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Flint School District Considering Outsourcing Busses [Video]

Erin Bishop — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:00:06 +0000

ABC-12 reports that the Flint School District is considering outsourcing bussing, which means several people could lose their jobs. The district is looking at the possibility of hiring a private company and union leader for the bus drivers Howard Gordon is not happy with this news:

Sheriff Pickell Thanks Board For Rejecting Layoff Proposal

Erin Bishop — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:02:48 +0000

Sheriff Pickell stopped in the studio today to give us an update of things going on in Genesee County. Before we started, he wanted to publicly thank the board of commissioners for rejecting a proposal to layoff more people in his office. Sheriff Pickell says he was summoned to the budget subcommittee on finance by [...]

NBC Fires Employee For Posting 'Today' Clip [VIDEO]

George McIntyre — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:32:21 +0000

Like many sites, Cars 108 posted this video back in January. It’s a 1994 clip of NBC’s Today Show, in which Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric and Elizabeth Vargas were dumbfounded by “The Internet.” The individual who posted it soon took it down, but that didn’t change NBC’s decision to fire him. The clip simply illustrated [...]

Best of 2010

Erin Bishop — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:39:09 +0000

We’ve discussed celebrity scandals, apologies and breakups in 2010, but what other stories do you remember from this year? I was thinking about this yesterday and the one that I will never forget is the story of JetBlue employee Steven Slater. Slater got into a fight with a passenger, then grabbed a beer and exited [...]

Layoffs Looming Large In Flint Again

J. Patrick — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:19:23 +0000

The City of Flint could have 20 fewer police officers patrolling the streets if the city and the union can’t reach an agreement on concessions. Layoff notices were issued on Tuesday, after negotiations stalled. The cuts mean that the city could be facing a public safety shortfall, while at the same time dealing with a [...]

Walling To Avoid Layoffs

Tim Gray — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:00:50 +0000

Flint is facing layoffs in the police and fire fighters positions. Hopefully this doesn’t add to the increase of the crime rate. Walling said he’s hoping to avoid many of the layoffs through union concessions from the city’s six bargaining units. He said if a bargaining unit agrees to concessions, the layoffs could be avoided [...]