Watch: Impasse Panel video shows MCO’s advocacy at bargaining

Because the Michigan Civil Service Commission has now settled our contract, we are releasing the video of the Impasse Panel hearing Oct. 31. We realize parts of the video may […]
Because the Michigan Civil Service Commission has now settled our contract, we are releasing the video of the Impasse Panel hearing Oct. 31. We realize parts of the video may […]
Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill today that will rename Interstate 94 between exits 139 and 141 in Jackson to the “Corrections Officers Jack Budd and Josephine McCallum Memorial Highway.” […]
Below is information about an email MCO is urging all members to send to MDOC Director Heidi Washington and MDOC HR Director Jonathan Patterson. Families of COs can also send […]
Members, don’t forget to vote absentee this year. Download the absentee voter application now. Print and complete the application and turn it in in person to your city clerk. They will give […]
MCO is elevating messages of professionalism in corrections in many different ways. Today, the Detroit News published a column by MCO Executive Director Andy Potter on the dangerous opioids flowing […]
As announced on this past Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Corrections is closing the Ojibway Correctional Facility in December of 2018. MCO met with MDOC officials on Thursday and agreed […]
Over the last three years, MCO has led a crusade within the State of Michigan to educate the public and legislature about the pervasiveness of Post -Traumatic Stress within the Department […]
MCO is switching to a new mass email system. This change was announced in March; however the transition date was postponed to June 30. All links in emails from MCO […]
MCO continues to work tirelessly to spread awareness of corrections PTSD. We recently worked with Michigan Radio, a public radio station that broadcasts around the state, on a story about the […]
Among the many issues that MCO advocates on, none is more important than correctional officers being recognized for their work as professionals. House Bill 5849, which MCO has prioritized and […]