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About 400 food service state employees may soon be out of work at Michigan’s prisons.That’s after Michigan reversed its previous decision NOT to privatize…
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Opponents of Michigan’s emergency manager law are gearing up for a long, hard fight against it.The Reverend Jesse Jackson joined Congressman John Conyers…
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News of some Detroit city employees receiving raises and bonuses is raising eyebrows, as the city struggles to stave off a possible state-appointed…
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34 striking Detroit water department workers have been suspended and will be fired, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department confirmed Tuesday.The…
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Defying a federal judge’s order, Detroit water department workers continued to strike Monday night.Many rank-and-file workers at Detroit’s wastewater…
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DETROIT (AP) - Employees of the Detroit-area water system that serves four in 10 Michigan residents have gone on strike to protest plans to eliminate most…
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Public employee union leaders are ecstatic that a referendum challenging the state’s emergency manager law will be on the November ballot.They’ve fiercely…
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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and city union representatives appear to be headed for a showdown over contract negotiations.The heart of this disagreement is…
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A big coalition of about 30 unions representing Detroit city workers has ratified a new contract.The workers gave up a lot, including a 10% pay cut, a…
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Opponents of Michigan’s emergency manager law will descend on Lansing with petitions Wednesday.The coalition fighting Public Act 4 says they’ve collected…