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.
As expected, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is going to end negotiations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and impose a 10 percent pay cut on members of that union, something he has the power to do after a ruling by a state-appointed fact finder. The Detroit News reports:
Bing said he will impose contract conditions on the city’s largest union in the next month.
Bing said the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — which represents 3,250 of the city’s 13,000 employees — must accept 10 percent wage cuts. Already, 34 of the city’s 48 bargaining units have agreed to the pay cuts that are achieved through 26 unpaid furlough days, Bing said.
AFSCME’s unwillingness to agree to the pay cuts has cost the city about $500,000 a month, Bing said.
“Everybody’s going to have to participate in the pain,” Bing said. “It’s unfortunate where we are, but we’re going to have to impose the contract, move on and participate in this pain together.”
The union has little legal recourse to fight Bing’s actions.
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