Share

Email

Print

Communities Controlling Their Own Costs -
PA 312 and Mandatory Binding Arbitration

See the League's Inside 208 blog for Timely Updates on Related Legislation

For 40 years, PA 312 has been damaging to Michigan’s local units of government. Below you'll be able to find current information, news articles and resources for your community. Being informed on how this Act harms all of our local units helps bring us one step closer to reforms.  

You can also share your PA 312 horror stories!  The only way legislators are going to know how bad PA 312 is for communities is if we tell them. Each example brings us one step closer to reform.

Video: Educating Lawmakers on PA 312 and Corporation Barriers

Lawmakers join the League
and local officials in discussing mandatory binding arbitration
and consolidation laws. Video features Grand Rapids Deputy City Manager Eric DeLong, Taylor Mayor Cameron Priebe and Wyoming City Manager Curtis Holt.

House Bill 5325: Common Sense Amendment to Public Act 312

Messages and Talking Points (PDF)

Related Articles:

Editorial: Arbitrators over police, fire pay should consider cities' financial condition
The Detroit News, 3/1/2010

Critics Say Arbitration Bill 'Hollow' Without Amendment
Capitol Confidential, 2/24/2010

City of Flint Hamstrung by “Hollow” Arbitration Law
Flint Journal, 2/10/2010

Flint Police Unions Likely Headed for Arbitration
ABC News 12, 2/10/2010

Editorial Supports Bill to Amend Public Act 312
Detroit News, 1/9/2010

Cities Push Hard on Act 312 and Cost Controls
Center for Michigan, 12/10/09

Municipalities Urge Change in Arbitration Law
Detroit Free Press, 12/09/09

Municipal Leaders Call for Arbitration Reform
MIRS News, 12/08/09

Municipal League Seeks Changes to Arbitration
Gongwer News, 12/08/09

Metro Detroit Officials Share Pain of Pay Cuts
Detroit Free Press, 12/08/09

Ann Arbor officials Say Firefighters'
Unwillingness to Negotiate Partly to Blame for Layoffs
annarbor.com, 12/7/09

Reforms Are The Hope Michigan Needs
Livingston Daily, 10/29/09

Standing up for PA 312
Detroit News, 10/29/09

Column- Where to Start Reform
Holland Sentinel, 10/28/09

How to Save Michigan's Local Communities
The Center for Michigan, 9/10/09

Budget Woes Lead to Talk of Eliminating Full-Time Fire Department 
The Grand Rapids Press, 8-18-09

How Localities Can Avoid Police and Firefighter Layoffs
Detroit Free Press, 8-16-09

Old Law Ensures Less Bang for Taxpayers' Buck
Center for Michigan, 5/14/09

PA 312 Leads to Cuts in Public Safety
The Ann Arbor News, 5/12/09

Editorial: State Must Take Cue to Cut Spending
Crain's Detroit Business, 3/29/09

Costly Move Expanding Arbitration
Grand Rapids Press, 6/22/08

Editorial: Mayors, Not Judges, Should Run Our Cities - Supreme Court Should Allow Detroit, Pontiac to Proceed with Layoffs
Detroit Free Press, 11/26/07

In Our Opinion: Negotiate Government Reforms
Detroit Free Press, 9/19/07

State Officials Look at Changing Arbitration Laws
Crain's Detroit Business, 6/18/07

Editorial: Repeal Laws Favoring Unions Over Taxpayers
Detroit News, 6/13/07

Pontiac Struggles with Depleted Police Force (PDF)
Oakland Press

 

Related Publications:

PA 312 Talking Points (PDF)
The Michigan Municipal League

PA 312 Briefing Document (PDF)

A Conversation with the Governor (PDF)
Live on WWJ News Radio 950

The Public Employment Relations Act: Conflicts & Possible Alternatives (PDF)
Citizen's Research Council of Michigan

Final Report to the Governor - 2006 (PDF)
The Task Force on Local Government Services and Fiscal Stability