Traffic signals up at East Morris

New traffic signals have been installed at the East Morris Boulevard and Thompson Creek Road/Millers Landing Blvd intersection near Frank Lorino Park.

Currently the new traffic signals are flashing yellow for those traveling on E. Morris and are flashing red for the side streets. The new traffic signals will be turned on and operational beginning next week. Motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists should be prepared to stop, and are urged to use extra care and caution when traveling near this intersection.

Auto union chief says talks with Detroit 3 aren’t going well

DETROIT (AP) — With about three weeks until contracts expire with Detroit’s three automakers, the head of the United Auto Workers union says bargaining isn’t going well. UAW President Shawn Fain told workers outside a Detroit factory that their walk Wednesday to practice picketing would become reality if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis don’t start negotiating seriously.

Contracts between the union representing about 146,000 workers at the companies expire at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 14. Members are voting this week on whether to give union leaders authorization to call a strike.