Madison (MI) School District teachers call 10% pay cut illegal, threaten lawsuit

Lori Higgins:

Teachers in the Madison School District said the Board of Education there violated the law by imposing a 10% pay cut last week that is retroactive to the beginning of the current school year.

Bobby Robinson, president of the Madison Education Association, which represents 77 teachers and other professional employees, said the union plans to file a lawsuit Monday.

He cited a May ruling in a case that said employers can't apply a pay cut retroactively.

Robinson said he raised those issues with the district administration after the board took action Monday, but paychecks teachers received Friday reflected the deduction. District and board leaders could not be reached Friday.

"They ignored it," Robinson said.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 24, 2012 2:33 AM
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