By CHRISll
WOLPE UT IZED con-
tacts with both Garrison and Beverly
Wo ow, executive dir ctor of the
Michigan Education Association, ac­
cording to John Tru cott, pok per-
on for Gov. Engler.
"Frank Garrison runs the Demo­
cratic party," Truscott aid. "Wolpe is
G VE , aidhe
f I S beno brings trength to th
Democratic tick t, trength that Bal-
lenger f I n ed to com from
female running mate.
"The mocrats have consistently
h d f mal running mat since
1978," B lleng r said. "If th p
sure from women's organiz tions that
did it."
I THINK TEACHER ARE pecially sensitiv cau e
so much legislation affects their work in the classroom, and it
affects other school employees and the work they do," Dolan
said. "Each time something like this happens we hav to work
through how to accommodate it .
"We will just have to see how things go. The un is going
to.come up in the morning." ,
Local teacher union are aloin the planning t ges of how,
to deal with the act, Dauster sid.
"We are working with th MEA and we hay our own
coordinating committe that. i working on orne things-- to
decide what to do there," Dauster said.
By SUZAN MILENKOVICH
C,p'tl' N,w. S.rv�
LAN ING - Although the impact of Public Act 112 of 1994
- which expand the definition of trike for public chool
employe - i yet to be n, it i rai ing Orne concern among
teacher unions,
The act, which was passed in May of 1994 and goes into
effect April 1, 1995, prohibits lockouts by public school em­
ployers and fines each party if found guilty of the act, Also,
certain issues would not be subject to collective bargaining.
"We just got a contract nd contract lks did o' w 11," id
Penny Dau • pr ide th Hillsdale.Ed
tion and te II r at Hill dal High chool.
However, au t r I concerned over reduction in negotiat­
ing power with chool board .
"The feeling you get is that [PA 112] undercut ny fairnes
in it," bauster aid. "It s m lik there's negotiations and
then what the board ays i final. It s m to und -rcut our'
power."
PA 112 SA� THAT if on or both parties fails to ratify a
recommended settlement within 30 day after a m diator is
mutually agreed upon by both sides, the public school em­
ployer can implement the last b t offer made. Dauster said
it is that clause which undercuts the union's bargaining power
since the school board may as well wait for the la t offer.
"Why should they bargain?" Dauster sid. "Where's the
pressure to bargain?"
The association is part of th Michigan Education As ocia­
tion (MEA), Michigan's large t t acher's union.
"The MEA has a lot of cone rn about PA 112," said Pat
Dolan, director of commu nications for MEA. "It ha not gone
into effect yet and we can only speculate as to wh t i liabl
to happen."
Focus on the upcoming election has forced the MEA to wart
until later in the year befor it can look at the a in depth,
Dolan said.
Michigan Citizen
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By APRIL CALDWELL
C, I�'_I N_!w. §.tylc.
, LANSING- Ju t telling t
agars that alcohol u e i dan r­
ou i not enough, ay
organizers of a program now in­
volving Michigan teen .
Team Spirit is an annual con­
ference designed to help teenag­
ers confront the possible
con equences of underage
drinking. It is al 0 d igned to
tach teen_a r s 1 a e rs h ip
II and upply t h ill with po -
Ie . 0 drugu
Encouraging young pl to
discuss alcohol-us probl ms
among their i much mo .
successful than an x.p rt t IIi ng
th m what to do, id P nny
N orton, director of Facing Al -
hoI Concern through Educa­
tion (FACE.
Th conferen w
Michigan for th fi t tim in
August, at Grand Valley t t.e
Univ rsity. It was sponsor by
Moth rs Against Drunk Driving
(MADP), ,Michigans ffi of
Highway Saf y Planning and
Ronald McDonald hildr n
Chariti of Out t t Mi hi 11
(RMCC). '
Th program w dev lop
by the National Highway Traf­
fic Safety Administration and
th ffi of Juvenil Justi . In
addition, Team Spirit onf r-
n are held annually in six
oth r t
of the program is that it allo
th teenagers thems lves to d -
cide what should di cus d,
Murlick aid.
B id adult ak rs, t h
conferen has te na rs that
h v been badly affected by al­
coholto lecture well." The
Impact panel is what the t ens
usually remember mo t," Mur­
lick said.
The program i good. b
it tells kid that th .
id orton, who wa a
peaker at th confer-.
.is being irresponsible, by not
making it clear that undera
drinking i a no-no," Murlick
id.
According to Norton, youth
are mo C88Wll in their u of
Ieohol, b ua dulta a ,S
contends that ociety di sod­
at alcohol from other drugs,
like crack or cocaine.
Th re need to b more con­
I tency with how we discuss al­
l
n .
"Kid have problen with al­
.ohol u e, m inly becau e
dul ha pro 1 nu with alco­
hol use," Norton id.
MURLICK AGREED, tat­
ing that many commercial r­
get underage drinkers, who are
hugely effected by media im-
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