SO NOON ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND IS A NEW DEADLINE. >> THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
HERE FOR THE NEWS AT 6:00.
BREAKING TONIGHT, THE UAW SETS
A NEW DEADLINE IN TWO STRIKES.
MORE PLANTS SAYS CANADIAN AUTO
WORKERS ARE STEP DOWN. A
MIDNIGHT DEADLINE TO STRIKE
AGAINST FORD. WE’RE FOLLOWING
KEY DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE
LAST FEW HOURS. I’M KIMBERLY
GILL. I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN.
>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
HERE TONIGHT AT 11 AS UNIFOR
PREPS FOR A STRIKE AGAINST
FORD, CANADA, THE UAW SAYS IT
IS WAITING ON COUNTEROFFERS ON
THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER. MARA
MACDONALD LIVE ALONG THE
RIVERFRONT TONIGHT, DUELING
DEADLINES HERE TONIGHT. MARA I
TELL YOU, DEVIN, WE’VE GOT A
LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
>> LET’S START WITH THE
CANADIANS ACROSS THE BORDER.
THEY’RE TELLING US THE UNION
THAT REPRESENTS THOSE FORD
AUTOWORKERS IN CANADA, THAT
UNLESS FORD COMES TO THE TABLE
WITH A PLAN ON PENSIONS AND
WAGES, THEY’RE STRIKING AT
MIDNIGHT. AND THEN LATE
TONIGHT, THE UAW CHIEF COMES
OUT AND SAYS HE’S NOT TOO HAPPY
WITH THE STATUS QUO AND HAS SET
UP A HIGH NOON ON FRIDAY
DEADLINE. LET ME SHOW YOU HERE
ON OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER, THE
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE UAW
AND THE DETROIT THREE ARE
ONGOING, BUT NO DEALS. AND IN A
TAPED VIDEO TONIGHT, SHAWN FEIN
SAYS AND I’M GOING TO BE
CRYSTAL CLEAR AGAIN RIGHT NOW,
IF WE DON’T MAKE SERIOUS
PROGRESS BY NOON ON FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 22ND, MORE LOCALS
WILL BE CALLED ON TO STAND UP
AND JOIN THE STRIKE. THE UAW
SITTING DOWN WITH STELLANTIS
TODAY. THE UNION SAYS IT’S
WAITING ON A COUNTEROFFER FROM
THE COMPANY AFTER ITS LAST
OFFER WAS REJECTED. THAT
INCLUDED A 21% WAGE HIKE AND
ALSO SOME VERY INTERESTING
DETAILS. IT’S NO SECRET
STELLANTIS WANTS TO SLIM DOWN
ITS PRODUCTION FOOTPRINT IN
NORTH AMERICA. INCLUDED IN ITS
LAST OFFER. IT SAYS IT’S
LOOKING AT CLOSING 18 US
FACILITIES. AND AS CNBC IS
CONFIRMED, THAT INCLUDES
POTENTIALLY SELLING OR LEASING
ITS SPRAWLING AUBURN HILLS
CAMPUS AS THE OLD CHRYSLER
WORLD HEADQUARTERS IS REALLY
THINGS ARE STILL, YOU KNOW,
STATUS QUO MOVING SLOWLY.
>> WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME
MEETINGS OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT
YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LONG
WAY TO GO.
>> THE UAW IS CURRENTLY
PICKETING AT ONE MICHIGAN
PLANT. FORD’S MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY
IN WAYNE. CONVERSELY UNIFOR
SAYS IT’S GOING TO SHUT
EVERYTHING DOWN IF THERE’S NO
DEAL BY MIDNIGHT, IF THERE IS A
STRIKE.
>> THIS WILL BE A TOTAL STRIKE
. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF UNIFOR,
5600 MEMBERS AT FORD IN CANADA
WILL BE ON PICKET LINES. BACK
HERE LIVE.
>> LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN
CANADA AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
MEANWHILE, IT PROBABLY
SHOULDN’T BE THAT BIG OF A
SURPRISE THAT SHAWN FEIN CAME
OUT WITH THAT NEW DEADLINE
TONIGHT. WHEN ASKED ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, HOW THINGS WERE WITH THE
TALKS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ALL
THREE AUTOMAKERS, REALLY THE
UAW ONLY HAD POSITIVE THINGS TO
SAY ABOUT THEIR TALKS WITH
FORD, CALLING THEM REASONABLY
PRODUCTIVE LIVE. WE REALLY
DIDN’T GET ANY SORT OF CRITIQUE
FROM THE UAW ON WHERE THINGS
WERE WITH STELLANTIS OR GM.
CLEARLY, THE UAW CHIEF NOT
HAPPY WITH THE STATUS QUO.
WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT ON
THE RIVERFRONT AT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> WE WILL BE WATCHING IT.
MARA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NOW, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP SAYS HE’S NOT GOING TO
PARTICIPATE IN NEXT WEEK’S
SECOND PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
DEBATE IN CALIFORNIA. INSTEAD,
HE INTENDS TO DELIVER A PRIME
TIME SPEECH TO UNITED AUTO
WORKERS HERE IN DETROIT. THE
UNION SAYS THAT NEITHER TRUMP
NOR HIS CAMPAIGN HAVE REACHED
OUT TO THEM ABOUT HIS POTENTIAL
VISIT. EXACT TIME AND PLACE FOR
THE SPEECH STILL UNCLEAR, BUT
WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT.
AND YOU CAN, OF COURSE,
CONTINUE TO TRACK THE NEWEST
DEVELOPMENTS, GET ALERTS FROM
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. I’M
ESPECIALLY EASY IF YOU DOWNLOAD
THE APP AND WE WILL OF COURSE
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY.
OUR BY OUR OTHER NEWS TONIGHT,
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO
FIRE SUSPENDED HEAD FOOTBALL
COACH MEL TUCKER.
>> THE SCHOOL SAYS BEHAVIOR
TUCKER HAS ALREADY ADMITTED TO
IS GROUNDS TO TERMINATE HIS
CONTRACT. THAT INCLUDES
TOUCHING HIMSELF DURING A PHONE
CALL WITH BRENDA TRACY, WHO
MAKES HER LIVING ADVOCATING
AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT AND WAS
HIRED TO SPEAK AT MSU IN THAT
CAPACITY. KITTY TUCKER WAS
NOTIFIED BY LETTER OF THE
DECISION MADE BY ATHLETICS
DIRECTOR ALAN HALLER. THE MSU
ADMINISTRATION AND ITS BOARD OF
TRUSTEES. IT MAKES CLEAR HE’S
BEING FIRED FOR CAUSE. THE
LETTER CITES, QUOTE UNQUOTE
MORAL TURPITUDE AS ONE OF THE
REASONS TUCKER WILL BE GIVEN
SEVEN DAYS TO RESPOND AND
PRESENT REASONS. HE SHOULD NOT
BE LET GO FOR CAUSE. HERE’S A
LOOK AT THE ACTUAL LETTER WHICH
CITES A SECTION OF TUCKER’S
CONTRACT LISTING THE REASONS
MSU COULD POTENTIALLY TERMINATE
HIS EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING
CONDUCT WHICH, QUOTE, WOULD
TEND TO BRING PUBLIC DISRESPECT
, CONTEMPT OR RIDICULE UPON THE
UNIVERSITY, END QUOTE. THE
LETTER GOES ON TO SAY, TUCKER
HAS ADMITTED TO BEHAVIOR
BREACHES BOTH THOSE STANDARDS
PROVING A, QUOTE, BASIS UNDER
WHICH THE UNIVERSITY MAY
TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT, WHICH
THE UNIVERSITY ELECTS TO NOW
TERMINATE, END QUOTE.
>> DETROIT’S MAYOR DUGGAN
OUTLINING A LAND VALUE TAX PLAN
DURING TONIGHT’S DISTRICT TWO
MEETING. IT WOULD CUT
HOMEOWNERS TAXES BY AN AVERAGE
OF 17% AND PAY FOR IT BY
INCREASING TAXES ON ABANDONED
BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS AND
MORE. PAMELA OSBORNE WAS AT
TONIGHT’S MEETING, JOINS US NOW
LIVE WITH MORE HERE. PAM,
RESIDENTS ARE HOPING THIS MAKES
IT TO THE BALLOT NEXT FEBRUARY
.
>> THEY CERTAINLY ARE, BECAUSE
THEY WOULD SEE SIGNIFICANT
SAVINGS.
>> ALMOST EVERY SINGLE
HOMEOWNER HERE IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT. MEANWHILE OWNERS OF
PARKING LOT SCRAP YARDS, THEY
WOULD SEE THEIR TAXES GO UP 50%
WHILE OWNERS OF ABANDONED
BUILDINGS WOULD SEE A 100%
INCREASE IN THEIR TAXES.
>> I WANTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD
BE BENEFICIAL FOR ME AND SAVE
ME SOME MONEY.
>> ROBIN WHITELAW WAS ONE OF
MANY IN ATTENDANCE AT MONDAY’S
DISTRICT TWO MEETING WHERE
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN INTRODUCED A
PLAN THAT WOULD REDUCE PROPERTY
TAXES FOR PEOPLE LIKE HER.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING DOWN
THE STREET FROM A VACANT
APARTMENT BUILDING? A VACANT
GAS STATION OR WHATEVER THEY
ARE? TAXES ARE GOING TO BE
DOUBLED UNDER THE PROPOSED
RESTRUCTURING TAXES ON LAND
VALUE WOULD INCREASE, BUT TAXES
COLLECTED BASED ON A HOME’S
VALUE WOULD NOT, MEANING 97% OF
HOMEOWNERS OWNERS IN THE CITY
OF DETROIT WOULD SEE AN AVERAGE
SAVING OF 17.
>> BEAUTIFUL. FINALLY,
SOMETHING IS GETTING DONE.
>> IT’S BEEN A LONG STANDING
ISSUE IN THE CITY THAT IT SEEMS
LIKE THERE ARE REWARDING THEM.
>> THEY PAY LESS TAXES. I KNOW
I KEEP UP MY PROPERTY. I
BELIEVE IN THAT. AND WE ARE
TAXED HIGHER.
>> MAYOR DUGGAN HIGHLIGHTING
THAT VERY SCENARIO.
>> SHE PAYS TWICE AS MUCH FOR
THE HOUSE. SHE MAINTAINS WITH
HER FAMILY. THEN THE GUY WHO
ABANDONED THAT COMMERCIAL AUTO
SHOP PAYS.
>> THAT WOULD CHANGE IF COUNCIL
DECIDES TO PUT THE LAND VALUE
TAX MEASURE ON THE FEBRUARY
BALLOT FOR VOTERS. WHITE CLAW
IS HOPING COUNCIL MEMBERS DO
SO. SHE CAN PUT THOSE SAVINGS
TO GOOD USE SOMEPLACE ELSE.
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TIME
WHERE EVERYTHING IS UP. FOOD IS
UP, GROCERIES. GIVE ME MORE
WIGGLE ROOM AND PAY MY BILLS.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU ARE ONE
OF THE 9000 PEOPLE WHO OWN A
HOME IN THE CITY OF DETROIT AND
ALREADY GET THAT ABATEMENT, YOU
MAY BE WONDERING WHAT THIS
MEANS FOR YOU. IT DOESN’T MEAN
ANYTHING AT ALL. SO THE RATE
THAT YOU’RE PAYING RIGHT NOW,
THAT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME
UNTIL IT NATURAL EXPIRES. AND
AT THAT POINT, YOU TOO WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THAT DISCOUNT,
THAT REDUCTION OF ABOUT 17.
THAT IS, OF COURSE, IF IT MAKES
IT TO THE BALLOT. AND IF VOTERS
VOTE YES. 2025 IN JULY IS WHEN
THOSE PROPERTY TAXES WOULD GO
DOWN FOR HOMEOWNERS. REPORTING
LIVE IN THE CITY OF DETROIT,
I’M PAMELA OSBORNE, LOCAL.
>> A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WHAT A
FASCINATING PLAN. ALL RIGHT,
PAMELA, NEW INFORMATION ON A
STORY WE BROUGHT YOU AS
BREAKING NEWS AT 6:00.
>> POLICE ARE NOW CALLING A
SHOOTING IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS
ACCIDENTAL. IT HAPPENED ON GRAY
FIELD STREET NEAR TELEGRAPH AND
JOY ROADS. POLICE SAY A 14 YEAR
OLD HAD A GUN AND SOMEHOW IT
ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF. A 16
YEAR OLD BOY WAS HIT. HE’S IN
CRITICAL CONDITION. A JUVENILE
IS IN CUSTODY. CHARGES ARE
PENDING.
>> A DRIVER COULD FACE CHARGES
IN CONNECTION WITH A CRASH THAT
INJURED A MICHIGAN STATE
TROOPER. STATE POLICE SHARED
THE DASH CAM VIDEO OF AN SUV
THAT SLAMMED INTO A PATROL CAR.
HAPPENED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP
ON THE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY NEAR
FINKLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE OFFICER WAS OUT OF HIS CAR
AT THE TIME AND WAS DRAGGED
DURING THE CRASH. TWO PEOPLE IN
THE ORIGINAL STOP WERE ALSO
HURT. THE DRIVER OF THE SUV
SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, BUT
INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO
GET A WARRANT FOR A BLOOD TEST.
LET’S MOVE OVER TO MACOMB
COUNTY. A WARREN POLICE OFFICER
RECOVERING AFTER A CRASH. THIS
HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
11 MILE AND HOOVER. POLICE SAY
THE OFFICER WAS HEADED TO AN
EMERGENCY WHEN HE WAS HIT. THEY
SAY HIS LIGHTS AND SIREN WERE
ON AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.
THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR
INJURIES. THE OFFICER, IT’S
EXPECTED, IS GOING TO MAKE A
FULL RECOVERY.
>> EMERGENCY DEMOLITION HAS
BEEN ORDERED AT THE SITE OF AN
EXPLOSION IN DEARBORN IN
DETROIT’S EASTERN MARKET EXCUSE
ME. IT HAPPENED AROUND 1130
SATURDAY MORNING. THE BUILDING
SITS ACROSS FROM SHED TWO AND
CONTAINS SEVERAL LOCAL
BUSINESSES, INCLUDING JABS GYM
. NOW BUSINESS OWNERS ARE LEFT
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
THEY’RE GOING TO REBUILD.
>> AND IT’S PICKED UP A BRICK
OVER THERE. I MEAN, I GUESS
PICK UP THE PIECES, RIGHT? AND
TRY TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN
RECREATE IT. I’M A USE IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT THE
CITY OF DETROIT IS ABOUT, AND