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Corporatist profiteer Richard Berman attacks AFT President Randi Weingarten...
The Detroit News published an op-ed yesterday by a man so well-known for being a corporatist shill and profiteer that running it must have been a decision made by the News‘ advertising department. The...
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Michigan Nurses Association takes the lead on Ebola preparedness and protections
The MNA is working with Michigan health systems to protect nurses and patients, even as Governor Rick Snyder stalls on meeting about statewide standards. On Wednesday, registered nurses from the...
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New study finds that union members are happier, more satisfied people
A new study by professors from Baylor University and the University of Arkansas shows that, despite a 10% decline in union membership over the past 30 years, union members are happier and have greater...
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When thinking about what Governor Rick Snyder said in the SOTS, actions speak...
Ray Holman is the Legislative Liaison for UAW Local 6000 and, for those of you not familiar with this Local, they represent over 22,000 state of Michigan workers that cut a wide path. Their membership,...
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As the Michigan Democratic Party convenes tomorrow stop blaming Lon Johnson...
Update: The program I mention toward the end of this story was called “The Win Machine” and it was delayed for use but eventually went up and was successfully used by 2500 people, a significant...
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Wisconsin poised to become next Right to Work state, uses “Freedom to Work”...
With their state Senate debating so-called “Right to Work” legislation this week and their Assembly expected to take it up next week, Wisconsin is poised to become the latest Republican-controlled...
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President Obama smacks down Republican attempt to block new NLRB rule making...
Last December, the National Labor Relations Board issued a new rule to “modernize and streamline the process” of forming a union. The new rule: Provides for electronic filing and transmission of...
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This one chart shows why collective bargaining is so crucial for ALL Americans
Do you ever feel like you never seem to be able to get ahead? That you work your whole life but, at the end of the month, the end of the year, you aren’t any further ahead than you were last month or...
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Unions are about freedom or: This is why the richest have been trying to kill...
“The future of labor is the future of America,” labor leader John Lewis said, during the Great Depression. And for a long time, you had to squint to see that future because it’s so bright. America...
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Ann Arbor teachers file Unfair Labor Practice suit against school administration
As I mentioned in my last post, I have been traveling in China for work for the past two weeks. I’m now back in Michigan and have finally recovered from my jet lag and the 12-hour time difference. I...
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Debunking the Mackinac Center’s phony teachers union “pension spiking” scandal
I recently wrote about Michigan teacher Mary Davenport, a woman who had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in support from her union, the Michigan Education Association (MEA), only to turn...
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The future of public sector unions, and perhaps organized labor, lies firmly...
2015 was by many accounts a good year for our Liberal agenda as it related to decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court. The affirmation of the Affordable Care Act and the victory of marriage equality...
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Union Proud, Union Strong: Good news for a change!
I received a press release the other day from the Michigan State AFL-CIO, the umbrella federation for U.S. and Michigan unions. The group is made up of 56 unions representing 12.5 million working men...
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INTERVIEW – AFT President Randi Weingarten: “This is the DFT that I...
Over the past few months, teachers in the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) have had to resort to “sick outs” to get attention to the egregious working and teaching conditions they and their students are...
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What is a Good Job?
The following guest post was written by Rebecca Thompson. Thompson is a native Detroiter and the Executive Director of Good Jobs Now, a partner of the Center for Popular Democracy. The organization...
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Two Michigan for-profit charter schools being held accountable for breaking...
Hallelujah It’s no secret that the for-profit charter school industry is like the Wild West when it comes to being able to do just about anything they want. Michigan is one of the most permissive...
View ArticleAFT, SPLC and more than 100 other groups ask Trump to denounce hate acts
Letter represents the voices of more than 10 million people asking the president-elect to speak out against hateful acts and ideology. Labor, civil rights and faith leaders, along with many others,...
View ArticleMake no mistake, brothers and sisters: Donald Trump is NOT a friend of labor
The Monday after he was sworn in as Pr*sident, Donald Trump met first with CEOs of large corporations. Then, later in the day, he met with union leaders. The “Daily Guidance” issued by the White House...
View ArticleDetroit Three automakers busing UAW workers in to cheer at Trump’s visit to...
NOTE: This post has been updated HERE with photos of the protest against Trump and analysis of his comments while he was in Michigan. All three Detroit autoworkers are busing UAW members in to...
View ArticleDonald Trump takes credit for Ford Motor Co. expansion negotiated with the...
The Ford Motor Co. announced today that it is expanding operations in three Michigan plants and will spend over a billion dollars in the process: Ford Motor Co. will invest $1.2 billion in three...
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