UAW loses key local leader known for influence, strategy during negotiations
Bernie Ricke is credited with helping negotiate national labor contracts of Ford factory workers for two decades. He retired at the start of February.
Source: yahoo.com
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Dirty steelmaking unfairly threatens low-income communities
Michigan residents and activists are pushing the auto and steel industries to buy cleaner, more sustainable steel to clean up pollution in the Detroit-Dearborn area. Recently Industrious Labs, a climate advocacy group, gave guided tours of Detroit and Dearborn auto and steelmaking factories to try to convince automakers to switch from steel produced traditionally into sustainable, cleaner steel.
Source: greatlakesecho.org
The Jobs Have Gone, But Fallout From Industrial Pollution Still Haunts Detroit
Manufacturers spewed toxins into low-income neighborhoods of color and left. Residents are still fighting for cleanup.
Source: truthout.org
UMich electric vehicle panel talks clean energy options
Students and community members listened to a panel talk about ways to make the supply chain cleaner and energy efficient.
Source: michigandaily.com
Steelmaker in Dearborn will spend $100M to reduce emissions after repeated air quality violations
Cleveland-Cliffs was also fined by the state and told it needed to pay for home air purifiers for nearby residents.
Source: fox2detroit.com