When Michigan Republicans passed right-to-work in late 2012, the state’s largest teachers’ union set out to make it as difficult as possible for members to ditch the union.

The Michigan Education Association decided it would only accept membership resignations sent in August. Paperwork had to be mailed to an address that could be changed without notice, as happened in 2015.

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