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.
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder released a gloomy report on Michigan’s fiscal health Monday. That report — The Citizen’s Guide to Michigan’s Financial Health — presents information on state revenues and spending, demographics and comparisons of state employee salaries to private employee salaries.
Leaders for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are responding to the Detroit City Council endorsement of Mayor Dave Bing’s plan to impose a 10 percent wage cut on union members through a series of furlough days, arguing that the cuts will diminish city services. The Detroit Free Press reports:
The Detroit City Council voted 5-3 on Tuesday to approve Mayor Dave Bing’s plan to impose a 10 percent pay cut on city employees who are members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the city’s largest union. AFSCME represents about 1/4 of Detroit city employees. Most of the other employees [...]
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:
Only a day after the public release of a state report that gives him the power to impose a contract including deep wage and benefit concessions on members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is moving to make that power a reality. The Detroit News reports:
Because of a recent ruling by a state-appointed labor expert, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing now has the authority to unilaterally impose wage and benefit concessions on city employees who are members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Detroit News reports:
Detroit’s two hometown newspapers seem to be telling different stories about Mayor Dave Bing’s position on negotiations with AFSCME and the prospect of layoffs. The Detroit Free Press declares that Bing is “unwavering on union contracts” and “sticking to his guns” when it comes to terminating the AFSCME contract and laying off hundreds of workers. [...]
DETROIT — Having secured another four years in office with an election victory Tuesday night, Mayor Dave Bing is continuing with business. One of the mayor’s pressing concerns is getting municipal unions to concede to major cuts to pay and benefits, something that has challenged the mayor since he was first elected in May and [...]
In his Detroit News column a couple weeks ago, Paul Kersey, director of labor policy at the conservative Mackinac Center for Public Policy based in Midland, basically argued that if AFSCME Council 25 doesn’t voluntarily agree to deep pay cuts and other concessions for its members, then bankruptcy is the only option left for Detroit.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and leaders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents about a quarter of all city employees, continue to be far apart in negotiations, the Detroit News reports. Bing says more layoffs will be necessary due to the union’s failure to accept other concessions in their contract.
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