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U-M Grad Students Ask for $14,500 Pay Raise, and President Santa Ono Counters With a Wage Cut

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 1, 2023

by Lily Zhao and Matthew Brennan Over 2,000 graduate student workers at the University of Michigan have been negotiating for a new three-year contract since November 2022. Their current contract expires on May 1. On Tuesday, an…

Interview: Mayor Brenda Lawrence Is The Definition of An Underdog—To Get To Congress, She Has To Beat Two Incumbents & the Media

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 7, 2012 0

BRENDA LAWRENCE (LEFT) grew up on the northeast side of Detroit and was raised by her grandparents; her mother died when she was three-years-old. She graduated from Detroit's Pershing High School, and earned her bachelor's degree in public…

UAW Prez Bob King Tells Dem Members: Stay Away From the Michigan Republican Primary

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 27, 2012 1

by P.D. Lesko A2Politico political writer Joe DiSano is getting behind Operation Hilarity. He posted a piece at the Huffington Post Detroit channel that has a rousing debate going between those who think DiSano is suggesting something…