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Cannabis News

Federal ban on marijuana means Michigan cannabis company can’t sue state agency, judge rules

Court says Viridis Laboratories lacks legal standing because it deals in ‘illegal contraband’

By Steve Neavling
Aug 4, 2023

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Viridis Laboratories, Marijuana, U.S. District Court, law, Michigan, Controlled Substances Act, Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency
Michigan

Demas: Michigan Democrats can’t buckle on repealing Right to Work

Wiping the law from the books would send a strong message to Michiganders who have put it all on the line in the last couple of years for better working conditions

By Susan J. Demas, Michigan Advance
Jan 26, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, Labor, Views & Opinions, Michigan, Right to Work, Democrats, Republicans, unions, labor
Michigan

Union membership in Michigan grew in 2022, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics

273,000 workers across the U.S. joined unions in 2022 — though membership is still at an all-time low

By Lee DeVito
Jan 20, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, Labor, unions, labor, Michigan, Michigan AFL-CIO, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michigan

Labor unions push for more NLRB funding

Michigan has a long history of union activism, but the movement has fallen on hard times in recent years

By Mark Richardson, Michigan News Connection
Jan 12, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, Labor, NLRB, National Labor Relations Board, unions, labor, Michigan
Michigan

Chipotle CEO ‘disappointed’ at Lansing store’s vote to unionize

If anyone should be disappointed, it’s the workers being treated like capitalist slaves

By Randiah Camille Green
Oct 19, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Labor, Chipotle, union efforts, labor, news & views, Michigan news, Brian Niccol
Arts

Influential Detroit artist Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts honored with memorial

Beloved by the community, the artist and activist died in August

By Amber Ogden
Sep 19, 2022

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts, Detroit, art, poetry, Wayne County Community College, labor, unions, activism
Food News

Workers at a Michigan Chipotle formed the chain’s first union because of a ‘let them eat cake’ moment

Adding insult to injury, they didn’t even get to eat the cake, which was for management

By Lee DeVito
Sep 1, 2022

Tags: Food News, Labor, Chipotle, Michigan, Lansing, unions, labor
Drink News

Macomb County Starbucks workers go on strike, say company won’t cooperate with union

As a result of the strike, the Partridge Creek Mall store closed early

By Lee DeVito
Jul 19, 2022

Tags: Drink News, Labor, Starbucks, union, labor
Food News

More Michigan Starbucks workers vote to unionize, including in Macomb County

The stores join a growing labor movement at the coffee juggernaut

By Lee DeVito
Jun 9, 2022

Tags: Food News, Labor, Starbucks, labor, unions, Michigan
Michigan

Michigan Democrats pledge to mount a fierce fight to protect abortion rights

In response to a leak of draft on the SCOTUS decision on ‘Roe v. Wade,’ Gov. Whitmer says she’ll ‘keep fighting like hell’ to ensure abortion remains safe and accessible

By Steve Neavling
May 3, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Health Care, Abortion Rights, Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Michigan, law, Gov. Whitmer, Rashida Tlaib, Gary Peters, Debbie Stabenow
Michigan

Twelfth Starbucks in Michigan moves to unionize

More baristas in Ann Arbor join the Starbucks Workers United movement

By Randiah Camille Green
Apr 12, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Starbucks Workers United, Ann Abor, labor, coffee
Food News

A growing number of Michigan Starbucks workers are moving to unionize

By Lee DeVito
Mar 8, 2022

Tags: Food News, Starbucks, union, labor, Michigan, coffee, organizing
Food News

Michigan Starbucks workers join unionization wave

By Lee DeVito
Jan 28, 2022

Tags: Food News, Starbucks, Michigan, Ann Arbor, union, labor
Metro Detroit

The Kellogg strike is over, you can buy Corn Flakes again

By Lee DeVito
Dec 21, 2021

Tags: Kellogg, Battle Creek, union, strike, Michigan, Bernie Sanders, Andy Levin, labor
Food News

Union workers ‘overwhelmingly’ reject latest Kellogg deal

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Dec 7, 2021

Tags: Kellogg's, strike, Battle Creek, labor
Metro Detroit

Kellogg's offers 3% raise for striking workers under tentative agreement

By Lee DeVito
Dec 2, 2021

Tags: Kellogg's, Battle Creek, union, labor, Michigan, strike
Metro Detroit

Michigan's first Jollibee, GOP silent on Kellogg strike, MSU goes nuts: this week's top 10 Detroit Metro Times headlines

By Lee DeVito
Nov 5, 2021

Tags: Jollibee, Michigan, MSU, Michigan State Univerity, Kellogg, unions, labor
Metro Detroit

‘You see nurses at the end of their shifts parking their cars and just crying’

By Anna Gustafson, Michigan Advance
Nov 4, 2021

Tags: Lansing, Sparrow, labor, unions, strike, COVID-19, pandemic
Metro Detroit

Striking Kellogg workers get letters of support from Stabenow, Peters and other Dem senators

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Nov 3, 2021

Tags: Kellogg's, Michigan, Battle Creek, Labor, Unions
Metro Detroit

Detroit McDonald’s workers strike over sexual harassment and violence

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Nov 2, 2021

Tags: McDonald's, Fight for $15, labor, strike, Detroit