“Employees from the downtown Ann Arbor Borders store went on strike Saturday, holding signs outside and shouting at customers who walked into the store on East Liberty Street. A few of some 70 pickets Saturday morning shouted “Please don’t shop at Borders!” at pedestrians who passed the picket line and entered the store. Victoria Collins, […]
According to the Borders Readers United blog, employees of both the United Parcel Service and the U.S. Postal Service refused to cross the picket line at the downtown Borders store to deliver the mail on the first day of the strike. (Members of the Teamsters and National Association of Letter Carriers, respectively) Also, the Metro […]
The city Planning Commission is scheduled to consider a proposal by developer Peter Allen to construct a $10 million, six-story mixed-use project at the corner of West Kingsley and North Ashley at their November 18 meeting: ” … A total of 20 to 25 residential units would be constructed, including 10 to 15 townhouses adjacent […]
The Downtown Development Authority has hired an architect to design a 597-space parking structure to be located at the corner of South First and West William streets. Although I doubt the structure will be mixed-use, it seems somebody at the DDA has heard the new urbanist mantra: ” … The project is part of a […]
” … Employees of the store threatened to strike a number of years ago, but if the walk-out happens Saturday, it would be the first such strike against Borders at any location. Employees of only one other Borders store, in Minneapolis, have unionized. They rejected a contract proposal in October but have asked Borders to […]
On November 24, a federal law will take effect that will allow consumers to switch cell phone providers but keep the same telephone number, which will no doubt mean the end of the “new phone number” mass emails. The FCC is also considering allowing telephone number portability between land lines and cell phones, a decision […]
Borders Readers United has posted on their blog some photos and other information about the Borders’ Strike, which began today.