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.
Unlike the government-brokered negotiations with Chrysler and the UAW, the union is not signing on so fast to GM’s restructuring plans. The major bone of contention still appears to be the plan to cut production and lay off workers at American factories and replace them with imports from China:
In an interview, 2010 GOP gubernatorial hopeful slams Obama for making the wrong moves to save auto industry, says top Democrats on Capitol Hill are “more interested in getting rid of the manufacturing industry than keeping it.”
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.
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.
GOP defends state subsidies in ‘New Detroit’; southern states gave auto firms tax-breaks and cash for training.
Automotive News reports that the UAW is seeking a seat on the board of General Motors and an equity stake in the company in exchange for wage and benefit concessions they are willing to make in order to help the Big Three automakers survive the current financial crisis:
After an emergency meeting of local union leaders and executives, the UAW announced Wednesday that they are willing to make changes to their contract with the Big Three automakers to reduce labor costs and help the auto industry survive as the economic downturn leads to dramatic sales reductions.
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