According to the Border’s Union, Borders management had a gift for them for Christmas: they walked out of negotiations: “Negotiations between Borders Downtown and the Borders Workers Union abruptly terminated at 5:00 pm today wben Company representatives walked out. Union negotiators complained that Borders refused to make proposals on major wage items. According to the […]
Here’s some “holiday wishes” from fellow Arborblogger Brandon Z: ” … May we all find as much peace in the new year as possible, may we fight sprawl and increase density, and may the Borders strikers stay warm, WCBN stay on the air, and all the artists find affordable space. Peace on the Huron and […]
I frequently find myself trying to explain to friends and acquaintances, “What is a blog?” This article, a short history of the blog phenomenon, seems of general interest: “… By highlighting articles that may easily be passed over by the typical web user too busy to do more than scan corporate news sites, by searching […]
Despite pickets by the workers, and a worker’s website, the first you hear about the problems at the Del Rio in the Ann Arbor news is a story about how that bar is closing, heavy on quotes from management. (The subtext: I bet they’re closing because of all that “freewheeling”!) “The Del Rio Bar, known […]
Well, apparently Walter Cronkite is with me on this one: Saddam Hussein should face charges before the International Criminal Court at the Hague. ” … This year, the United Nations established the International Criminal Court at The Hague – a permanent Nuremberg Tribunal. This country, however, withheld its endorsement of the court unless Americans serving […]
Let’s Talk Transit Like many out-of-state students, this holiday break I flew home via Detroit’s Metro Airport. I got to the airport using MSA’s airBus service. According to the Airbus website, they will operate 29 trips to the airport and 24 trips from the airport back to Ann Arbor during this Winter Break. Assuming every […]
A Zingerman’s employee was held up for an undisclosed amount of cash at 10:30 PM Friday night. I wonder why the description of the suspect doesn’t include race? And a few holiday season break-ins (from the same link): “900 block of Greenwood Street, Friday. Computer taken. Entry through unlocked door. 1200 block of Hill Street, […]