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.
A prominent labor activist is questioning why the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center, which has set up offices in 26 countries with the mission of “promoting democracy and freedom and respect for workers’ rights in global trade,” receives 95 percent of its budget from federal grants.
A week after closing the Chrysler jobs bank, the UAW has reached an agreement with General Motors (NYSE:GM) to close the jobs bank for that company beginning February 2.
Automotive News reports that the UAW has reached an agreement with Chrysler to close down the jobs bank for autoworkers at the struggling company to help them survive lean economic times:
UAW leader Ron Gettelfinger told an auto industry gathering that the union does not anticipate making any wage concessions as part of the restructuring required of the Big Three automakers after receiving billions in federal funds to stave off bankruptcy.
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), the global coffee purveyor which recently lost a workers rights lawsuit in New York and which agreed this month to enter into settlement negotiations on a union-busting charge in Grand Rapids is facing further legal challenges and criticism from the International Workers of the World-affiliated Starbucks Workers Union.
Todays planned National Labor Relations Board trial over whether coffee purveyor Starbucks unlawfully fired Grand Rapids barista Cole Dorsey was canceled after the parties agreed to enter into settlement negotiations.
GOP defends state subsidies in ‘New Detroit’; southern states gave auto firms tax-breaks and cash for training.
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann revealed the contents of an email sent to Senate Republicans in advance of the bailout vote last Wednesday. The email implied that they wanted to stop the bailout in order to damage the cause of unionism:
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