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.
Yesterday we reported that a Whirlpool vice president had warned workers at their Evansville plant, which is slated to be closed and the jobs moved to Mexico, not to protest or they may risk their future employment possibilities. The union that represents workers at that plant has now filed a federal complaint over what they are calling a threat to workers for exercising their legal rights.
IUE-CWA Local 808 today filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Whirlpool, alleging the company interfered with workers’ rights by threatening employees if they participate in a rally tomorrow to protest a plant closing…
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who will speak at the rally tomorrow, said: “Whirlpool has taken the war against American workers to a new level by threatening to blacklist people who speak up. They don’t just want your job, they want your first amendment rights, too.”
A protest is planned outside the Evansville plant today. Whirlpool is based in Benton Harbor, Michigan. U.S. Rep. Fred Upton is an heir to the Whirlpool fortune.
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