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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
Tags: Michigan News, Labor, Views & Opinions, Michigan, Right to Work, Democrats, Republicans, unions, labor
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
Tags: Michigan News, Labor, unions, labor, Michigan, Michigan AFL-CIO, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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
Tags: Michigan News, Labor, NLRB, National Labor Relations Board, unions, labor, Michigan
Influential Detroit artist Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts honored with memorial
Beloved by the community, the artist and activist died in August
By Amber Ogden
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts, Detroit, art, poetry, Wayne County Community College, labor, unions, activism
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
Tags: Food News, Labor, Chipotle, Michigan, Lansing, unions, labor
More Michigan Starbucks workers vote to unionize, including in Macomb County
The stores join a growing labor movement at the coffee juggernaut
Tags: Food News, Labor, Starbucks, labor, unions, Michigan
Michigan's first Jollibee, GOP silent on Kellogg strike, MSU goes nuts: this week's top 10 Detroit Metro Times headlines
Tags: Jollibee, Michigan, MSU, Michigan State Univerity, Kellogg, unions, labor
‘You see nurses at the end of their shifts parking their cars and just crying’
By Anna Gustafson, Michigan Advance
Tags: Lansing, Sparrow, labor, unions, strike, COVID-19, pandemic
Striking Kellogg workers get letters of support from Stabenow, Peters and other Dem senators
By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Tags: Kellogg's, Michigan, Battle Creek, Labor, Unions
Kellogg's workers in Battle Creek are on strike, demanding better wages
Tags: Kellogg's, Battle Creek, strike, unions
Congressman Andy Levin says a new era for the labor movement has only just begun
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Labor, Andy Levin, unions, labor, Amazon, Cover Story
Michigan workers no longer call for boycott of Vernors’ parent company
Tags: Vernors, Michigan, Detroit, Teamsters, 7-Up, Keurig Dr. Pepper, unions, labor, Image
Michigan workers call for Vernors boycott over labor dispute
Tags: Vernors, Michigan, Detroit, Teamsters, 7-Up, Keurig Dr. Pepper, unions, labor
Kroger tells employees to return extra COVID-19 emergency pay — then retracts demand
By Maija Zummo, Cincinnati CityBeat
Tags: Table and Bar, Kroger, coronavirus, COVID-19, Unions
Airline food workers at Detroit Metro Airport are taking strike vote as peak travel arrives
By Steve Neavling
Tags: News Hits, DTW, Detroit Metro Airport, Unite Here, Unions, Railway Labor Act, Airlines, Delta, United, American Airlines
Detroit City Council just rejected new development in the name of workers' rights
By Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, workers rights, fight for 15, unions, labor, Crowne Plaza Hotel
Protest planned for tonight's Republican gubernatorial debate in Detroit
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, governor's race, michigan, gop, repubican party, democrat party, fight for 15, labor movement, unions
Report: Some Dems aren't stoked on Whitmer, including head of UAW
Tags: News Hits, Michigan, politics, democrat, gubernatorial race, governor, Gretchen Whitmer, MEA endorsement, unions, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Gary Peters
Canadian trade union seeks investment from Big 3
By Aaron Robertson
Tags: News Hits, Unifor, Canada, Big 3, unions, auto industry
NLRB calls out Detroit charter school that refused to bargain with teachers
By Allie Gross
Tags: News Hits, schools, unions, YES, AFT, NLRB
Netflix is still looking for Detroit ‘Love is Blind’ contestants
Tigers fixing up run-down Comerica Park ahead of Opening Day with $30M investment
Royal Oak’s Hideaway has been transformed into the bar from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
By Layla McMurtrie