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 announced last night, professors at Central Michigan University went on strike this morning after weekend negotiations failed to resolve disagreements on a new contract, leading to those teachers and some of their students to form picket lines on campus.
Monday morning the Faculty Association members were out in yellow shirts, holding picket signs and demanding the university administration come to the table to bargain in good faith, reports The Saginaw News. The newspaper also reports that some students joined their professors on the picket line.
Monday was the scheduled first day of classes. Despite ample warning from the FA that a work stoppage was coming, the administration insisted on proceeding as if no work stoppage would occur. It has not issued a class cancellation notice, and administration officials continue to say students are expected to go to their classes.
At 10:30 Monday morning, CMU President George E. Ross had some stern words for the FA members:
“Shame on you for not teaching.”
The Saginaw News reports Ross had this to say about the sticking points on negotiations:
The university offered the faculty a contract that included a pay freeze this year, and pay raises over the next two years, he said.
While the Faculty Association says the university is financially stable, Ross said the administration must plan for the future. State funding decreased by $12 million this year, and high school enrollment in Michigan is expected to decrease.
Also on Monday morning, Ross announced the university had filed suit in Isabella Circuit Court to get an injunction to force faculty members back to the classrooms. The university contends the work stoppage is illegal under Michigan law.
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