By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer Led by National Nurses United, the longest backer of the cause, 12 unions, three state labor councils and three central labor councils are demanding...

Raise Mexican pay in new NAFTA: UAW As trade negotiators from U.S., Mexico, and Canada met last week in Washington D.C. to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, "they...

Palisades plant gets extension The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, a consistent employer for the building trades performing maintenance and outage work, will remain open through 2022, and not...

By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—Union leaders denounced the latest right-wing attempt to deprive workers and unions of money – via a Supreme Court case the justices have...

The two leading Republican candidates for Michigan governor in 2018 both announced last month that they support repealing the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act. Speaking to a reporter on Sept. 23...

The presence of a right-to-work law usually has had a chilling effect on union organizing drives, with unions filing one-third fewer election petitions in the nation's 28 right-to-work states than...

By Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (PAI)—Ignoring bipartisan protests from three senators and legislative lobbying by the Steelworkers, Trump administration Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross delayed a decision on whether...

WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a strict 49-47 party-line vote – all Republicans for, all Democrats against – the GOP-run Senate approved the appointment of Los Angeles management-side labor lawyer William Emanuel to...

YPSILANTI - A new 55-ton co-generation turbine installed at Eastern Michigan University's Heating Plant will reduce annual energy costs, significantly reduce the school's carbon footprint, and bring about a campus...

State employee unions targeted LANSING - Another day, another way to put the screws to Michigan's union members. On Sept. 20, the Michigan Civil Service Commission (MCSC), over the vehement...