Michigan Coalition of State Employee Unions v. State of Michigan

Plaintiffs are several unions that represent employees in the state classified civil service. Their members are the beneficiaries of and participants in Michigan’s retirement system established under the State Employees’ Retirement Act (SERA).1 SERA was enacted in 1943 and has been amended many times since. Plaintiffs challenge the most recent SERA *316amendment, 2011 PA 264. They contend that, because 2011 PA 264 increases the cost and reduces the accumulation of future pension benefits previously recognized, it unconstitutionally infringes the exclusive constitutional powers of the Civil…