DETROIT ? Wayne State University Labor Studies Center, under pressure from the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, took down a web site Monday advocating the approval of a ballet proposal to increase the minimum wage.
The action came after the Michigan Chamber of Commerce filed a complaint Friday alleging a campaign financing law violation because public institutions are barred from using public funds for express advocacy activities.
Hal Stack, director of the Labor Studies Center, said the site was developed outside university control by Michigan State University students who were working on an internship on public policy and saw the site as a way to highlight the issue and answer questions regarding the minimum wage.
Stack said that an aide, “probably with the best of intentions” and noting the site did not deal with political candidates, gave approval to host the site as part of the center’s Web presence.
“We made a mistake,?? Stack said. ?The Chamber is correct that it should not have been on our Web site.?
Stack said the site went up in late September and was due to come down at the end of the term, which ends this week.
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