Tag Archives: union busting

Privatization of Michigan’s prison food service industry pays off in maggots, violence and increased corporate earnings

By Mark | July 15, 2014

Rick Snyder, the 48th Governor of Michigan, took office in 2011 pledging to put politics aside, and do what was best for the State. Unlike other Republicans, he said, his intention was not to push a hardline agenda of privatization and union busting. “I don’t believe in privatization,” the self-proclaimed ‘tough nerd’ said in 2012. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Food, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged AFSCME, anti-union, Aramark, for-profit prisons, maggots, Muskegon Heights, prison industry, prisoner rights, privatization, Rick Snyder | 17 Comments

Ypsilanti’s most despicable son, Harry Bennett

By Mark | June 2, 2014

In advance of the release of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War, which is set to hit bookstores on Tuesday, Salon.com is running a salacious excerpt on the questionable activities of Ford enforcer, and notorious Ypsilanti resident, Harry Bennett. Here’s a taste. Henry Ford was […]

Posted in History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A Stiff Game, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War, Chester LaMare, Detroit, Ford Service Department, Harry Bennett, Henry Ford, labor history, porn, private police force, Rouge plant, Sailor Reese, The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, The Casting Director, the Ford stomach, unions | 14 Comments

With Snyder’s EAA going down in flames, the EMU community urges their administration to sever ties

By Mark | February 19, 2014

On Thursday, February 20, at 10:00 AM, members of the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) community opposed to the ongoing association between their university and the Snyder administration’s troubled Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), will be gathering in Welch Hall to “demand” that all connections be immediately severed. Following is my discussion with EMU College of Education […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged BUZZ, charter schools, defunding public schools, Detroit, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Education, education reform, Educational Achievement Authority, Eli Broad, Ellen Cogen Lipton, EMU, EMU College of Education, failing schools, for-profit charter schools, House Bill 4369, House Bill 5268, Jase Bolger, John Covington, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, MEAP, Michigan Education Assessment Program, MIke Flanagan, public education, Rick Snyder, Susan Martin, Teach for America, teachers union, threats to public education | 20 Comments

How Dick DeVos made Michigan a right-to-work state

By Mark | January 26, 2014

If you haven’t read it yet, Andy Kroll has a great piece on the DeVos family in the most recent issue of Mother Jones. Of particular interest to me was the section detailing how Dick DeVos pretty much single-handedly orchestrated the passage of so-called “right-to-work” legislation last year. Here’s a clip. …For Dick DeVos, the […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, Amway, Andy Kroll, anti-union, Bill McInturff, collective bargaining, corporate money, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, Dick DeVos, Frank Keating, Greg McNeilly, Harold Simmons, Jennifer Granholm, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan Freedom Fund, Proposition 2, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Ron Weiser, Sheldon Adelson, unions | 25 Comments

Rand Paul, savior of Detroit or destroyer of the American middle class?

By Mark | December 8, 2013

Trying to put some distance between himself and his most recent plagiarism scandal, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who has aspirations of running for President in 2016, made his way to Michigan yesterday, promising to unveil a plan that would help turn around not only Detroit, but every struggling community across the United States. According to […]