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after working as an administrator
for several years, adding that the
opening of a dean position in Ann
Arbor could not have arrived at a
more opportune moment for her.
“When the opportunity came
up, what I thought was … the
University of Michigan — it doesn’t
get any better than that place,”
she said. “(The University) is a
marvelous school and I think that
the students and faculty there have,
from what I see, some real bonds
that are extremely attractive, and
I look forward to adding to those.”
Since she worked as a practicing
nurse before entering academia,
Hurn said her drive to research
stems
from
her
interactions
with patients. She said that, as a
young nurse, she was consistenly
frustrated with the lack of means
to help head injury and trauma
patients — groups with high
mortality rates.
“We didn’t really have the
knowledge to be able to save
those people,” Hurn said. “And
it wasn’t that I, the nurse, didn’t
the human angle of undocumented
immigrants through the image of
normal families being torn apart
through such actions.
“What kind of country would we
be if we let Donald Trump rip our
families apart?” Clinton asked.
Clinton
additionally
brought
attention to the issue of minimum
wage, reaffirming her support
for raising the number to $15 per
hour, which has been a point of
contention between Clinton and
her rival in the Democratic contest,
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D–Vt.). Unlike
Sanders, Clinton initially favored a
$12 minimum wage.
During a debate in April, Clinton
amended her stance, stating she
would sign a federal $15 minimum
wage bill if it appeared before her as
president, to which Sanders reacted
with surprise.
Clinton hammered Trump for
his statements suggesting that
minimum wage be abolished —
which he has recently rebutted
— and Trump’s economic policies
in general, saying they would
be a disaster for working-class
Americans.
“We aren’t talking about any
ordinary anti-union, anti-worker
Republican,”
she
said.
“Many
Republicans
themselves
say
Donald Trump is a disaster waiting
to happen. What little we know
of his economic policies would be
running up our debt, starting trade
wars, letting Wall Street run wild
— all of that would cause another
crash
and
devastate
working
families and our country.”
Despite this shift in focus to the
general election, Clinton departed
Detroit for California, where she
will hold events in preparation for
the state’s June 7 primary.
Clinton did offer a short mention
of Sanders, however, calling for him
to unify the party, repeating that
she and Sanders shared positions
on many key issues including
minimum wage and campaign
finance reform.
“I applaud Sen. Sanders and his
supporters for challenging us,” she
said. “(But) we are going to unify
the Democratic party and stop
Donald Trump.”
The
majority
of
Clinton’s
remarks appeared to be appealing
to the thousands of SEIU workers
and representatives in attendance,
including her support for child care
reform and increased accessibility.
“You know that in many states
child care is more expensive than
rent — it’s more expensive even
than college tuition,” Clinton said.
“That puts parents in an impossible
position.”
According to Clinton, in some
states two minimum-wage-earning
parents must spend roughly 20
percent of their income on childcare
and single parents must allocate 40
percent.
“That
is
way
too
high,”
Clinton said, challenging those in
attendance to join her in pushing
for child care reform that lowers
its financial burden, ideally tapping
into no more than 10 percent of a
parent’s wage.
Clinton additionally affirmed
her support for an increase in pay
for child care providers and early
educators on a state and local level,
noting that many SEIU members
in the audience must sacrifice the
care of their own children to work
for others in need of care, such as
home health aides and hospital
employees.
“This is crazy,” Clinton said.
“There’s nothing more important
than our children, and when I
sat down with SEIU members in
Chicago I heard one heartbreaking
story after another from parents
who can’t afford to give their own
children the care that they give
other people’s kids every day.”
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NURSING
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and public input processes when
undertaking
new
construction
because its status as a state entity.
Hank Baier, the University’s
associate vice president for facilities
and operations, said in a press release
that the University made a mistake
by not soliciting community input
earlier in the project, but remained
hopeful for the construction of a
similar facility in the future.
“The project development team
understands the importance of
community engagement in selecting
sites for University activities,” Baier
said. “In this case, we should have
sought input from our neighbors
earlier in the development process.
Going forward, this will be our
practice as we consider uses for this
site as well as others.”
The
decision
to
cancel
construction came as a surprise
to local residents, who showed
up to a meeting with University
representatives
on
Tuesday
evening expecting to learn about
the
expected
environmental
impacts of the planned facility.
Instead, University representatives
presented the residents with a press
release announcing the cancellation
of the project.
Jim Kosteva, University director
of community relations, said the
ultimate decision to cancel the
project was made by University
President Mark Schlissel and the
team managing the project earlier
this week.
Local residents have reacted
positively to the decision to cancel
construction, and many residents
feel this will represent broader shift
in how the University interacts
with city residents. Sandy Aldrich,
co-president of the Northeast Ann
Arbor Community Coalition, said
the University likely would not have
been as receptive to community
concerns before Schlissel became
president.
“After
speaking
with
many
longtime
Ann
Arbor
residents,
they have indicated that, had this
happened
before
(Schlissel’s)
administration, that we would have
gotten a much different response,”
Aldrich said. “I do truly believe
that President Schlissel is sincere in
bringing a sense of partnership and
openness to the University when
dealing with the community.”
Aldrich also reaffirmed that,
despite their efforts to protest the
project, most city residents remain
favorable of the University, as many
of them are employees and graduates
of it.
“By no means are we anti-
University,” Aldrich said. “Because
it helps the city as well when the
University becomes greater and
better.”
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Hillary Clinton speaks at the Service Employee International Union (SEIU)
Convention at the Cobo Center in Detroit on Monday.
SEIU FOR CLINTON