By Matthew Kovac Just days after news broke that food vendor Aramark fed rodent-eaten cake to Michigan prisoners, newly released emails offer further proof that the company’s health and safety violations are rampant in the state prison system. Last October, Aramark staff at Saginaw Correctional Facility threw away food before realizing there were more inmates…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 30, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Aramark’s Five-Second Rule: Employee Took Food from Trash, Rinsed, Reheated & Served It to Inmates Days before November election, an Aramark employee served food from the trash, which inmates refused to serve MICHIGAN — Emails obtained by Progress Michigan through a Freedom…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 27, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Gov. Snyder Pardons Wealthy Lawyer of GOP Mega Donor Pardon shows governor only cares about the rich and well-connected MICHIGAN — A report from the Associated Press this morning proves that Gov. Rick Snyder favors the wealthy and the well connected. The AP reported…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 25, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org It’s Not Just Michigan Prisons: Aramark’s Extensive Rap Sheet Recent history shows a consistent pattern of problems with Aramark MICHIGAN — According to a laundry list of recent media reports, Aramark has a consistent record of failure and problems across the country…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 25, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Poor Attendance at Closed-Door Lansing Event Shows ALEC Power Waning Despite complete GOP-control of legislature, only small handful of lawmakers attend corporate bill mill breakfast LANSING — Associating with the American Legislative Exchange Council, commonly known as ALEC, is proving too toxic…
By Matthew Kovac Barely two weeks after a coalition of social justice groups announced their campaign to advocate for workers’ access to earned sick leave in Michigan, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy is already running scared. Since the announcement, the right-wing think tank has published no fewer than four separate blog posts attacking the campaign, three of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 18, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Sunshine Week: Progress Michigan Files FOIA Seeking Conversations Between Governor Snyder and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Requests highlight the need for greater transparency in Michigan LANSING — Today, Progress Michigan filed a Freedom of Information Act request under Wisconsin’s Open Records Law.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 18, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Michigan House GOP Chooses Discrimination Over Michigan’s Children Passage of House Bills 4188-4190 a license to discriminate LANSING — Today, House Republicans chose to side with those seeking to discriminate against loving families over the health and well-being of children needing permanent…
EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 17th @ 5:30AM EST News from Progress Michigan March 16, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Let Them Eat Cake: Aramark Employees Served Cake that Rodents Had Eaten Another scandal uncovered in the state’s relationship with Aramark MICHIGAN — In July 2014, an Aramark employee working at the St. Louis Correctional Facility in Mid-Michigan…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan March 16, 2015 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Sunshine Week: Governor Rick Snyder Lobbied by Governor Jeb Bush Using Personal Email Documents obtained via FOIA request include personal emails regarding state business between Governor Rick Snyder and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush LANSING — Today, Progress Michigan highlighted a private…