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Michigan bargaining law was enacted in 1965, public school employees were able to organize into local bargaining units to negotiate salary, benefits and other working conditions. Insurance became a bargainable issue. In 1984, MEA merged with the Michigan Educational Support Personnel, making
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Michigan law forbade the MEA from acting as an agent for its members, so when Henkel retired in 1960, it was decided that a separate non-profit corporation would serve this function, and
Michigan Education Special Services Association (MESSA) was born. 10,000 MEA members were enrolled at the time.
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and for the quality of life for all. Like other public sector unions, the MEA has come under fire in recent years for its defense of teacher employment protections. Controversy over the role of the MEA is part of a wider debate on the structure and funding of
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Tax-exempt under IRS 501(c)(9), MESSA qualified as a “voluntary employees’ beneficiary association” and could therefore offer group term life, health, and dental coverages, among others, to its members.
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was organized, becoming the
Michigan Education Association in 1926. Today it is the largest public employee union in the state and the third largest education association in the United States.
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programs in the United States. Two years later, the
Hoosier Casualty Company provided coverage for MEA members, administrated by local insurance agent Herman Henkel.
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MEA one of the first state associations to represent both teachers and other school personnel. In 2007, MEA membership exceeded 160,000.
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