Citizens Urge Snyder Not to Cut Public Services, Staff after New Study Shows Workers Underpaid

For Immediate Release                               Thursday, Feb. 3 2011 CONTACT: David Holtz PHONE: 313.300.4454                                    Independent study: public employees are undercompensated by 5.3 percent LANSING – Michigan citizens group, Progress Michigan,  today called on Gov. Rick Snyder to protect services for working families and refrain from cutting the public sector after a new independent study showed…

Public employees, not public enemies

Michigan’s budget is in crisis, and it’s going to take sacrifice, ideas and innovation to fix the deficit. But that means everyone must sacrifice, everyone must bring ideas to the table, and everyone must be willing to craft innovative solutions for a decade-long problem. Gov. Rick Snyder’s recent report titled “Citizen’s Guide to Michigan’s Financial…