Thursday, October 25, 2012

Michigan union fight

  • Michigan Vote a Test Case on Enshrining the Rights of Unions

    "There's no question that in Michigan, every worker, union or not, is better off today because of what the U.A.

    www.nytimes.com

  • Michigan business: Unions' different agendas create divide over Proposal 6 ...

    Michigan business: Unions' different agendas create divide over Proposal 6; Ford closes Belgian plant in 2014 ... Auto dealers group's ads fight car sales quotas. The National Automobile Dealers Association, the political voice of the nation's 17,000 ...

    www.freep.com

  • Michigan St now looking to bowl eligibility

    Michigan State has produced just six sacks all season after 45 last season. If the Spartans had trapped quarterbacks half as often as they did last year, it is hard to tell what their defensive yield or their record would be.

    www.timesunion.com

  • Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst Group Weighs In On Michigan's Proposal 2

    Under Proposal 2, any Michigan laws that limit workers' ability to join unions would be invalidated -- and many education reform laws of the variety supported by Rhee require drastic changes to the way teachers are hired and fired in the name of making ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • 70 officers investigate Michigan roadway shootings

    (AP) - Seventy investigators from local and state police agencies are working to catch a man suspected of firing shots on at least 22 cars, mainly on or near 100 miles of Michigan interstate highway, authorities said Tuesday. The shootings happened in ...

    www.timesunion.com

  • No. 20 Michigan leaning on its improving defense

    Since a 41-14 loss to Alabama and a 31-25 win over Air Force, Michigan (5-2, 3-0 Big Ten) has given up fewer than 10 points a game and just 23 points combined in three conference matchups.

    www.timesunion.com

  • Huskers to play Michigan for share of Legends lead

    (AP) - After rallying late to win at Northwestern, Nebraska will play for a share of the Big Ten Legends Division lead when Michigan visits Lincoln this Saturday night. The Cornhuskers (5-2, 2-1) defeated the ... AP source: Union could challenge ...

    www.timesunion.com

  • Michigan RB Toussaint sentenced in DUI case

    (AP) - Michigan running back Fitzgerald Toussaint has been ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, pay fines and undergo random drug and alcohol tests.

    www.timesunion.com

  • Michigan unions go for all the marbles on ballot

    It's hardly a return to the Depression era, when company guards roughed up labor organizers at auto plants. But times are grim for unions in the Rust Belt, even in a longtime bastion like Michigan. Here, emergency managers have been given the power to ...

    www.telegram.com

  • Michigan unions' Election Day pushback

    Other states are struggling with the same economic pressures that drove union leaders to push for it in Michigan. Like the fight over Gov. Scott Walker's reforms in Wisconsin and the strike staged by the Chicago Teachers Union, the fight over Proposal ...

    www.washingtontimes.com

  • Michigan Judge Fight

    Judicial races drew national attention in Wisconsin this year as unions tried to tip the balance of the state Supreme Court against Gov.

    online.wsj.com

  • Forget Republicans: Unions could destroy Democrats again (Susan J. Demas ...

    And as anyone who follows politics in Michigan knows, he's the one who pulls the strings in the Democratic Party, not large donors, like in the GOP, and not Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer.

    www.mlive.com

  • APNewsBreak: Mich. man has meningitis; wife died

    DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan man whose wife died in a national outbreak of meningitis said Wednesday he's in a hospital being treated for the same illness, despite an initial round of tests that found he wasn't infected.

    www.timesunion.com

  • Opposing points of view: Unions' power grab imperils Michigan's fragile ...

    It is time to stand up to the government employee union bosses who are trying to hijack Michigan's constitution.

    www.freep.com

  • Officials to discuss Michigan train derailment

    NILES, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials are expected to discuss a Michigan train derailment that injured about a dozen people.

    www.timesunion.com

  • Michigan business: UAW won't take sides in bridge fight, King says; amphibious ...

    Here is a roundup of Michigan business news: King: UAW won't take sides in bridge fight -- for now. UAW President Bob King said the union plans to remain neutral on a ballot proposal designed to block Gov. Rick Snyder's new bridge to Canada, despite ...

    www.freep.com

  • Moroun's bridge campaign spending at least $9.8M

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) - State records show that Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun contributed $5.1 million this week to the campaign for his ballot proposal to restrict construction of competing Michigan-Ontario border crossings. The Detroit Free ...

    www.timesunion.com

  • Notre Dame ends Michigan contract NHL, union to resume labor talks Friday ...

    Notre Dame ends Michigan contract NHL, union to resume labor talks Friday Nadal unsure on return date Mayweather, Pacquiao settling defamation case.

    republicanherald.com

  • Aut Bar lawsuit: Michigan liquor board won't enforce campaign sign ban

    The American Civil Liberties Union is praising Michigan regulators' decision to halt enforcement of a rule barring businesses that sell liquor from displaying signs endorsing political candidates.

    www.annarbor.com

  • Michigan AP prep football poll at a glance

    ... with records in parentheses. Totals are based on 10 points for a first-place vote, 9 for second, etc. The Michigan High School Athletic Association has determined playoff qualifiers in eight divisions based on enrollment. The divisions in this poll ...

    www.timesunion.com

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