ANS. Paris MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. om orn sxc Coa sera Sam SINGH susan a HCUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER Sept 2017 Dear Michigan Civil Service Commissioners: As public servans sour responsibilty todo everthing we canto rete a thriving economy that works for all Mchigandes. tis our job to protect and defend the residents of our sate fom fa andunnecesary rules and aws hut mepaively impact Michigan workers, taxpayers, families andthe sate economy. The proposal before te Michigan Civil Service Commission is ob ofthese rules would rma and egativelyimpad more than 30,000 Michigan civil service employees, hi families, stat upayer, as Well as reduce the quly of services feed by the state and dag down out economy. “The proposal uncer consideration is neither necessary or fiscally responsible It fils to vate he decades of| experience and dseation of the nase, social workers, police officers, engineers and thousands of he ivi Service employecs who kecp ou slate raf, healthy and compesiive inthe 2 eotury. Moraover, ou evil service employees have not called (or his drastic ule change that would lave them without moran job potctions like everie pay and schoduls, senior, and grievances. Wilout these protections, experienced ‘workers wil ene, eaving the sae o pay more for ess experience and lower quay work. Ti st tsa For taxpayers and ant ight for Michigan Fone, these proposed rule changes come at a ime of already low morale or aur sat employees. While our hard-working hl servis continue to show up day-in and day-out to perform essential and often tines, thankless work the alacks oo thes bargaining power and the workers Uhemseves continue Michigan as 8 long history and ration of valuing the tess work of er thousands of employees, and thecllective bargaining proces isan essential and inpertant part ofthat proces, We believe these workers should ‘contin o be vdued and supprted as they fae unique challenges in thor day-to-day work sd inthe ‘community. Unoranatey, however, we have sen his tst and wradon eroded, especially tthe past yar, “The actions of ths commission in eves considering these proposed rule changes se latest ep towards wearing avay th morale and optimism we should be wesking to build “Your jobs wo make decisions onthe basis of what's best for our sate ado prot the people who have ‘dedicated their ees wo civil service. Hacking avay at worker protections Wil nt advance ou ial oF grow ‘ur economy. Dereaning the people who dedicated thei lives to cu tat will no improve pble sey ot ‘ality of lie in Michigan. These changes wll nly risk doing ireprable damage by pushig side the tens ‘of thousands of men ad women who make ou state work and replacing thm with less expeienced people “who won't know how to get the jo donc. ‘On belo the etre Michigan House Democratic Caucus andthe lions of people our eaves represents, ‘we urge yu to ject his proposal and insted Took or ways osuengthon abd suppor the relationship between Michigans civil servants and the sate they serve a fA_ 4 Chace bs: co ox