DETROIT – The labor movement has arrived at a few critical moments recently -- from the writers and actors striking in Hollywood to the UAW workers who overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if it comes to that with the Big Three.
UAW President Shawn Fain seems more than ready for a fight and we’re about two weeks from the deadline for a deal. So we watch, and we wait.
We’re going to talk about Gov. Whitmer’s plans for the fall -- a pretty critical time frame for her given the possibility that November could usher in the end of the Democratic majority in Lansing. We’ll also talk about a very strange memo that has surfaced, one from a consultant to the governor’s energy advisory, alerting her to the seriousness of a lead problem in Benton Harbor. But the memo used Greek letters, apparently to avoid disclosure in public records reporting.
Also, Michigan is now the top marijuana market in the country. That followed a series of other headlines, like worries over the fact that even as marijuana keeps getting stronger and stronger, it remains very unregulated. And what about medical marijuana? Is that really a thing in a state that legalizes it for recreational purposes?
You can watch the Sept. 3, 2023, episode of Flashpoint in the video player above.