Tom Fredericks is Vice Chair, Ingham County Republican Party On December 3, 2009, Tom Fredericks was appointed Vice Chair of the Ingham County Republican Party. Tom was Co-Chair of the Ingham County 300 Club, and is now an Attorney in Williamston, following ten years of public service with Office of the State Employer. He is [...]
Employer E-Mail Liability
Former Bullock Creek technology coordinator claims district leaders intercepted his e-mail By LaNia Coleman | The Bay City Times December 01, 2009, 7:52PM The Bullock Creek School District, its top administrator and another employee have been named in a federal civil suit filed by a former district technology coordinator. The suit, filed by [...]
Rejection of Ford contract changes may haunt workers
November 3, 2009 Editorial: THE DETROIT NEWS The Ford UAW workers who — against the advice of their national leaders — voted to reject a labor agreement that would have made the automaker competitive with rivals General Motors and Chrysler are taking a chance on the long-term success of the firm — and thus [...]
Discrimination
October 14, 2009 Md. teacher says she was persecuted, fired because of pregnancy By BRIAN SHANE The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times OCEAN CITY, Md. — A former Worcester County teacher filed a federal discrimination complaint against the school board, alleging she was persecuted and ultimately fired because she got pregnant against the principal’s wishes. Lyndsay [...]
Union Corruption
Suspect in corruption inquiry says union official got favors PAUL EGAN The Detroit News An Illinois businessman told the FBI he arranged for an inflated price to be paid for the home of a Detroit-area union official in return for the union investing $65 million of its pension funds with his company. John Orecchio of [...]
Detroit Public School News
Editorial: Detroit teachers union should embrace changes THE DETROIT NEWS The Detroit Federation of Teachers’ contract is set to expire later this week as talks between the union and school district Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb remain stalled over reforms to improve district finances and student achievement. Detroit’s teachers ironically could help break the impasse [...]
Employer Liability: Alcohol on the job.
Employer liability tested in fatal ’05 Metro area crash Lawsuit questions firms’ responsibility with drunken workers JENNIFER CHAMBERS The Detroit News Hours before Thomas Wellinger climbed behind the wheel of a car and killed a woman and her two young sons in a horrific 2005 drunken driving crash, his boss told the UGS Corp. sales [...]
Social Security Numbers
Social Security Number Privacy Social Security Numbers (SSN) were created in 1936 for the sole purpose of recording individual worker’s contributions to the social security fund. The general public was very suspicious about having a national tracking system, and as a result, the very first regulation ever issued by the Social Security Board declared that [...]
Bing, Bobb willing to alienate unions with reforms, budget cuts
On Aug. 31, as tensions between the city and union heightened, 50 Detroit bus drivers were suddenly afflicted with illnesses that kept them away from work that day. “That’s at least 50 bus drivers we don’t need,” responded Detroit Mayor David Bing. His tone, cooler than refrigerator temperature, conveyed the message that Detroit’s newest mayor [...]
Lawsuits against two West Michigan meat-packing plants could total 1,400 workers
Lawsuits against two West Michigan meat-packing plants could total 1,400 workers By Nardy Baeza Bickel The Grand Rapids Pres… September 23, 2009, 4:31AM GRAND RAPIDS — Two area meat-packing plants are being sued separately in federal court for allegedly not paying their workers for a full day, including the time spent putting on and taking [...]
Thomas S. Fredericks
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