The Employee Free Choice Act isn't on the general public's radar screen, and it's also probably not much more than a faint blip on the collective psyche of the nation's...

The stock market reached a six-year low today. Why? Some blame loose talk (including that of former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan) about nationalizing the nation’s banks. Others blame Obama’s new...

WEST BLOOMFIELD – It has the look and feel of Northern Michigan lodge, with natural construction components like stone and wood, and an interior courtyard that includes trees and wood...

WASHINGTON (PAI) – The first law Democratic President Barack Obama signed helps workers: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. With the graying gentle grandmother from Gadsden, Ala., standing just behind,...

LANSING – Gov. Jennifer Granholm delivered a body blow to Michigan’s construction industry during her State of the State address on Feb. 3. One of the few potential bright spots...

I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem, to me it’s part of the solution.  – President Barack Obama, Jan. 30, 2009 The great union leader...

Green light for Gun Lake Casino  U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Feb. 5 denied a request to stop the U.S. Department of the Interior from taking into trust 147...

WASHINGTON (PAI)–By a 65-31 vote, the Senate decided on Feb 4 to keep a strong “Buy American” provision in the ever-growing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the...

WASHINGTON (PAI) – The number of unionists nationwide rose by 428,000 in 2008 – the largest rise in numbers since statistics started being kept in 1983 – pushing total union...

"If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you." Our state's motto applies to Lake Michigan sunsets and the view from the Grand Hotel's porch, but "pleasant" is not necessarily...