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By BEN CHMITT
C ptIM H w. me.
proble . . go in Michigan is to
regi ter 100,000 new voters before
Feb. 17, which i one month before
the Democratic primary election.
"WE' GO G TO hay a
voter registration drive in
Michigan," he said. "We're gonna
have conference before the primary
(election) on reinve tment in
Michigan and reinvestment in
America, reind trializatioh."
Rep. Jo eph Young Jr., D-Detroit,
jobl n
Jac on and hi N tion I
Rainbo Coalition led march of
about 3,000 people from the Lansing
Center to the Capitol where he
addressed the crowd I t Wednesday.
"We are morally bound to provide
houslng for the homel ,fOOd for
the hungry, job for the jobl and
to educate our children, " he said.
Jac on tre ed the need to vote
in order to reduce the nation'
w pl ed with Jac on' dec' ion
to pend King' birthday in
Michigan.
"I've always vi wed J c on
omeon who can bring the i ues to
the tables," he id. "He and I are
after the am thing, providing food
nd shelter for the one you love. tI
Jackson told the crowd to
celebrate King' life and legacy by
carrying on hi tradition of fighting
See HOUSING, A·10
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
St." Writ..,
DETROIT-D troit' hap­
ter 0 Op r tion PUSH
(People U ni ted t Se rve
Humanity) gea up to push
education in 1992. And one
a peet of "Save The Children"
theme will be weekly forum
at D troit' only Bl ck-owned
theater, the Big Star, at Grand
,Circu on Woodward
Avenue.
Beginning Saturday,
February 1, PUSH' weekly
forum from 9 a.rn. until
11 :30, will bring together
com muni ty leader , cler­
gymen, politicians, educators,
bu ine , philantropi t and
tudents to cek answers "that
provide for economic, politi- m
cal and cultural ind - •
pendence" for the African
American .
J bari V. Prempeh, PhD.,
president and executive director of the Detroit chapter aid, education
i the key to "liberation" of the African American.
Dr. Prempeh aid education has not been a 11 rious focus" of eith r
local or the national govemm nt and "plenty i needed in the church."
Accordin to Dr. Prempeb, "PUSH i God cen red org niz tion"
and th edu tion 1 peet of . pro ram will coordi ted out of
the Doty Multi-Service Center, 10225 Third Avenue. ,
LAN G- The 63rd bit1hd.ay of
rtin Luther King Jr. brought th
Rev. J e J c on to Lansing in a
rally protesting Michig n'
homeles problem, Gov. John
Engler's welfare cut nd
om
mlracl
even Je e
can't work
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LANSlNo-Jes eJac on's recent
visit to Lansing confirmed that it is
unlikely there will be wholesale res­
toration of the 83,000 people who
were cut from general sistance.
Jackson said tbat it would benefit
Michigan if Gov. John Engler pent
mo ey training the un-
employed. .
-Bmployment cos I than un-
o employment,'- he said. " e do not
want welfare, we want job sbare. "
Engler's pre secretary, John
Truscott, said the general istance
would not be restored, but that
Michigan is the leading state in the
country when it comes to assisting
the bomeless,
• I nitiate a task fore
in Michiga� industrjes���:�," .... rr."j'''''''
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"WE'VE SPENT a record $350
million on job training, mostly
toward former welfare recipients,"
he said. '
Truscott said Engler is working
clo ely with the Michigan State
Housing Development Authority
(MSHDA) and the Salvation Army
in finding shelters and eventually
permanent housing for people in
need.
Ann Harrison, director or com­
munications and research for
MSHDA, said up to $10 million will
be spent this year on a transitional
housing program to provide tem­
porary housing for two years.
She called the program a bridge
between shelters and permanent
housing. People involved in the pro­
gram would receive job training and
schooling if necessary.
"We don't want families to have
the same needs after two years; we
want them to be better equipped,"
. Harrison said.
See MIRACLES, A-10
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By MARY HOLLEN
Sp!d!1 to IIlchlgM CltIz."
downtown Blue Cross, Blue Sheild
building, Renaissance Center,
Metro-Airport, Ford Motor,
Company World headquarters, Ford
Reproduction Graphics and the Ford
Rawsonville facility.
for employees and not their families.
The only option for many
workers with children is using their
wages to pay for health care for their
children who need pediatric and/or
adolescent health care attention.
With the ri ing cost of health care
and the po sibility of National
Heal th Care on the back burner wi t}1
this present adrninistrauon, health
care benefit are extremely
important to working people. Even
-limited medical intervention can cost
hundreds of dollars quickly placing
a family in debt' which may be
impossible payoff.
In a surprising move SEIU took
saw the possibility of an auto show
strike as part of an effort to bring the
janitorial service contractors back to
the country-health care.
SEIU has actively organized
janitorial workers who clean many
Picture it. Rows and rows of
gleaming autos. lined up for the
Detroit North American Auto Show;
but along side the latest prototypes
and smiling auto show models are
growing piles of trash,
If the ,Service Employees
nternational Union (SEIU)
members demands for increased.
health care coverage had not been
addressed the scene above could.
have been a reality at the North
American Auto Show held last week
in Detroit.
Janitorial workers who are
members of SEIU at CaBO Center,
Detroit's premier convention facility
mESE CONTRACfS involve
a, total of approximately 2200
workers who are members of SEIU,
200-300 workers still remain
without health care benefits for their
children.
The union and workers wanted to
make the public aware of the issue
as well as let management know the
workers and their union were
. serious. At issue is the practice of
many janitorial service companies of
only providing health care benefits
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the bargaining table over an issue of the largest office complexes in
that workers are battling for across Detroit and its subwb , including the
See JANITOR, A·10·
LORI E HUNTER: "l give him
a poor mting beca be is j t not
doing what he' suppose to be
doing - especially helping the
poor,"
YO. ALEXAND
ARL N TOLLIV R:
"Frightening. Terrifyingbeca tbe
thin� peopl bad they don't have,
anymore."
