AFSCME Calls Upon City of Detroit to Enter Into Partnership with University of Michigan, Union

U.S. Newswire, April, 2006

DETROIT, April 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Albert Garrett, president of Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, issued the following statement regarding the City of Detroit's budgetary situation:

"We have sent a letter to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, calling upon the City of Detroit to enter into a partnership with the University of Michigan and AFSCME to conduct an analysis of the budgetary situation and city services," stated Garrett.

"AFSCME calls upon the City of Detroit to join in partnership with the University of Michigan and AFSCME, to utilize the internationally recognized expertise and acumen of the University of Michigan to conduct an analysis of the situation and help us to discern how city services...