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.
Following up on today’s report about the Democratic primary for governor, Tim Skubick is now reporting that Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is likely to pick up the endorsement of the United Auto Workers. From Skubick’s blog at The Oakland Press:
With signs of a recovery for the auto industry and a new model of light truck planned for production, Flint area UAW members are anticipating the addition of a third shift and hundreds of new jobs at the Flint Truck Assembly Plant by the end of the year. The Flint Journal reports:
As required by the collective bargaining agreement signed between the nation’s second-largest automaker and the United Auto Workers union, Ford has completed the transfer of all hourly health care obligations to the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association, a health care trust fund controlled by the UAW. Payments owed to the VEBA by the automakers was a [...]
Much attention has been paid to Sen. John McCain’s comment the other day at a Nascar event that Chrysler is unlikely to survive, but that isn’t the only thing he said at the time. He also claimed — falsely — that the bailout happened because the unions refused to negotiate concessions to save the automakers [...]
The rank and file of the UAW firmly rejected a set of contract changes negotiated by union leaders with Ford Motor Company. The Ford auto workers were asked to accept similar concessions to those accepted earlier this year by GM and Chrysler workers, but refused to do so. The Detroit News reports:
Lawyers from the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, an arm of the the conservative Mackinac Center for Public Policy think tank, have filed a lawsuit with the Appeals Court arguing the state improperly unionized child care workers in 2006. The Lansing State Journal reports the center is representing two child care providers from Petosky. The two [...]
Automotive News reports that the UAW is in negotiations with Ford to even the playing field with its major American competitors. GM and Chrysler have both renegotiated their collective bargaining agreements with the UAW over the last few months, dramatically reducing labor costs as part of their restructuring process. But because Ford has not had [...]
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a very interesting ruling today in a lawsuit filed against the United Auto Workers over its alleged failure to provide reasonable accommodation for a union member’s sincerely held religious beliefs. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the union and the appeals court, in [...]
LANSING — While Lansing Mayor Virgil Bernero stood on the steps of the Capitol Monday fighting to save the American dream, many local unions and union officials were sending a message of their own. “We did opt not to participate in it. We support the message. Our issue is with the messenger with Virg Bernero,” said Ray Michaels of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Automotive News lists some of the provisions in the new agreement between the UAW and General Motors. The UAW leadership unanimously approved the deal and the membership is expected to vote on it by the end of the week. Among the new concessions agreed to:
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