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Bumper sticker showing support for the strike and boycott, saying "No News or Free Press Wanted Here". Photo taken in 2005. The Detroit Newspaper Strike was a major labor dispute which began in Detroit, Michigan on July 13, 1995, and involved several actions including a local boycott, corporate campaign, and legal charges of unfair labor practices.
On July 13, 1995, labor practice changes by Giles led to about 2,500 employees of The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press going on strike in the Detroit newspaper strike of 1995–97. The papers lost approximately US$100,000,000 (equivalent to $152,446,103 in 2017) in the first six months of the strike.
A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927. Thompson, Julius Eric (1996). "An Urban Voice of the People: The Black Press in Michigan, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313255793.
The Detroit Free Press (commonly referred to as the Freep) is a major daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, United States.It is the largest local newspaper owned by Gannett (the publisher of USA Today), and is operated by the Detroit Media Partnership under a joint operating agreement with The Detroit News, its historical rival.
The former had founded The Evening News (later The Detroit News) in 1878, later turning business control over to Booth. With his two brothers, George subsequently founded the independent Booth Newspapers (now MLive Media Group), a chain spanning the southern half of Michigan. [1] [2] He died on April 11, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan.
A federal judge in Detroit this week sentenced the last of the case's four original defendants, all of whom pleaded guilty back in May 2019 to conspiracy to defraud the government. They were each ...
Michigan Journal (1854–1868) Detroit "the first German newspaper in Detroit, that was founded in 1854 by two brothers: August and Conrad Marxhausen." [43] The Michigan Tradesman, Petoskey [citation needed] The Nordamerikanische Wochen Post (1980–2022) Warren [43] The Owosso Independent, Durand (1968–2024) [52] Saginaw Daily Journal ...
Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press December 14, 2023 at 2:45 PM The U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint in federal court Wednesday, seeking nearly $50,000 in back wages for the Detroit ...