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Taylor Teachers sue for Right-to-Work in Michigan »  More Right-
to-Work Controversty in Michigan  In what the Michigan Education
Association (MEA) calls a political move, the Ferris State
University Trustees rejected an extension to their current
faculty contract recently after this solution was initially
supported by the university and ratified by 96% of the faculty. 
Allegedly the trustees voted against the contract because it
extended the MEA's right to represent the faculty for another
three years.  This move is allowed under Michigan's new Right-
to-Work law, but it would essentially prevent the law, which
prohibits public employers from making participation in a union
a condition of employment, from taking effect at FSU until it
expires. The MEA has filed suit.  I think this is a very
interesting situation, and I will be watching it closely.
Michigan has a long and proud tradition o