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.
Automotive News reports that the new contract between Chrysler and the UAW includes a pledge by the union not to strike against the company until at least 2015.
The UAW has agreed not to strike Chrysler LLC until September 2015.
The Detroit automaker has extended its contract with the union, according to documents filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on April 30, and seeks to sell its valuable assets to a new automaker run by Fiat S.p.A.
The contract, approved April 29, extends the UAW’s 2007 Chrysler agreement to Sept. 14, 2011. From that date until Sept. 14, 2015, any changes to labor agreements will be determined by binding arbitration.
The contract also includes lower wages for all employees hired under the contract and lower benefits for all employees, old and new.
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