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Email the Governor about forced use of leave time for COVID-19

Posted on January 26, 2021 in Advocacy News by Anita Lloyd

If you’ve been forced to use your annual leave or sick leave for COVID-19 illness or quarantine, email Governor Whitmer to tell her Corrections Officers and FSAs need their leave time. We were excluded from the CARES Act.

Gun Tower Coffee supports Michigan corrections officers

Posted on January 20, 2021 in Membership News by Anita Lloyd

Have you tried Gun Tower Coffee? A retired Michigan corrections officer started this new coffee company with COs in mind. Plus, 10% of net profits go to groups that support […]

Cooper Street officer opens up about how he survived COVID-19

Posted on January 14, 2021 in Membership News, Uncategorized by Anita Lloyd

A Cooper Street officer made a miraculous recovery from COVID-19 last month. “I was OK, then it got worse. Next thing I remember, I woke up in the hospital and […]

A look back at our advocacy this year and our priorities for 2021

Posted on December 30, 2020 in Advocacy News, Membership News by Anita Lloyd

MCO Members, As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, it continues to create extremely hazardous and stressful working conditions inside of all of the state prisons and the state forensic psychiatry […]

In Memoriam: Officer Jack Budd

Posted on December 28, 2020 in Membership News, Uncategorized by Anita Lloyd

Jack Budd was murdered at the former State Prison of Southern Michigan in Jackson on Dec. 27, 1987. It was 33 years ago this week. An inmate, armed with a […]

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