US - Detroit workers' pension boards have sued Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, asking a court to declare unconstitutional a new law granting state-appointed financial managers emergency powers to terminate employee contracts and suspend collective bargaining.
Snyder said the law, signed on March 16, would help keep Michigan communities out of bankruptcy. Michigan has emergency managers running the schools in Detroit, as well as the cities of Pontiac, Ec...
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