HCPSS MPIA Request #2026-221

Requestor
Charlie Van Beek
Organization/Agency
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Requested Information
Via your state's public records laws, I request the following information:
• The number of people (union members) who are having dues withdrawn from their paycheck.
• The total number of people covered by collective bargaining agreements (union contracts).
• Please provide this information for the first pay period in June of 2025.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, please find below a report of counts of HCPSS staff who paid fees or membership dues by bargaining unit, as well as counts of HCPSS staff covered by bargaining unit. Please note, membership and these deductions are voluntary at the discretion of the employee:
 

Employees Covered by Bargaining Agreements 

Union                   Employees Covered by CBA
AFSCME              560
HCASA (HCAA)   327
HCASA (NCS)      240
HCEA                   5,406
HCEAESP            2,513 

Grand Total           9,046
 

Dues Paying Members 

Union                    Dues Paying Members
AFSCME              229
HCASA (HCAA)   302
HCASA (NCS)     130
HCEA                   4,825
HCEAESP           1,541 

Grand Total          7,027
 

For reference, information about each bargaining unit representing HCPSS employees can be found on our website: https://www.hcpss.org/employment/agreements-and-salaries/.

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

**Responses containing legally protected information available only to the person of interest are omitted from the above report.

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