Michigan Education Association
The Michigan Education Association (MEA) is a self-governing education association, representing about 120,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher-education employees throughout the state. Our mission is to protect, advocate, and advance the rights of all education professionals to promote quality public education for all students.www.mea.org
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Oct 5, 2026
Nolan FinleyGUEST
Uh, and there are means to change that constitution when it needs changing.
Nolan FinleyGUEST
And I think right now, you've got everybody from, uh, you've al- you almost have universal agreement here, uh, from the Chamber of Commerce groups, the business groups to the, uh, unions, Michigan Education Association, all out here saying no to, um, to Prop One.
Nolan FinleyGUEST
The governor said, "No, vote no." Um, I think everybody recognizes the danger here of getting into this huge, huge battle.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
You, Nolan Finley, wrote a column about the high pump prices and anger at Donald Trump.
Siena RoseHOST
And as a supplement to that, because we were a lot of people there covering a lot of ground, we also had the opportunity to talk to teachers, um, and public school employees.
Siena RoseHOST
Now, the union, uh, for public school employees is the Michigan Education Association.
Siena RoseHOST
They had a pretty tight grip on the area, but they're really not honest about their work.
Siena RoseHOST
So just so we're all clear, it's the National Education Association, the Michigan Education Association, and then the Grand Rapids Education Association, which I'll talk about in a second.
Siena RoseHOST
So that's the hierarchy here that we're looking at.
Siena RoseHOST
So the MEA, um, they had...