I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
General Motors may have reached an agreement on concessions from the Canadian Auto Workers union, but Ford is saying that GM’s agreement is not enough for them and they want much deeper concessions from the union. Automotive News reports:
Ford Canada will not accept the same labor agreement that General Motors of Canada recently struck with the Canadian Auto Workers union because the deal will not deliver enough cost savings, Ford said on Friday.
The company joined Chrysler LLC in saying it wants more concessions from the CAW, which has agreed to open up contract agreements with the Detroit-based automakers to try to help the companies though the brutal downturn in the auto sector.
“We believe the recently negotiated agreement between General Motors Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers will not keep Ford’s Canadian operations competitive in today’s global economy,” Joe Hinrichs, Ford group vice president, global manufacturing and labor affairs, said in a statement.
Chrysler last week said the same thing and even threatened to close its Canadian operations if the union did not agree to modifications to its contracts to save more on labor costs.
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