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Events from the year 1979 in Michigan.
The Associated Press (AP) selected the top Michigan news stories of 1979 as follows:[1]
- Chrysler Corporation's financial troubles, including a loss for 1979 estimated to exceed $1 billion, a federal loan guarantee program of $1.5 billion approved at the end of the year, and $462 million in concessions from workers;
- A 22% decline in U.S. automobile sales and the indefinite layoffs of 141,000 workers in the automobile industry;
- New collective bargaining agreements between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three reached without a strike for the first time since prior to 1964;
- (tie) Teacher strikes in Detroit and other communities that impacted hundreds of thousands of students in the fall;
- (tie) The selection of Detroit as the host city for the 1980 Republican National Convention;
- Toxic chemical dumping sites in need of cleanup;
- An $18 million budget deficit for Wayne County;
- Blockades by striking independent truck drivers during the summer;
- A court dispute over Indian fishing rights, including the use of gill nets, in Lake Michigan; and
- A record-setting $450,000 fine imposed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Consumers Power for safety violations at the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Michigan.
- ^ "Cash and its complications top news stories of 1979". Lansing State Journal. December 26, 1979. pp. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com.