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Michigan schools have a major spending problem. See Education Action Group Foundation's new report, entitled, "Michigan teacher contracts: The black hole of school spending."  It is a review of 25 contracts to uncover the spending problems in Michigan's public schools.

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Welcome to MEAexposed.com, a website dedicated to showing the hypocrisy and self-interest of Michigan's largest school employees union.  Their mission has little--if anything--to do with education quality and more to do with promoting its health care plan, protecting the worst, and suppressing meaningful reform.  We are exposing the financials and personnel of the MEA union in order to show how and why they block educational reform in our state.

All information contained on this site was obtained from federal Department of Labor filings, court documents, public websites, or contacts within the MEA and MESSA.  This site is intended to be a clearinghouse for those difficult-to-find documents to show a complete picture of the MEA.

Last year, the MEA was paid over $4.7 MILLION in "marketing" fees by its insurance affiliate, MESSA.  The insurance over which union bosses force school boards to pay a heavy price just for considering alternatives.

The MEA paid a law firm $281,913 that defended a convicted child-molesting teacher.  They should own up to their hard-working dues payers whether or not their dues money went to defend such behavior.   If it is true, we challenge the good hard-working teachers to think of it this way: $3.15 of your dues went to defend a child molester.  Sure it may just be a cup of Starbucks coffee, but when the MEA attempts to explain what you get for your dues, remember this one.  Check out the FAQ page to see what you can do about it.

This is a project of the Education Action Group, a non-profit organization advocating for school spending reform.  Feel free to let us know your thoughts or to correct any factually inaccurate information.  Drop us a line at info at edactiongroup dot org.

This site is a work in progress and will be frequently updated with new information.  Check back often.