves and each other.
 
Fraternally,
 
Harold West

Mifop State President

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UPDATE

HB4522 passed by the Senate June 29, 2011

HB4522 passed by the House on June 23, 2011

Since Mid-January, 2011, the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives have been introducing, debating, voting upon and sending to the Governor, large number of pieces of legislation (bills) that affect law enforcement officers. While this happens every year, this year is unusual in that, of the 148 elected officials, 63 of them have never served in the legislature before. 62 out of the 110 House members have never served in the House of Representatives and 1 out of the 38 Senators has never served in the Senate. This, along with a brand new Governor, is making things particularly chaotic.

Bills to which we refer.

If you would like to view the contents of the legislation, visit www.milegislature.org or www.michigan.gov

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Senate Passes SB-0007. Mandating Public Employees pay 20% of Health Care costs.

To read this bill click here SB 0007

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday, May 18, 2011
CONTACT: Bill Nowling (517) 488-8886 or T.J. Bucholz (517) 898-4641New Legislation Still Puts Communities At Risk and Still Eliminates Binding Arbitration For Firefighers and PoliceThe Michigan Professional Firefighters Union (MPFFU) and the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police (MIFOP) today rose in opposite to House Bill 4522, stating that it goes too far in modifying PA 312 – the law which ensures fair and binding arbitration for police officers and firefighters – and puts the public safety of communities across Michigan at-risk.“We believe HB 4522 as written takes us three steps backward,” said Mark Docherty, MPFFU President. “While legislative leaders have said they have no interest in repealing PA 312, this bill would have the same affect on public safety across Michigan as if they had done so in the first place. Instead of focusing on real reform, HB 4522 is just a ruse designed to have the same impact as a full repeal.”House Bill 4522 also takes away the ability for police officers and firefighters around the state to negotiate fairly with cities and municipalities, and the state’s current law – PA 312 – is working as intended and needs to remain in place to ensure that the safety of residents in local communities across Michigan remains a top priority.“This bill – in effect – ties the hands of police officers and firefighters to negotiate in good faith with cities and municipalities as they consider consolidating departments to save costs,” said John Buczek, Executive Director of the MIFOP. “Consolidation is a decision best left to elected officials at the local level, not lawmakers in Lansing.”“Given the dangers of our profession, our members need to stay focused on the job with the knowledge that through PA 312 they are going to get a fair and reasonable resolution to collective bargaining agreements,” said Harold West, President of MIFOP.Buczek and Docherty both said their organizations continue to embrace reforms and have an honest debate on PA 312, but also said that HB 4522 goes too far and only works to circumvent the wishes of voters across Michigan. Even though voters across the state are speaking out against the cross-training of police officers and firefighters, if the bill were to pass, it will entitle an arbitrator to implement consolidation in a community giving no say to the local residents and community leaders. Most recently, two communities in Michigan – the city of Jackson and the city of Harper Woods – overwhelmingly rejected efforts by leaders to consolidate police and fire departments.
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday, March 21, 2011
CONTACT – Bill Nowling 517.488.8886
 
Response from MIFOP and MPFFU on Governor Snyder’s Proposed Reforms to P.A. 312
 
The Michigan Professional Fire Firefighters Union and the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police are both encouraged that Governor Rick Snyder recognizes P.A. 312 needs to be reformed and not repealed. We strongly believe that P.A. 312 – over the course of the last 40 years –has worked effectively to keep communities safe and fire fighters and police officers on the job. It ensures that labor negotiations between public safety employees and units of government are fair and equitable for taxpayers, fire fighters and police officers.
 
The Michigan Fraternal Order of Police and the Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union welcome changes to the law that ultimately streamline the bargaining process and keep public safety a top priority for all levels of government.

Read the message from Governor Snyder

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Governor Snyder Pushes Joint Police And Fire Departments – Critics Say

Quality Suffers, But Practice Works For Kalamazoo

By: Paul Egan – Detroit News Lansing Bureau – March 18, 2011

Lansing Read this Article

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Fire fighters, police officers say binding arbitration is good public policy
 
LANSING – Members of the Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union and the Fraternal Order of Police showed their support for working families at rallies held here today, but added they continue to work with lawmakers to demonstrate that binding arbitration works and is good public policy.
 
“We stand alongside Michigan’s working families, but we also want everyone to know that we are working constructively with lawmakers to educate them about the role binding arbitration plays in keeping communities safe and our members on the job,” said Mark Docherty, president of the Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union. “Our goal is good public policy.”
 
Added John Buczek, executive director of the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police: “Binding arbitration has worked well for 40 years. It is used only in rare cases and it is fair to all sides. This is an important tool we need so that bargaining issues do not get in the way of public safety officers doing their jobs.”
 
The rallies held here express opposition to legislation that gives unprecedented power to emergency financial mangers of troubled municipalities and school districts, including unilateral authority to cancel collective bargaining agreements, revise contracts and fire elected officials. Docherty and Buczek said both the MPFFU and MFOP oppose the emergency financial manager legislation because it could put public safety at risk. And, they added, their members continue to fight legislation that would repeal binding arbitration for police officers and fire fighters.
 
PA 312, known as the Michigan Policemen’s and Firemen’s Compulsory Arbitration Act, was signed into law in 1969 after several work stoppages by police officers and fire fighters had threatened public safety. The law is the result of a commission appointed by former Gov. George Romney and was designed to maintain services by settling labor disputes between public safety employees and municipalities through an impartial arbitration panel. Public safety employees are prohibited by law from striking or engaging in other work stoppages.
 
Most labor negotiations between public safety employees and municipalities are settled without the need for binding arbitration. But for the few cases each year where there is an impasse, PA 312 offers a fair and transparent process for all parties to present their last, best offers to an impartial arbitration panel. In such cases, the panel holds a hearing, considers the facts presented – including the municipality’s ability to pay as prescribed by the law – and then decides which side’s final offers to accept. Since 1998, municipalities have won more than 60 percent of the issues that have gone before a binding arbitration panel.
 
About MPFFU: The Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union was established in 1934 and it is Michigan's largest professional, career firefighters organization, representing over 5,000 firefighter members. More information at: http://www.MPFFU.org.
 
About MFOP: The State Lodge of the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police was formed in 1939 and is Michigan's largest and oldest law enforcement organization. MFOP has 7,500 active and 5,000 associate members in 70 lodges located throughout the state. More information at: http://www.MIFOP.com.

 

 
 

Public Act 312

Frequently Asked Questions here  

Throughout the discussion of reforming Public Act 312, misinformation continues to be perpetuated. The following document is brief, but sets the record straight about what PA 312 does and why it is important to the public safety of all Michigan residents.  

Myth vs Fact

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Category: MIFOP

TO ALL MCO MEMBERS

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Last year the Michigan FOP Labor Council was asked by some of your membership to represent CO’s working for MDOC.   Based on that request, we started a campaign traveling throughout the State to let CO’s know what the FOP was all about. We met a lot of great people (and a few not so great) who were very interested in seeing change.

 

 

Our charge was to get at least 30% of the membership (required number by the State) to sign show-of-interest cards by June 30th.   If that many cards could be obtained it would require the State to hold a ballot election of all MCO members to see who would represent CO’s. The FOP would then be able to communicate with all MCO members because the State would be required to provide a mailing list of all members. A mailing to all members before the ballots were sent out would allow the members the ability to make an informed decision about staying with MCO or changing to FOP.

 

 

The FOP did not receive the necessary 30% by the deadline and accepts the decision of the membership to remain with MCO. The FOP sincerely hopes that you have a successful contract negotiation in 2004. You deserve it!

 

 

We also thank the many individuals who signed cards & spread the word about the FOP. Some hard-working people made the campaign possible & deserve the thanks of the membership because it got MCO to recognize that changes needed to happen.   MCO would never have gotten that message if it were not for this group.

 

 

One other good thing that came from this is that CO’s are entitled to become Active members of the FOP-Fraternal side. This means that you have the right to hold any office, all the way to President (CO’s always had that right on the FOP-Labor side). If you want more info on joining the Fraternal, surf our website, www.mifop.com or call the office at 1-888-FOP-MICH.

 

 

Much luck to all of you & stay safe!!

Randy Mason, Director of Labor Services

 

 

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Assoc Name Change Form

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Active Gains Form

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Assoc Address Change Form

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