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.
With battles between the GOP and organized labor reaching a fever pitch in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio, Michigan may be the next battleground in what labor advocates are calling a nationwide war on collective bargaining rights.
Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp. has been criticized lately for outsourcing American jobs while benefiting from federal stimulus grants, and the union at its Evansville, Indiana plant recently filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over company efforts to discourage organizing by employees. But times are good for company CEO and Chairman Jeff Fettig.
Lansing based Democratic consultant Joe DiSano says the Michigan AFL-CIO has voted to endorse Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero for governor.
The United Autoworkers of America has thrown its weight behind interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. for the May special election. The Detroit Free Press noted that the UAW’s endorsement adds to a pile of support from organized labor to Cockrel, including the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights and the Detroit Police Officers Association.
United Auto Workers’ President Ron Gettelfinger, who led the union during some of the most tumultuous times in the Big Three’s history, announced today that he will not seek re-election and plans to retire when his term ends next year, The Associated Press reports.
Former Michigan Republican party chair Saul Anuzis, who lost a recent bid to head the RNC, has been tapped by former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich to serve as the national chairman of a project devoted to defeating legislation to make it easier to form unions.
The recently announced agreement over changes to the UAW’s contract with Ford (NYSE:F), which included concessions from the union to help the company reduce labor costs and survive tough economic times, also contains concessions from the automaker that may help preserve jobs with the company from moving overseas. Automotive News reports:
The New York Times reports that the University of Michigan has joined several other colleges in ending its relationship with a major athletic apparel maker due to the company’s closure of a plant that was becoming unionized.
Thanks to Media Mouse for reporting that on Thursday the Republican-led Michigan Senate passed a resolution urging Michigan’s congressional delegation to vote against the federal Employee Free Choice Act which would make it easier to form labor unions.
While opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act will be well-funded, a strategy division, and the size of the Democrats’ majorities in Congress, are making life difficult for the anti-labor side of the debate.
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