As a matter of fact, this is the first time in American history when students, parents and teachers have to face a sincere danger when the school bell rings and classes assemble. I think the Detroit teachers are absolutely important in protecting the lives of their students.
LEAVE THE STUDENTS AT HOME!
By John Wisely
Detroit teachers (click here) say they are prepared to stay home from school next month if their concerns over COVID-19 are not addressed.
"If the members don't feel that it's safe, if the union leadership doesn't feel that it's safe, then we won't show up," Detroit Federation of Teachers President Terrence Martin said Tuesday in a conference call with media and other union leaders.
Teacher strikes are illegal under Michigan law, but it's unclear how that would be enforced when health concerns are prompting the walkout. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said earlier this month that rising caseloads could threaten the reopening of schools anyway....
July 25, 2020, was supposed to mean something. It was supposed to be the end of the SARS-CoV-2 virus threatening Americans. That was expensive and to have it fail only to continue the spread of the virus and attack Americans' way of life. There is more expense for the states with a CONTINUING tragedy. This is just one state. Every state in the USA is facing deficits. Congress needs to MAKE THE STATES WHOLE before SARS-CoV-2 arrived.
July 28, 2020
By Paul Egan
Lansing - Having used federal relief funding to help close a $2.2-billion hole (click here) in the state's 2020 budget, Michigan officials warned Tuesday they now face a $3-billion hole for the budget year that starts Oct. 1 and called for more financial aid from Washington.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state Budget Director Chris Kolb both criticized at a news conference a proposed relief plan unveiled Monday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as woefully short of what is needed....
