Unions

Two Greater Lansing Starbucks stores voted to unionize Thursday.

Workers at four Starbucks locations in Michigan are pushing to unionize.Employees at stores in Ann Arbor, Grand Blanc and Clinton Township have filed petitions for union elections with the National Labor Relations Board.

14-hundred Kellogg union workers are considering to accept a tentative deal with the food giant as members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union walked off the job in early October.

After months of negotiations, the Professional Employees Council of Sparrow Hospital voted to approve a new three-year contract Friday evening.

Bargaining continues this week between unionized health care workers and Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital.

The Detroit City Council will consider an ordinance that would set up industry standards boards across the city.

The part-time instructors’ union at Western Michigan University says it called off a rally on campus Thursday, Aug 26, after reaching an agreement on its contract.The Professional Instructors Organization says Western asked the union to cancel the protest, which would have coincided with students moving in. In exchange the university agreed to start giving one-time payments of $50 to longtime instructors.

One Michigan union says as grocery workers continue to put themselves at risk, pay increases need to stay in place.Both Meijer and Kroger stores have…

The nurses union at MidMichigan Medical Center Gratiot in Alma is expected to hold an informational picket on Thursday as the group continues negotiations…

Munson Medical Center in Traverse City must post signs stating that nurses have a right to talk about working conditions. It’s part of a settlement with…