You must communicate with your Michigan State Representative immediately!
For the past two years, your POAM Legislative Team has worked relentlessly to correct PA 54, which among other things, freezes incremental pay increases and forbids the granting of retroactive pay once a collective bargaining agreement has expired. As you probably know, this is a direct contradiction to Act 312 and penalizes police officers when good faith bargaining does not take place. HB 5097 provides an exemption under PA 54 for police officers and firefighters. Please review the summary of talking points on the subject that are available by clicking here.
Afterward, POAM is requesting that you be proactive and send a personal letter, email or make a telephone call to your representative and let them know how important this legislation is to the police profession. We encourage you to communicate your own feelings on the subject, but you can also highlight and copy the letter drafted below. ACT NOW!
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- Call your local state representative using the appropriate number listed below:
Rep District Phone Number Brian Banks 1 517-373-0154 Alberta Tinsley-Talabi 2 517-373-1793 John Olumba 3 517-373-1787 Rose Mary Robinson 4 517-373-0822 Fred Durhal 5 517-373-0476 Rashida Tlaib 6 517-373-0158 Thomas Stallworth II 7 517-373-7317 David Nathan 8 517-373-0842 Harvey Santana 9 517-373-0857 Philip Cavanagh 10 517-373-0140 David Knezek 11 517-373-0587 Doug Geiss 12 517-373-1789 Andrew Kandrevas 13 517-373-0827 Paul Clemente 14 517-373-1800 George Darany 15 517-373-0847 Robert Kosowski 16 517-373-8835 Bill LaVoy 17 517-373-0850 Sarah Roberts 18 517-373-2668 John Walsh 19 517-373-0828 Kurt Heise 20 517-373-0844 Dian Slavens 21 517-373-7557 Harold Haugh 22 517-373-7768 Patrick Somerville 23 517-373-0113 Anthony Forlini 24 517-373-2629 Henry Yanez 25 517-373-0825 Jim Townsen 26 517-373-0852 Ellen Cogen Lipton 27 517-373-0836 Jon Switalski 28 517-373-0841 Tim Greimel 29 517-373-0820 Jeff Farrington 30 517-373-1780 Marilyn Lane 31 517-373-0475 Andrea LaFontaine 32 517-373-0615 Ken Goike 33 517-373-0854 Woodrow Stanley 34 517-373-0830 Rudy Hobbs 35 517-373-3816 Pete Lund 36 517-373-1788 Vicki Barnett 37 517-373-2277 Hugh Crawford 38 517-373-2646 Klint Kesto 39 517-373-1783 Michael McCready 40 517-373-2577 Martin Howrylak 41 517-373-1798 Bill Rogers 42 517-373-1706 Gail Haines 43 517-373-8962 Eileen Kowall 44 517-373-0845 Tom McMillin 45 517-373-0837 Bradford Jacobsen 46 517-373-1799 Cindy Denby 47 517-373-0498 Pam Faris 48 517-373-0849 Phil Phelps 49 517-373-2576 Charles Smiley 50 517-373-2616 Joseph Graves 51 517-373-1794 Gretchen Driskell 52 517-373-8931 Jeff Irwin 53 517-373-3436 David Rutledge 54 517-373-0159 Adam Zemke 55 517-373-1790 Rep District Phone Number Dale Zorn 56 517-373-1530 Nancy Jenkins 57 517-373-1778 Kenneth Kurtz 58 517-373-0478 Matt Lori 59 517-373-0832 Sean McCann 60 517-373-0843 Margaret O’Brien 61 517-373-0846 Kate Segal 62 517-373-0218 Jase Bolger 63 517-373-0829 Earl Poleski 64 517-373-0156 Mike Shirkey 65 517-373-1785 Aric Nesbitt 66 517-373-8670 Tom Cochran 67 517-373-1773 Andy Schor 68 517-373-0835 Sam Singh 69 517-373-3815 Rick Outman 70 517-373-0839 Theresa Abed 71 517-373-0853 Ken Yonker 72 517-373-0152 Peter MacGregor 73 517-373-1774 Robert VerHeulen 74 517-373-0144 Brandon Dillon 75 517-373-0834 Winnie Brinks 76 517-373-1796 Thomas Hooker 77 517-373-0833 Dave Pagel 78 517-373-7515 Al Pscholka 79 517-373-1795 Bob Genetski 80 517-373-1747 Daniel Lauwers 81 517-373-0838 Kevin Daley 82 517-373-1403 Paul Muxlow 83 517-373-3817 Terry Brown 84 517-373-1180 Ben Glardon 85 517-373-1008 Lisa Posthumus Lyons 86 517-373-1784 Mike Callton 87 517-373-1771 Roger Victory 88 517-373-6990 Amanda Price 89 517-373-1766 Joe Haveman 90 517-373-0826 Collene Lamonte 91 517-373-0555 Marcia Hovey-Wright 92 517-373-1775 Tom Leonard 93 517-373-1786 Tim Kelly 94 517-373-2575 Stacy Erwin Oakes 95 517-373-3906 Charles Brunner 96 517-373-0855 Joel Johnson 97 517-373-2276 Jim Stamas 98 517-373-1791 Kevin Cotter 99 517-373-8808 Jon Bumstead 100 517-373-1772 Ray Franz 101 517-373-1776 Phil Potvin 102 517-373-0823 Bruce Rendon 103 517-373-3818 Wayne Schmidt 104 517-373-8900 Greg MacMaster 105 517-373-1830 Peter Pettalia 106 517-373-3920 Frank Foster 107 517-373-2275 Ed McBroom 108 517-373-0840 John Kivela 109 517-373-1792 Scott Dianda 110 517-373-2617 - Refer to the e-mail message at the bottom of this post, the talking points listed here, and voice your concerns on H.B. 5097.
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us and we can help!
- Click on the highlighted link below to send an email.
- We highly recommend you write your own letter, but if you would prefer you can send ours, located below. Simply highlight the text, copy it (CTRL+C on Windows, Command+C on Mac) and paste (CTRL+V on Windows, Command+V on Mac) into your email.
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us and we can help!
Click here to open your email client and send a letter to your Michigan House of Representatives (Group 1)
Click here to open your email client and send a letter to your Michigan House of Representatives (Group 2)
As an option, you may highlight and copy the below letter:
To All Michigan State Representatives: I am sending you this e-mail encouraging your vote of support for House Bill 5097. This legislation will provide for the exemption that was originally promised for police and firefighters under P.A. 54. It will also eliminate this direct contradiction to the newly reformed P.A. 312. P.A. 54 impairs our communities’ ability to keep and recruit top quality police officers by freezing incremental pay increases for those officers, denying a new hire’s ability to reach top pay. Michigan’s police officers have always made personal sacrifices while serving our municipalities and will continue to share financial hardships to help our communities restore their economic well-being. But, P.A. 54 is blatantly unfair and was never intended to impact police officers. As a law enforcement professional, my colleagues and I urge you to correct that wrong by voting YES on H.B. 5097, WITHOUT AMENDMENT!