Detroit
Michigan’s Awrey Bakeries faces closure
By David Brown, December 18, 2012
After years of demanding concessions from its workers, Awrey Bakeries is preparing to shut down production and lay off more than 200 workers.
Uninsured in Detroit speak on health care crisis
“It is like they are trying to find a way to kill us off”
By a WSWS reporting team, December 14, 2012
A WSWS reporting team recently spoke to medically uninsured Detroit residents participating in a free health screening.
Detroit bankruptcy threats escalate as bonds are downgraded
By Shannon Jones, November 30, 2012
A major credit rating agency further downgraded Detroit’s debt as city officials advance new proposals for cuts.
Under threat of bankruptcy, Detroit escalates assault on working class
By Bryan Dyne, November 27, 2012
Detroit Mayor David Bing and the city council are using the threat of potential bankruptcy to escalate the assault on city workers.
Firefighter says budget cuts are “killing people.”
Elderly couple dies in Detroit fire
By Lawrence Porter, Bryan Dyne, November 21, 2012
A fire on the west side of Detroit early Sunday morning resulted in the deaths of an elderly couple in their 70s, Kyle and Theresa Bozeman.
“There are a lot of people here who need help”
Thousands line up for winter coat distribution in Detroit
By Shannon Jones, November 20, 2012
The huge turnout at a winter coat distribution in Detroit is another sign of the dire hardship facing residents in the city and surrounding suburbs.
Detroit man killed in attempted copper theft
By Naomi Spencer, October 13, 2012
The electrocution of a Detroit man during an attempted copper theft gives an indication of the desperate social conditions in the city.
Detropia: A compassionate, confused study of a devastated city
By James Brewer, October 11, 2012
The deindustrialization and dismantling of Detroit is the subject of a new documentary.
New report details huge rise in poverty in Detroit suburbs
By Shannon Jones, October 9, 2012
As the poverty rate has risen in Michigan overall, its suburban areas have seen a deepening of poverty.
Hearings for victimized Detroit sewerage strikers
By Andre Damon, October 6, 2012
The 34 workers who were victimized in the aftermath of the five-day strike at Detroit’s wastewater treatment plant were made to sign agreements to return to work after receiving five-day suspensions and extended probation periods.
Union capitulation deals blow to Detroit sewerage workers
By Andre Damon, Barry Grey, October 5, 2012
On Thursday evening, AFSCME Local 207 formally called off the five-day strike of sewerage workers at the Detroit Wastewater Treatment Plant, having engineered a collapse of the walkout without any gains for the workers.
AFSCME regional, local leaders betray Detroit water workers strike
By Jerry White, October 4, 2012
The leadership of AFSCME Local 207 has brought the strike of hundreds of Detroit Water and Sewerage Workers to an ignominious dead end.
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