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Pure Michigan says Michigan makes history with passage of right-to-work law

By Bill Castanier on January 8, 2013

Pure Michigan campaign calls right to work the perfect storm in today’s Wall Street Journal

Posted in | Tagged , Pure Michigan, , Right to Work, Wall Street Journal, Winston Churchill | 1 Response

Photo Slideshow: Unions Rally at Lansing Capitol

Photo Slideshow: Unions Rally at Lansing Capitol

By Caron Creighton on April 14, 2011

Photo slideshow of Wednesday’s rally at the capitol.

Posted in Activism, , My Capitol Neighborhood, | Tagged Emergency Financial Managers Bill, Lasing MI, | Leave a response

Dubious distinction: Michigan becomes first state to shorten unemployment benefits

Dubious distinction: Michigan becomes first state to shorten unemployment benefits

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 29, 2011

Poking yet another big hole in our shamefully inadequate social safety net.

Posted in , | Tagged benefit cut, koch brothers, , , safety net, unemployment | 1 Response

The GOP Education Agenda: Why earning a diploma will no longer buy you a job or a middle-class life

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 27, 2011

Right-wing assaults on education and collective bargaining will hasten the race to the bottom for college-educated workers.

Posted in , | Tagged budget cuts, collective bargainingm, college degree, emergency financial managers, free universities, higher education, mackinac center, , protests, | 9 Responses

Can we undo the damage? Michigan makes recall and repeal tough

Can we undo the damage? Michigan makes recall and repeal tough

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 10, 2011

As Michigan joins Wisconsin and other Midwest states ruled by new GOP governors, the question becomes how to mitigate the damage until the next election.

Posted in , | Tagged collective bargaining, financial managers, GOP, governors, , recall, referendum, repeal, , scott walker, unions | 3 Responses

Snyder echoes the real Reagan legacy – cheap talk about higher ed

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on February 20, 2011

One of the reasons Republicans like our new Governor Rick Snyder don’t like people like me is that I am old enough to remember when free college tuition for everyone seemed like an achievable goal. For those of you too young to know, back in the Sixties, California offered free tuition at all of its […]

Posted in Activism, , | Tagged barbara ehrenreich, budget cuts, college education, degree, Fear of Falling, free tuition, higher education, Reagan, , tax cuts | 2 Responses

Lansing Online News Radio hosts provocative guests

Lansing Online News Radio hosts provocative guests

By Bill Castanier on January 24, 2011

Lansing Online News Radio to host guests to talk about peace, pollution and a new book on working

Posted in Activism, , Kid and Family, , MSU News, , Youth & Family | Tagged M.L. Liebler, Michigan Sierra Club, peace education center, , Schuler Books, Working Words | Leave a response

The Snyder folks – rich and well dressed (and you should be, too)

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on January 15, 2011

Press Secretary Ari Adler amends the new dress code for the press –

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The Snyder Inauguration

The Snyder Inauguration

By Aaron Mahoney on December 31, 2010

Aron Mahoney will CoverItLive

Posted in | Tagged Aron Mahoney, CoverItLive, governor, inauguration, , | Leave a response

Progress Michigan: Snyder avoids pushing for unemployment extension in D.C.

Progress Michigan: Snyder avoids pushing for unemployment extension in D.C.

By David Holtz on December 2, 2010

Will Snyder continue to pander to his base or act independently?

Posted in , Progress Michigan | Tagged David Holtz, dc, Progress Michigan, , steve rhodes, unemployment benefits, Washington | 1 Response

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