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Celebrating Labor Day
Date: Sep-06-2013
From Marquette to Monroe, labor union members, family, friends and supporters took part in Labor Day parades and festivities around Michigan. The founder of the Labor Day holiday, carpenter Peter...
Mackinac Center ties itself into legal RTW knot to attack unions
Date: Sep-06-2013
At its core, Michigan’s new right-to-work laws covering public and private employees are fairly simple. Unions, the new laws say, must provide bargaining and representation services to all of its...
Members-as-politicians could help organized labor get its mojo back
Date: Sep-06-2013
DETROIT – Politically, Michigan’s labor movement could use a plan to get out of the wilderness. The state capitol has become a veritable petri dish of anti-union legislation created by...
Michigan labor sees New Jersey political plan and say, why not here?
Date: Sep-06-2013
DETROIT – You don’t have to look too far back to see where all the anti-labor legislation in Michigan came from. Union household votes have been declining. The statewide election...
News Briefs
Date: Sep-06-2013
Little change for Michigan building Michigan’s construction industry continues to muddle along in 2013, registering a 1 percent increase in construction employment from July 2012 to July 2013. Michigan’s construction...
Pension plan patients growing healthier
Date: Sep-06-2013
Multiemployer pension plans such as those that cover the building trades are healthier since the depths of the Great Recession, but have a ways to go before they rebound to...
Unions pledge to appeal right-to-work ruling for public workers
Date: Sep-06-2013
The UAW notified its members late last month that it would appeal an Aug. 15 appeals court ruling which found that Michigan’s right-to-work law does apply to about 30,000 state...
Appeals Court upholds right-to-work for state civil service workers
Date: Aug-23-2013
Michigan’s right-to-work law does apply to about 30,000 state employees, according to a state Court of Appeals ruling released Aug. 15. After the state’s right-to-work laws (Public Acts 348 and...
Labor Day celebrated throughout Michigan
Date: Aug-23-2013
Communities around Michigan have embraced the original intent of Labor Day as more than a holiday that marks the end of summer. In that spirit, Labor Day events are scheduled...
New engineering building a major upgrade for Oakland University
Date: Aug-23-2013
ROCHESTER – Currently under construction at Oakland University, a new Engineering Center will create a modern educational environment for students and staff, while the placement of the building itself is...