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.
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.
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.
The federal agency responsible for enforcing labor laws is taking Starbucks to court this week in Grand Rapids alleging that the company unlawfully terminated an employee for union activities.
The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling just before Christmas that will have a negative effect on union organizing by allowing employers to prohibit workers from using the company’s e-mail system to send out union-related messages. The New York Times reported that in a 3-to-2 decision, the board held that it was legal for [...]
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